Article: Ethiopia - Addis Ababa City Roads Authority utilizes 4.4 bln. Birr.

Byline: Mamta03

Since its establishment ten years ago, the Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) has spent over 4.62 billion birr for road construction and renovation projects, acquired from the Ethiopian Roads Fund (ERF) and the City Administration. ERF allocated 197 million birr while the balance amount came from the Administration.

At a press conference held on July 25, 2008, Fekade Haile, general manager of AACRA, told journalists that the metropolis has been networked with 1049 kms of asphalt road of seven meters width.

Ten years ago the City had only 400 km of asphalt road. The city is 54,000 hectares and the total area constructed is ...

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