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Addis-Adama Expressway Hogs Funds




The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is cutting one billion Birr from the budget of its other road construction projects to pay the advance needed for the construction of the six-lane expressway from Addis Abeba to Adama (Nazareth).


This followed a surprise request for an advance payment of 92 million dollars from each of the financers of the construction, Exim Bank of China and the government of Ethiopia.


The total budget for this road, scheduled to begin this fiscal year, is 612 million dollars, 349 million dollars of which will be obtained from the bank and the rest from the government.



The contractor, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), needed to be paid an advance with far more than the 141.3 million Br which the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) had allocated.


This company had been active in Ethiopia through China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC), which had been "serving as a flagship, a window, and a platform for [its] overseas operations," according to CRBC's website. CCCC has ranged among the top 500 global companies listed by the US-based magazine Forbes, since 2008.


"When we allocate funds at the beginning of the year, we always do it with an element of doubt," said a budget expert at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), who requested anonymity because of possible complications related to the deduction of money from other projects. "Whether the financers release the money and the projects will be realised within the fiscal year."


"We set aside that sum for the sake of having some money on hand," he explained. "When the time comes, we are normally asked for a 15pc or 20pc advance payment."


ERA's budget for the fiscal year, contributed from the government, and through loans and grants amounted to 11.25 billion Br for over 200 projects. Now five million Birr to 10 million Br is being deducted from various projects to raise the one billion Birr that has been required for the advance.

ERA will ask for a bigger budget in order to avoid the disruption of projects which have lost part of their budgets for the expressway, an official of the authority, who also requested anonymity, said.

"If this company is related to CRBC, it is okay, because we are happy with CRBC. And if they get more money in advance, the job will also get done faster," said the ERA official.


The expressway will take a different route only 80Km long, 20Km shorter than the existing road from Addis Abeba to Adama. Hundreds of peasant families are expected to be affected by the construction, and their resettlement is expected to cost about 100 million dollars, according to the MoFED official. The construction is expected to begin in two months' time from both ends, and 20 million Br has been allocated for those farmers who will have to be relocated first.

"The construction will take two years," said the expert at MoFED. "We have prepared the relocation budget for each year."


http://www.addisfortune.com/Addis-Adama%20Expressway%20Hogs%20Funds.htm

I just read about this story pretty cool, it will less than hour going from Addis to Nazret ( adama) if you are traveling 55 MPH.

Cool! Any map of approximate expressway route?

here is the map for the addis nazarete ( official Addis Ababa-Adama expressway)
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3885/2i0s0i0.png

Yosef, please change status from Approved to U/C.

http://www.ethiotube.net/video/9718/ETV-News--8-Billion-Birr-asphalt-construction-from-Addis-Ababa-to-Adama-begins

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/995/66941396.jpg

Impressive!

ENA
Addis Ababa, September 17, 2010 (Humera) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said the construction of the Addis-Adama Expressway will open a new chapter in the history of the country.

While visiting the project on Friday, Meles said the construction fo the 80-km expressway would further speed up the development of the country.

Meles said the expressway, which is estimated to cost 612 million US dollars, is part of the Five Year Growth and Transformation Plan.

Work and Urban Development Minister, Dr. Kassu Illala, some 350 million US dollars will be secured from the Chinese government in the form loan while the balance will be covered by the Ethiopian government.

The construction of the expressway is expected to be finalized in a period of the three years.

The route the country's busiest way in the country.

The construction of the route will enable to reach travelers in less than 50 minutes.

More than 20,000 vehicles commute along the Addis-Adama Road.

8 lanes, nice!

Wow!!! NICE!!

I noticed a little wet spot on the paper on my desk.... :lol:

http://www.ethiotube.net/video/10766/ETV-News--A-New-super-highway-to-be-built-from-Addis-Ababa-to-Adama

^^ Holy s***! Did you see all those renders at the end??? I'm going to browse the net til I find every one of them.

I'm also happy to hear the rail line will operate with speeds up to 120 km/hr and not the ridiculous 50k/hr we heard previously.

Thanks for posting.

8 lane express hgw. and 120 km train track , Not to be political, but Bravo Meles and EPRDF ,that is what we need , democracy will follow gradually.

^^ The last render in the video was wow!

http://www.waltainfo.com/resource/road_1.gif

http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090418/00016c8b5de90b53a6a90f.jpg

^^ Holy s***! Did you see all those renders at the end??? I'm going to browse the net til I find every one of them.

I'm also happy to hear the rail line will operate with speeds up to 120 km/hr and not the ridiculous 50k/hr we heard previously.

Thanks for posting.

I LITERALLY started hyperventilating there.

^^ Holy s***! Did you see all those renders at the end??? I'm going to browse the net til I find every one of them.

http://www.crbc.com/en/anbry_Manage/upLoadPic/200873112528764.jpg

I think this road will be a toll road which is excellent, because the cost to maintain this massive expressway is going to be very high.

Well, Meles 'melataw' did it one more time, great work.

I think this road will be a toll road which is excellent, because the cost to maintain this massive expressway is going to be very high.

Indeed - Must be a toll road.

Well, Meles 'melataw' did it one more time, great work.
^^
Shorty, as usual, puts his money where his mouth is.

The picture posted by Simfan34 is not the design for Addis Ababa - Nazareth road. According to China Bridge and Road Construction company website, that is the design for Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway


See Here (http://www.crbc.com/en/prinfo.asp?NID=202)

This is in China not Ethiopia
http://www.crbc.com/en/anbry_Manage/upLoadPic/200873112528764.jpg

Read more about this on nazret.com (http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_shanghai_nanjing_or_addis_nazre&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)
www.nazret.com

http://www.ccccltd.com.cn/file/Image/companies/construction/road/Shanghai-Nanjing.jpg

Is it? Oh well. I knew the landscape seemed funny and that there were four lanes instead of three. But why'd you join just to say that? :lol:

Actually it is going to be 8 lanes, so it's basically going to look like that. Plus there will be a rail line running parallel.

The picture posted by Simfan34 is not the design for Addis Ababa - Nazareth road. According to China Bridge and Road Construction company website, that is the design for Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway.

US Route 66

I've noticed that this is your first post. Welcome! Keep it up.

I'm just wondering tho - are you the editor of nazret.com? :)

You actually took my JPG capture and posted it on your site....:lol:

Mine.......:lol:
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/995/66941396.jpg

Yours
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4656/47486964.jpg


^^^^
We know WALTA and ENA are the most backward news sources - why waste arguing their professional capacity. They do a lot of blunders - take the above NEWS blunder number 1001. There is, however, nothing wrong to show a similar render (as long as the source is mentioned) to support the news. The point is, there is a road construction going on. That by itself is good news.

That's HYSTERICAL Ahadu! So we know SOMEONE is watching us!

The picture posted by Simfan34 is not the design for Addis Ababa - Nazareth road. According to China Bridge and Road Construction company website, that is the design for Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway

Comment from: Ghion [Visitor]
I am very much surprised to be the first one to comment on this article. It is not a secret any longer that the anti Ethiopian Diaspora who is working hand in hand with Ethiopia’s traditional enemies are running out of lies and false propagandas and the brilliant hard working prime minister of Ethiopia his Excellency Meles Zenawi is proving them wrong to their face and embarrassing them left and right.

msg Comment from: hassan [Visitor]
let them use any picture they have on file. This is big in Ethiopian history God bless Mr. meles and company.

msg Comment from: bymeno [Visitor]
The issue here is Ethiopia will have an eight lane express road, period.

Debating whether the the picture is from Chaina or Dembidolo won't change the fact that Ethiopia is progressing and Al Mariam and company are bullshiting.

God bless Ethiopia!!!

msg Comment from: T.A.De [Visitor]
The biggest issue is,credibility of the ETV which it broadcasted faulty news;who could possibly trust Zinawi's lieing mouth,ETV.

who is bearing the cost of the expense? It must be Ethiopian taxpayers; the loan grant rests on the shoulder of Ethiopians.Here, who is benefiting most? Well,not Ethiopians;it must be Zinawians.Zinawians,they don't ever,ever do anything and something,if it is not benefited them,first and foremost.

Since everything and anything that is available in Ethiopia is owned,controlled,and run by Zinawians,whatever they do in their steaing hands,do good to them,but not to Ethiopians.

Facts and realities that have been existed in Ethiopia for the last twenty years speak for themselves.Major industries,banks,and service sectors are owned by Zinawians;therefore,to export the products that are manufactured in their industries must be transported on something,that is a road;so,when Zinawians build a road,is that they want to benefit Ethiopia and Ethiopians or is it that they build a road to first benefit them,then whatever little is available,to throw it on Ethiopians' face?

msg Comment from: omo [Visitor]
It is similar to Mubarek leading President Obama in the white house. Everybody is aware of the picture of the participants of the Middle East peace talks posted on an Egyptian newspaper.
There seems to be no limit to the extent pro-government media would go to aggrandize the dictator’s achievements in the eyes of the Ethiopian people, whom they see as ignorant fools who believe everything they see and hear. Pro-government journalist are blind and deaf to the crimes of the dictator; while at the same time they become delusional and they start to see what is not there, with the aim to make Ethiopians oblivion of the many crimes of their leader.

Nevertheless, we should not underestimate the impact such a big undertaking will have on the development of Ethiopia. It is my opinion that a six-lane highway would have been sufficient to handle the traffic load for the coming fifty years, and some of the money should have been diverted to other entrances to the capital, such as the Entoto road, which should be improved, if it is still in the the same condition as it was years ago.

msg Comment from: Ye Diaspora Geta [Visitor]
So what? You use picture to show what an eight lane road look like. I bet you discussed this over coffee for the whole day. What a waste! Stupid diaspora!

msg Comment from: Tersit [Visitor]
Well done to the person who wrote this news. The news by ETV and walta is very misleading. A project that cost more than have a billion dolar don't have a proper model yet? So they have used image from the constraction company website without even mentioning where they got the picture from, this is very bad journalism and force me to doubt the credibility of these news sources. I want to add one thing, even though that it is good we build roads, power plant no matter what the government does, we would like to have our freedom back, political prisoners released, then we will start appreciating anything good the government does. Until then, we will fight for our freedom!

msg Comment from: Werner2010 [Visitor]
We can choose to be happy about a major road construction in our country that is vital for our economic development, or we can cry our eyes out because of an error made in a report about this future road. I deplore the people who always choose to see the glass half empty.

msg Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
Hey Nazrets, are you from the generation of TWIST WEDE GIRRA TWIST WEDE QEGNI era. You like twisting things around. It is not bad to use the picture as an example.
Any ways I love everything about the project.

msg Comment from: Hamere [Visitor]
Mr. writer
You feeble, ignorant. What the hell do you have the source of the picture. What Meles the great saying is that you will a road like this. PERIOD.
Do not be denez like this. Tsifeh motehal:)):)):)) wisha

msg Comment from: c´moi senait [Visitor]
Where is the TRAIN ? The world is chosing to decrease the CARS and weyannes a heading for more CARS rather than TRAIN which are more usfull than this weyannes nightmare...

msg Comment from: teshome [Visitor]
Actions lie louder than words.

msg Comment from: Johnny [Visitor]
The picture is taken from China so what? do u want us to protest in front of "THE WHITE HOUSE"? any way Forget the pic u guys(Nazret.com) stop acting like kid and just start talking about development of Ethiopia.
"LONG LIVE FOR ETHIOPIA"

msg Comment from: woldeyesus [Visitor]
You did the right thing in pointing out mistakes done in reporting the news. No one should be mad at it. You gave Walta and other outlets the opportunity to correct their mistakes and they should be glad about it. They could show the video or pictures as a comparison of what the road that is being built could look like, instead of saying 'this is the one'.

Coming back to the news, this is a music to my ears and probably to many many Ethiopians or friends of Ethiopia everywhere.

When all is said and done, this current administration will be judged to be one that did the most for Ethiopia since several centuries ago, or ever. Any Ethiopian who is not racist/tribalist at heart should appreciate all the good work being accomplished by Woyane and company in this short period of their residence in that palace.

msg Comment from: Timo [Visitor]
Nazret
What's wrong with you?Ok let's say the picture that ETV used for the news is Shanghai-Nanjing so what?Still Ethiopia is constructing an express way at a cost of $ 612 mil.for 80 km.
I know that the other unti-Ethiopia web sites will say the quality of the raod is poor bla bla but please for the sake of Ethiopia don't follow their tails.

msg Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
I watch ETV on a daily bases and I watched that news yesterday night and that was not how it was presented and that was not how I understood it. I think you are misquoting ETV or you are using the picture out of the context it was used, the context that picture was used is to show the worlds level of road building, while ETV was showing that picture was saying: ye ethiopian menged derja alem kedersebet derja lemadrese. In other words ETV was saying to bring the Ethiopian road system to world standard level and was showing that picture to show the developed road system in the world.

Anyone can go back to check it out for teh ERTA website, the news is still available.

I love ETV than anyother TV on the planet..

msg Comment from: ye adama sew [Visitor]
I say: another 5 more years for EPRDF.
Thank you EPRDF.

msg Comment from: Dan [Visitor]
It is a conceptual picture not the actual design Idiot!. That picturemight not be the design of tha Shanghai express. It is common in the industry to use conceptual designs.

msg Comment from: Alula Yemesker [Visitor]
So what is the point? Ethiopia is showing you that the final look of the road looks like the Shanghai-Nanjing high way.
Nazret is finally run out of all negative fallacies. You are becoming childish, nevertheless.

Ethiopia government gone too far to the development; it reached at the point-of-no-return!

msg Comment from: teshome [Visitor]
"Tilebsew yelat tikenanebew amarat"
The world 2nd poorest country building a modernized toll express highway? What a mess? Why not use the money to expnad modern agriculture that will immediately and directly benefit Ehtiopians? Instead of selling the land to Arabs and Asians why not they use the $650 million dollar to develop the land by themselves? This toll highway when completed will be one additional source of revenue for EFFORT.

msg Comment from: TEDDY [Visitor]
:)):crazy:What a jock .Railways ,Bridges,Highways, Modern Farms ,Car factories complex, Sky Crappers .Why not:Planet Mars Expedition , The first Nuclear Electric center and bla bla bla...TPLF bandits lies and propagandas have no limits .Hey Thuggies what about your river of gold mine ,your diamond extraction complex ,the Natural Gaz exploitation ,oh of course the Tekeze and Gibe electric Dams .

msg Comment from: Derese [Visitor]
The pathological liar Melese Zenawi and the retarded cadres of tplf will use any footage to stay in power.These are not states men infact are bunch of thugs and criminals who thanks to shabia are in Menilik's palace.
Thank you nazret for exposing walta and woyane tv.

msg Comment from: belay [Visitor]
matlalat and manquashesh is our culture and tradition. now how is this picture posted by who knows what a big deal compared to a road that is vital to the country:no: ere tinish enifer gobez.

msg Comment from: nigusu [Visitor]
alhamdulillah/ thanks GOD this is the reality of MELLES Zenawi we Ethiopians need practical man not some one who like to write and talk so much like Al;marian and other fault finders

msg Comment from: abyssiniangirl4life [Visitor]
I heard an engineer that was involved in some of these works complain that most of these constructions are of substandard qualities. It really sucks that we are wasting all this money on shitty infrastructure that'll crumble in a few years.

msg Comment from: yegermal two [Visitor]
Do you think we care about the Shainag or any belt way picture from any planet if they show us as example the main important is the progress what happening in each second.nazeretoch you should not bother about a picture. I wonder what you will say when the plan is finished.

msg Comment from: West [Visitor]
Too expensive.
The cost of the motorway is about one tenth of the federal budget, thats way too much.
Instead, the upgrading of the railroad is way overdue, and would be much more useful to carry the freight from and to Djibouti.

I'm all about infrastructure developpement, but not at any cost.

msg Comment from: amanuel [Visitor]
እና ምን ጉድ የሚያስብል ነገር አለ ፕላኑ እሱ ባይሆን እንኩዋን አእሱን የሚመስል ይሰራል ለማለት ነው
ዲያስፖራ አንጀቱ አረረ ዘንድሮ

msg Comment from: Agamino [Visitor]
I have no words!

msg Comment from: Eri-Bel [Visitor]
what a full of lie?
why they keep lying?do any body
force them to confuse all habeshas?
any ways mr/mis ethiopia here is the
truth click this link below
http://www.zgdazxw.com.cn/NewsView.asp?ID=2586
Politicians/hodams will say whatever they need in order to be re-elected
and kill more ethiopians
the hadams try to cheat the oppresed
ethiopians


The Golmud-Tanggula Mountain Section of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway with the total length of 602 kilometers crosses over 560km ground-frozen region. This project was awarded the national “First Prize for Excellent Road Survey” and “First Prize for Excellent Road Design”. A piece of research, “Technology for Black Road construction in Permafrost Regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway ” was awarded the “National First Prize for Scientific and Technological Advancement”. The “Experimental Research on Subgrade and Pavement in Permafrost Regions of Qinghai-Tibet Highway” was awarded the “First Prize for Scientific and Technological Advancement” by the Ministry of Communications in 1987. The achievement of the “Research on Road Construction Technology in Permafrost Regions on Highlands” reached the international advanced level.


The Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway
The construction of the 274 kilometers-long expressway commenced in 1994 and was completed and went into service in 1996. It was awarded the “National Prize for Excellent Quality Project”, the “China Luban Prize for Architecture Engineering” in 1998, and the first “China Zhan Tianyou Prize for Civil Engineering” in 1999.

msg Comment from: Werner2010 [Visitor]
@abyssiniangirl4life
you heard an engineer...
What is the point of your Engineer complaining to you about the quality of the buildings and roads? The best you can do is pass his discontent to this forum. He better discuss the matter with his collegues and superiors.

msg Comment from: Checker [Visitor]
Check your facts!
Since when is Nazreth a.k.a. Adama the 3rd biggest city in Ethiopia? I'd say you do your fact check before reporting, before you run and attack other media outlet.

Look what you've done! :lol::lol::lol: Such ignoramuses

Paint is messed on my computer. If anyone can get the screencaps, there are fuzzy designs of the highway in this clip at 17:43 and at 18:42.

http://www.diretube.com/etv-documentary/restless-road-part-5-video_0a4f5bfbe.html

Here you go:

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3608/diredire.png

Thanks!

I wish we could find them on the net because it's illegible, but I scoured the net and nada.

http://www.diretube.com/etv-report/the-addis-ababa-nazret-highway-video_a83f4a0f7.html

Call me crazy, bu I enjoyed watching that!

LOL I enjoyed it too even with the stop-start English and the "zat""zis" etc.

Anyway, it seems like even though the construction was announced to have just started, they've made some headway already in the last shot. I thought it was interesting that they had thought this road wouldn't have been needed until 15 years in the future.

The fact that they keep mixing renders of projects in China and the one in Addis makes it confusing, but it seems to me that they've shown several renders of the Adama-Addis expressway at 2:37, at 5:05, 6:41and 6:59. If you try really hard to read it, you will see Adama in some of them.


SOOO, where do you think the next expressway will be running? And when will it be built?
I think the next one will be Awassa-Mojo/Adama and it will be right around the end of construction of this current one, so starting around 2013.

Addis - Bahir Dar! :D

One can dream.

I don't think it's too much of a dream actually. AFAIK, Bahir Dar is the only city outside of Addis currently investing in a ring road for instance. It's also the 3rd largest city in the country and is more or less neck and neck with Dire in terms of population.

I do think that it will be probably the 3rd expressway and not the 2nd, but I really don't think it's that far off in the future. Probably in a decade.

I don't think it's too much of a dream actually. AFAIK, Bahir Dar is the only city outside of Addis currently investing in a ring road for instance. It's also the 3rd largest city in the country and is more or less neck and neck with Dire in terms of population.

I do think that it will be probably the 3rd expressway and not the 2nd, but I really don't think it's that far off in the future. Probably in a decade.

Da hell...Where'd you get that from? Dire is 3 times as large in terms of population...not including its "metro" area.

3rd largest is Nazret. Dire Dawa is second. 4th is Mekelle.


Simfan, what's your affinity for Bahir Dar based on?

Simfan, what's your affinity for Bahir Dar based on?

You sound like you have something against Bahir Dar. :lol:

I dunno, I visited it and it seemed nice, it's location and quite big. Maybe I'd like to see the bridge against the Abay.

You sound like you have something against Bahir Dar. :lol:

I dunno, I visited it and it seemed nice, it's location and quite big. Maybe I'd like to see the bridge against the Abay.

No, I don't. Just because I corrected that it's not the 2nd 3rd or 4th largest, doesn't mean I have something against it.lol I'm just asking. You can see I have no particular affinity for any place over another.

You have indicated more than once that you do, so I was curious; I have never been. I wanted to know what made it special in your eyes...but the explanation you just gave doesn't seem to quite match your warm feelings. lol

I dunno, I kind of just like it. It has a lot of potential.

Da hell...Where'd you get that from? Dire is 3 times as large in terms of population...not including its "metro" area.

3rd largest is Nazret. Dire Dawa is second. 4th is Mekelle.


Simfan, what's your affinity for Bahir Dar based on?

I'd always heard that Bahir Dar was 3rd largest.
With that said 3 times larger seemed like an exaggeration to me so I checked. You are right it's not even 3rd, but according to the link below, Nazret does not even have double the population.

However, I really didn't think that even Mekelle would have a higher population than Bahir Dar. Not sure where their data is from.

http://www.citypopulation.de/Ethiopia.html#Stadt_gross

I'd always heard that Bahir Dar was 3rd largest.
With that said 3 times larger seemed like an exaggeration to me so I checked. You are right it's not even 3rd, but according to the link below, Nazret does not even have double the population.

However, I really didn't think that even Mekelle would have a higher population than Bahir Dar. Not sure where their data is from.

http://www.citypopulation.de/Ethiopia.html#Stadt_gross

My mistake about Dire Dawa's numbers (although its position still 2nd). I should know better than to take Wikipedia entries at face value.

# City : Urban Population (Including Rural)

2. Dire Dawa: 232,854 (342,827)
3. Adama: 222,035*
4. Mekele: 215,546*
5. Bahir Dar: 180,094 (220,344)
6. Hawassa: 159,013 (259,803)



* These do not have rural populations.

- 2007 Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia

I'm pretty sure Hawassa will eventually overtake Bahir Dar as the 5th most populous; probably as early as the next census.

ERA to extend road project to Awash
By Muluken Yewondwossen

The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is considering continuing the current Addis Ababa-Adama high way up to Awash.

According to sources at ERA, the authority will undertake the design work of the highway continuation shortly. “The construction work depends on the source of finance because the project will demand huge investment,” the source added.

The highway (Addis-Adama) is estimated to cost 612 million US dollars out of which some 350 million dollar will be secured from the Chinese government in the form of loan while the balance will be covered by the Ethiopian government. The construction of the Addis-Adama high way is being constructed by the Chinese construction firm, CRBC.

The construction of the expressway is expected to be finalized in a period of three years. The route makes the country’s busiest road. More than 20,000 vehicles commute along the Addis-Adama road daily.

The source added that the government has also an interest to construct another modern highway from Mojo to Awassa after five years as the traffic flow is not expected to grow much till then.

Awash is about 125km away from Adama and 223km east of Addis. It makes one of the busiest highways in the country that connects the central part of the country with Djibouti Port.http://www.capitalethiopia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13521:era-to-extend-road-project-to-awash&catid=12:local-news&Itemid=4

Wow, they're being really dynamic and actually are thinking long term. I'm impressed.

Do it! But I never knew Awash was in Afar, didn't know the region extended so far south...

I think Awash is right by the Afar state, if not at the southern edge inside of it.

eta: Wiki says it's inside Afar state.

According to the new mapping it is.....but it's a strategic placement on the border of Oromia, sort of like Hawassa is.

New renders, taken by our very own Yoniii! :cheers:


http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1720/dsc04424a.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2397/dsc04427lp.jpg

"years ago, there was an imagine..." Okay.... but I'm glad we get to see the renders.

^^ Lol that's the first thing I noticed too.

I 'imagine' it was probably written by the Chinese. pardon the pun lol

^^ Lol that's the first thing I noticed too.

I 'imagine' it was probably written by the Chinese. pardon the pun lol

Yes, I noticed the slogan at the bottom: "Let's witness the miracle happening in our wonderful land", and I was immediately reminded of the Chinese propaganda slogans, which were gentle imperatives, like that.

An artist's rendition of the design of Addis-Adama (Nazreth) expressway

http://www.addisfortune.com/Vol_10_No_571_Images/addis_adama_road.jpg

has construction started on this expressway?

has construction started on this expressway?
Yup, I remember seeing an Etv report that was covering the ongoing construction.

has construction started on this expressway?
According to this news the construction is 34% completed.Sorry its in amharic.

የአዲስ አበባ - አዳማ የፍጥነት መንገድ 34 በመቶ ተጠናቀቀ

Sunday, 05 June 2011 00:00
By a Staff Reporter


የአዲስ አበባ - አዳማ የፍጥነት መንገድ ፕሮጀክት ሥራ ከአጠቃላይ ሥራው 34 በመቶ መጠናቀቁን አዲስ ዘመን ዘግቧል፡፡ ፕሮጀክቱ ሲጠናቀቅ ከአዲስ አበባ አዳማ ለመድረስ ከ40 እስከ 50 ደቂቅ ብቻ የሚፈጅ መሆኑ ተገልጿል፡፡ 46 ኪሎ ሜትር ጠጠርና ቀይ አሸዋ የማንጠፍ ሥራ እንደተሠራ ተጠቁሞ፣ ሥራውን በፍጥነት ለማጠናቀቅም ከመንገድ ሥራው ጐን ለጐን ድልድዮችን የመገንባት ሥራ እየተከናወነ መሆኑ ተመልክቷል፡፡ ይኼው የፍጥነት መንገድ 80 ኪሎ ሜትር ርዝመት ሲኖረው፣ 46 ድልድዮችም እንደሚኖሩት ዘገባው አስታውሷል፡፡

China speed...

34% Complete :banana:

I will try to look for construction pics.

GoogleEarth has updated the peripheral areas of Addis Ababa and the northern half of the Addis-Adama Freeway construction progress is now visible.

It is visibile all the way to Bishoftu (DBZ)

I can get images off Google Earth!

The images are from Dec 4, 2010 and there arent any visible signs of widening yet :(

Music,...

I wish I knew how to paste them here. The image showing central Addis is indeed old but if you go to the southeastern suburbs, you will see the newer image tinted in greenish.

Another thing you could do is just follow the old Addis-Debrezeyt road and pay attention to another road under construction to the right of the old road.....you will be able to trace it from Akaki-Dukem, to DBZ.

Music,...

I wish I knew how to paste them here. The image showing central Addis is indeed old but if you go to the southeastern suburbs, you will see the newer image tinted in greenish.

Another thing you could do is just follow the old Addis-Debrezeyt road and pay attention to another road under construction to the right of the old road.....you will be able to trace it from Akaki-Dukem, to DBZ.


Here's the google earth image...
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5280/addnazhwy.jpg

Here's the google earth image...
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5280/addnazhwy.jpg

Sweet Jesus :banana::banana: love it love it!what a progress may God bless the chinese :master:

^^ የሚደነቅ ነው። ነገሩ ጋዜጣው እንዳለው ከሆነ አንድ 25 ኪ.ሜ የሚሆን አልቋል። ማለት እስከ ዱከም አካባቢ አልቋል ማለት ነው፣ ስለዚህ ምስሉ ትክክል ነው። ታዲያ እስከ ዱከም ለምን እንደማይከፍቱት አልገባኝም።

^^ የሚደነቅ ነው፣ ምሥሉ የሚያሳየው ግን እስከ ዱከም ድረስ ነው።

If u have google earth you can see it upto debre zeit .Even you can see they are cotinue east of DZ to modjo but the pic east of DZ became the 2005 :bash:
Imagine this is from dec 04/2010 i wonder how far they gone now.Since the news said that they start working from both end side (meaning from addis and from nazret) i will guess from nazret they come pretty close to DZ.DZ on the regular hwy 45 km away from addis so pretty much they already clear up the base next move will be building the 46 bridge and asphalting it.
Last summer when i drove to awassa from akaki to dukem the road was in realy bad shape and the traffic was too much for the existing road so this hwy will give a break and they might fix it well.

^^ አሁን ያለው መንገድ ላይ የሚደረሰው አደጋም የመኪናውን ያህል የበዛ ነው። 2008 ላይ ከላንጋኖ ስንመለስ ለተወሰነ ርቀት በምሽት ነድተንበት በጣም ነው ያሳቀቀኝ። የመኪና ብዛት ጭራሽ ሲመሽ ይብሳል መሰለኝ በተለይ የጭነት መኪና እንዳሸን ነበር። ሚኒባስ የሚሏቸው የሰው ማመላለሻዎች መንገዱ ላይ በየቀኑ እስከ 3 ግዜ ካዲሳባ ናዝሬት ስለሚመላለሱበት ምንም ትእግስት የሚባል ነገር የላቸውም። በማታ ዋና መብራታቸውን ቦግ አድርገው ደርበው ይቀድማሉ፣ እንደዛ ሲያደርጉ ያለህ እደል ወደዳር ወጥተህ ማሳለፍ ነው። ወንድሜ እንደዛ አድርጎ አንድ ሶስቴ አሳልፏል። አስበው እስኪ በማታ እንደዛ አይነት ድፍረት! ከሌላ አቅጣጫ የሚመጣው ካለቀቀ ወይ ካልቆመ ፊት ለፊት ነው የሚላተሙት። በዚህ ላይ ጠጥተው ወይ ጨብሰው ነው የሚነዱት፣ አሁን አሁን ደሞ በሼሽ እብድ በለው ሁሉ ይነዳሉ የሚል ሰምቻለሁ። የአዲሱ መንገድ አጣዳፊ አስፈላጊነት ጥርጥር የለውም፣ መንግሥትም ይህንን የተረዳ ይመስላል።

http://www.addisfortune.com/Vol_10_No_579_Images/china_road_const_nazret_road_im1.jpg

Great images rasta and skyliner!

http://www.addisfortune.com/Vol_10_No_579_Images/toll_road_3d_modle.jpg

The six-lane Addis Abeba–Adama (Nazareth) toll road being constructed at an estimated cost of around 612 million dollars by China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) is set for completion six months ahead of schedule.

The initial deadline was set for April 20, 2014.

The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) and CCCC signed the contract in June 2009. Construction work commenced in April 2010 by CCCC. This company was founded by the Chinese Communication Construction Group (CCCG) in 2006 with total assets at 41.2 billion dollars.

Around 30pc of the construction has been completed, said Gu Jun, resident engineer for the toll motorway design and supervision road project for Beijing Expressway Supervision Co, during a media tour of the road on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

Beijing Expressway, a subsidiary of Beijing Enterprises Holdings, which was established in May 1997, is providing consultancy services for the project. Expressway operations form part of the core business segments of Beijing Enterprises, which had total assets amounting to 2.1 billion dollars in 2004.

“The expressway is being built according to Chinese quality standards and will reduce the travel time between Addis Abeba and Adama to 40 minutes,” said Jun.

At present, it takes more than two hours, on average, to travel between the two cities.

Upon completion by CCCC, which is principally engaged in the design and construction of transportation infrastructure, the 80km road would be able to accommodate up to 15,000 vehicles daily and could be upgraded to an eight-lane road if the need arose, Jun claimed.

The project, which is aimed at relieving traffic congestion and reducing frequent accidents, is funded by a 350 million dollar loan from the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China. The amount constitutes 57pc of the total cost and is to be repaid over 20 years. The remaining 262 million dollars (43pc) is to be covered by the Ethiopian government.

“The modern features of the road, such as tall gateways as well as the type of interchanges and tollgates, make the expressway the first of its kind in East Africa,” claimed Jun.

It comprises 46 overpasses, 22 underpasses, and 152 culverts.

The overpasses are supported by stone structures, reinforced concrete piers, and girders weighing 73tn with nets at the top to prevent road users from dropping off the 5.4-metre high overpass, according to Williamor C Ramos, structural engineer for Beijing Expressway.

The three underpasses are designed for automobiles, agrimotors (agricultural motor vehicles that are not tractors), and pedestrian, according to Ramos.

“The automobile underpasses will be 6.5 metres wide and 4.5 metres high, while the agrimotor and pedestrian underpass will both have widths of 4.5 metres as well as heights of 3.2 metres and 2.2 metres, respectively,” Ramos told Fortune. “The parameters for designing culverts are based on velocity, water scouring, and water levels but their sizes differ based on actual flood discharge.”

Of the expressway’s tollgates, Addis Abeba and Adama are each to have one, while the remaining is to be located at the six interchanges.

Roads from these interchanges form part of the project and would connect the expressway with Dukem, Bishoftu (Debre Zeit), and Modjo towns.

“Prefeasibility studies have been conducted on other roads that were found to need similar projects,” said Samson Wondimu, director of communications at the ERA. “They are Adama–Awash and Modjo–Hawassa roads. The Addis Abeba–Adama Road was given priority because it forms part of the Addis Abeba–Djibouti Highway.”

The road also leads to the Bale Region, Oromia Regional State, as well as Dire Dawa and Jijiga, the capital of Somali Regional State.

The Addis Abeba–Bishoftu Air Force Road could be opened as early as May 2012, according to Jun. The entire project is to include service stations with restaurants, fuel stations, and rest rooms along the way, he claimed.

The project has not come without its challenges.

“There were problems with the compensation paid to the people who were displaced by the project,” Samson said. “Some of these did not even really live in the area, but constructed makeshift dwellings in an attempt to take advantage of the compensation scheme. Traffic signs have also been vandalised, stalling our progress.”

The ERA expects to spend more than 120 billion Br on the 71,523km of new all-weather roads planned in the GTP, according to the communications director.

Between 1996/97 and 2009/10, the road network has increased from 26,000km to 49,000km at a cost of around 60 billion Br.

http://www.addisfortune.com/Addis%20Abeba-Adama%20Toll%20Road%20Ahead%20of%20Schedule.htm

If u have google earth you can see it upto debre zeit .Even you can see they are cotinue east of DZ to modjo but the pic east of DZ became the 2005 :bash:
Imagine this is from dec 04/2010 i wonder how far they gone now.Since the news said that they start working from both end side (meaning from addis and from nazret) i will guess from nazret they come pretty close to DZ.DZ on the regular hwy 45 km away from addis so pretty much they already clear up the base next move will be building the 46 bridge and asphalting it.
Last summer when i drove to awassa from akaki to dukem the road was in realy bad shape and the traffic was too much for the existing road so this hwy will give a break and they might fix it well.

Great Observation,

P.S. be mindful that construction started simultanousely from both ends (e.g. Addis Ababa and Nazreth). Moreover, AddisFortune has reported that the overpasses and underpasses are also being beuilt simultanousely and the image I posted earlier proves it.

Marvelous, but:

The three underpasses are designed for automobiles, agrimotors (agricultural motor vehicles that are not tractors), and pedestrian, according to Ramos

I don't see this ending well. :lol::ohno:

Expected to be completed 6 months ahead of schedule..mmmm, if only that could be said about nairobi-thika highway too.:lol:

six months ahead of schedule? jeez, the Chinese don't mess around. I hope the culture of hard work and discipline is also one of the benefits to be gained from this relationship.

Marvelous, but:



I don't see this ending well. :lol::ohno:


It is very likely that what they meant to report is that "three of the 22 underpasses are for pedestrians & agrimotors (whatever they are) and the remainder for regular road vehicles...

I am assuming that when they say underpass it is in reference to roadways passing under the new highway.... but I could be wrong...

I was talking about the paths for the pedestrians. Something tells me pedestrians (this is the countryside!) will stick to the ones for automobiles and agrimotors and avoid the pedestrian underpass like the plague.

Any news?

New renders, taken by our very own Yoniii! :cheers:


http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1720/dsc04424a.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2397/dsc04427lp.jpgThe passing at Adama city looks a bit complicated but advanced engineering-wise. They will probably have to introduce more highway information to make the turn easily navigable otherwise there is a high probability of having chaos in the first months.

The Addis Ababa-Adama expressway progressing very well according to this Etv news :cheers: sorry its in Amharic and watch it starting 9:oo minutes.

NiZPLcTHubI

According to Vildana, construction is well on it's way. :cheers:

I'll be looking for pics.

According to Vildana, construction is well on it's way. :cheers:

I'll be looking for pics.

Hej musiccity ,yes the construction is we'll underway,they started from both ends,the construction from addis side reached debrezeit (posted some pictures on flickr) .and construction from adama side ,i could see some hefty construction activities near oromia parliament what looks like a construction of maybe a huge overpass entering adame from south.

Hej musiccity ,yes the construction is we'll underway,they started from both ends,the construction from addis side reached debrezeit (posted some pictures on flickr) .and construction from adama side ,i could see some hefty construction activities near oromia parliament what looks like a construction of maybe a huge overpass entering adame from south.

Can you link to your flickr account then perhaps? lol

He posted in the AA thread that it's under vildana2. Here http://www.flickr.com/photos/74561619@N02/

Thnx abesha :-)

The Addis-Adama expressway near Debre Zeit courtesy of Vildana

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6716049525_6b2cd4ef7f_b.jpg

http://64.19.142.11/farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6716046141_33b5ed2726_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6716039687_0d08fa6442_b.jpg

Oh what a tease!

Couldn't you have copped a few aerial shots at least? lol Is that really too much to ask for? :D


What about the more completed side of the project (i.e Addis)?

Oh what a tease!

Couldn't you have copped a few aerial shots at least? lol Is that really too much to ask for? :D


What about the more completed side of the project (i.e Addis)?

Sorry Hersh .... in time, be patient :) by the way just some meters forward on this section they are building a train overpass , that is the new Addis -Djib. rail road.

First Expressway in Ethiopia 28% Completed

The Expressway being constructed between Addis Ababa and Adama is 28% completed according to the Roads Authority in Ethiopia.

The construction of the super highway intended to allow eight lanes in two directions is progressing on schedule said Samson Wondimu Director of the Communication Directorate of the Ethiopian Roads Authority

The project is expected to be finalized in April of 2014 he noted.
The construction of the new road has offered employment opportunities and enabled the introduction of innovative technology to road development in Ethiopia according to Samson.

It is expected that the expressway will contribute to road connections between Addis Ababa and Djibouti as well as between the capital and regional locations such as Hawassa and Bale said Samson.

It is also hope that the new road will reduce traffic accidents and reduce fuel consumption on that route he added.

It is to be remembered that the 80 km super high way between Addis Ababa and Adama begins from the ring road just outside of Addis Ababa. The road will parallel the current road linking Adama with the capital and will have exits at every town between Addis Ababa and Adama.

The two way road will be fenced on either side to prevent pedestrians and animals entering the road.http://www.2merkato.com/20120210885/first-expressway-in-ethiopia-28-completed

Great update on google earth, addis nazret expressway project seems going very fast.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8595/highwaym.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8374/highway2.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/173/highway3.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/768/highway4.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6323/highway5.jpg

Wow! Thanks for the great pics Roha!

It definitely looks on track to complete by the end of 2013.

^^ now 31% apparently


Addis Ababa-Adama road project progressing as per schedule

Addis Ababa, March 15 (WIC) – The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) said the Addis Ababa-Adama road project being built at a cost of over 8 billion birr is progressing as per the schedule. Authority Communication Directorate Director, Samson Wondimu, told WIC today the six-lane road project is now more than 31 percent complete.

The 80 km Addis Ababa-Adama expressway being constructed by the China Communications Construction Corporation (CCCC) will be finalized in 2014, he said. Samson said the construction of the road was launched in April, 2010. In addition to its socio–economic benefits, the road will have a significant contribution in alleviating the traffic jam and accidents being observed on the existing Adama-Addis Ababa road, he said.

Moreover, the construction of the road is contributing a lot towards creating job opportunities and promoting knowledge transfer, Samson indicated. He said cost for the construction of the road is covered by the Ethiopian government and loan obtained from Exim bank of China. According to Samson, there is a plan to construct similar expressway from Adama to Awash in the future.

Walta (http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2331:addis-ababa-adama-road-project-progressing-as-per-schedule&catid=52:national-news&Itemid=291)





I dont know if we have a Awash to Adama expressway thread but here is the Modjo to Hawassa expressway thread:

MODJO - HAWASSA | Expressway | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1483577)

Addis -Adama express highway update on Walta Tv. start at 3:05 http://www.waltainfo.com/

Thanks Vildana - it's looking good so far. 31% completed.

some disturbing devlopment about AA-Adama express way.
http://www.ethiotube.net/video/19564/ETV-News--Addis-Adama-Express-Highway-Project-will-not-be-completed-on-time

^^ With all the unemployment in the country, they should be able to find a zerenga for every single meter of that road. smh. Sometimes I feel like we should implement Saudi type of punishments.

Yoniii,

We need "Zebegnas", NOT "Zeregnas"....LOL

a what and a what?

Simfan,

Yoniii wanted to type "zebegna" which means 'security guard' in English. However, he mistyped the word as "zeregna" which means something else----but it was an accident so it was funny.

:lol: :lol:

Ah like the Kebur Zebegna... should have known. What does Zeregna mean?

Are people stealing things?

Ah like the Kebur Zebegna... should have known. What does Zeregna mean?

Are people stealing things?

Simfan34 Zeregna means racist .And yup people are stealing reinforcement bar and other stuffs .
In my opinion these people are most probably has some connection with the employees of the project or even could be the employees themselves.Otherwise nobody dare to steal these kind of stuffs with all these Federals and police around.

The road needs more racists! One to shout at the Oromo, another at the Amhara, yet another at the ferenji, and one at the Sina! That way everyone will be equally offended.

Simfan,


You forgot to mention the Ghanians...LOL

SIMFAN34 VISITS HIGHWAY, IS UNIMPRESSED

"Was only four lanes wide"
"Very narrow median"
"It wasn't finished and they let us drive on it!"

SIMFAN34 VISITS HIGHWAY, IS UNIMPRESSED

"Was only four lanes wide"
"Very narrow median"
"It wasn't finished and they let us drive on it!"


What part of the highway did Simfan34 visit and why did he not take pictures?

I'm pretty sure I saw 6 lanes of road.

He did! He just needs to resize them. I wrote that in DZ, coming back I could see it being 6, yes. I took like a gazillion. What were your impressions?

Looks amazing, and I think we can expect it for 2015 earliest :-)

Actually I am bit worried driving on it once completed with regards to ISUZU driver aka alkaida... I think the authorities should introduce a driving license especially for the express.

He did! He just needs to resize them. I wrote that in DZ, coming back I could see it being 6, yes. I took like a gazillion. What were your impressions?

I never did get a chance to personally inspect it. I got my cousin to take pictures for me up close when he was there recently. My trip is (was) this Oct. But given the precariousness of the current political climate, I don't think I will be making that trip. I'll wait till the dust settles.

Well, the country seems to be functioning well without Meles, for the moment. But I'm sure he'll be back very soon and working well at the Menelik Adrash.

Well, the country seems to be functioning well without Meles, for the moment. But I'm sure he'll be back very soon and working well at the Menelik Adrash.

You are sure he is coming back? and who are your sources? If he is alive how come at least he is not sending a voice message to the people who vote for him 99.6% ? :ohno:

Note the italics. One must be careful what one says.

Simfan34,

I agree with you about the nation functioning well even in the absense of its leader.

However, I must ask why you have deprived us of the images you took while on your trip! Oversized or not, just post the darn things already!!!

Simfan34,

I agree with you about the nation functioning well even in the absense of its leader.

However, I must ask why you have deprived us of the images you took while on your trip! Oversized or not, just post the darn things already!!!

+1
We are waiting :|

Simfan34, if you're having issues with oversized images, here is a way to simplify the process:

Download Google Picasa: www.google.com/picasa

Once installed, it will index your images. I'm sure you'll figure out the rest after. Just select the ones you want and tell it to upload to PicasaWeb and they'll be resized automatically and ready for embedding.

Good luck.

To think this day and age resizing photos are still a problem :D

You can also download light image resizer for free
http://download.cnet.com/Light-Image-Resizer/3000-12511_4-10529104.html

I am very much capable of resizing pictures, thank you! :D It is my inability to stay in the same place long enough to upload them all that is the problem. I have already uploaded two to the projects fact file.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2h5k2dh.jpg

^^
Simfan? ......ok. now, what is that?......are you messing with us?

Fine.......fine be like that :)

What do you think? It's the expressway.

Simfan34, come on dude. You're letting us down like Smarty the horse, with those grainy pixelated pics. I am sure you are perfectly capable of taking resolution pictures. Please don't tell us you went back home armed with just your cell phone camera. :)

Haba Simfan, I'm an amateur armed with an 8 mp HP camera and I took better photos of my last trip in Nigeria :lol:

I cant lie,...those images are indeed horible

Please resize the pic a bit.

We can't even see it.

I cant lie,...those images are indeed horible

negative reinforcement and simfan kept to himself, who is updating us now?

negative reinforcement and simfan kept to himself, who is updating us now?

I'll dig them up from my PC today. :D

I'll dig them up from my PC today. :D

We are still waiting Simfan :D

Anyway Google Earth updated from Qality to Debre Zeyt to Novenmber 2012 ,so now you can see the progress on this highway :banana:

"The company is currently building a $612 million 80-kilometer road linking the capital with the city of Adama. It was supposed to take four years but is due now to be completed a year ahead of schedule this year. " see http://africa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2013-01/11/content_16106382.htm for the whole story.

At dz, towards nazret
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7182/dsc9959o.jpg



at dz towards AA
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8137/dsc9960.jpg

Trees are being planted along the median.

PS. Could not find the thread for this project. Mods, feel free to move this post

:banana:really nice work...especially i like the slope treatment work
thank u Qoqisha

wow so nice. Love this road already

Is it completed?

Looks very narrow to be three lane each way :bash:

^^ I agree, if your car breaks, you're screwed. It doesn't look completed though.

I don't understand why the Chinese are building roads with inferior quality. This can not be considered an express way. I don't get it. Every finished project I have seen so far looks nothing like its render. The money is paid for so I don't get why they build them like this.

SIMFAN34 VISITS HIGHWAY, IS UNIMPRESSED

"Was only four lanes wide"
"Very narrow median"
"It wasn't finished and they let us drive on it!"


Like I said, not impressed. Suppose this is the hidden cost of "China cost" and "China speed". :ohno:

Also, the pictures are being uploaded as we type.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_132822_zps88ad81b7.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_131655_zps6f0e2953.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_131950_zps8a6c6618.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_132235_zps2fc4dad0.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_132857_zpsff7accd2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_133708_zps74be73b4.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_164751_zpsb131772b.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_164010_zps31999f9f.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_164111_zps786288b8.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_163945_zpse2ecdc6b.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_163858_zps921b7300.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_133629_zps70dd8e68.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_133625_zps4cc21d8e.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_132524_zps1f5c789c.jpg

you guys let me say something about ur comment...first..u are complaining the road width is narrow but the fact is that the width is 12m and a lane width is 3.5m (international standard road width) so the width is not narrow as u guys complaining and can accomodate more than 3 lane (one side only) ... again u commented about the median width ..atleast it is better than concrete barrier ...i am sure u would like this project when u see the finishing works are completed.

I don't understand why the Chinese are building roads with inferior quality. This can not be considered an express way. I don't get it. Every finished project I have seen so far looks nothing like its render. The money is paid for so I don't get why they build them like this.

So quick to blast the project before it's even completed...why not give it the benefit of the doubt, at least until it's fully completed?

So quick to blast the project before it's even completed...why not give it the benefit of the doubt, at least until it's fully completed?

What the hell are you talking about? It's obvious even when completed what the road will look like unless you have no imagination. It is not a project that turned out as expected. The Chinese are being paid (or loaning money to be paid later) to do a job and deliver an inferior product in all aspect. Tell me if this does remotely looks close to its original rendering. No country or customer for that matter will tolerate and accept such work and Ethiopia should not be the exception.

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/995/66941396.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Simfan34/20120809_164751_zpsb131772b.jpg

Not too bad...

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1720/dsc04424a.jpg

:nuts:

I don't know if this is posted already. You can see some finished parts of the road.

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Fuck, if I can only understand half the things said in the video.

Fuck, if I can only understand half the things said in the video.

:lol: I feel you. Get used to ETV English.

how long is this road project?

very impressed by ethiopia. yall not fucking around with this infrustructure business. from dams to roads to railway to fertilizer factories....all these wheels are in motion at the smame time and the results are amazing. no time wasting. the envy of many african countries in this aspect. i wish kenya would get serious like ethiopia in this aspect.

The road looks beautiful already. i can see what it will look like when finished with all the trees in the median, and the finishing touches are done. It also looks wide enough to accommodate three cars in one side. I am so excited specially for this project and the rail roads being constructed in addis and in other regions of the country and to see this one almost finished and ready for use just feels so goooood.:cheers:

What the hell are you talking about? It's obvious even when completed what the road will look like unless you have no imagination. It is not a project that turned out as expected. The Chinese are being paid (or loaning money to be paid later) to do a job and deliver an inferior product in all aspect. Tell me if this does remotely looks close to its original rendering. No country or customer for that matter will tolerate and accept such work and Ethiopia should not be the exception.

Again, let's wait and see what the final product will look like before making such a harsh judgement.

how long is this road project?
It's 80 km.

The road is very important for several reasons. It will ease off traffic jams for trucks going to and from the port in Djibouti, the most congested part of the current road is between A.A and Adama. It will also reduces the traveling time between these cities to only 45 min, meaning that people will be able to work in one city and live in the other. Last but certainly not least, reduce some of the traffic accidents that unfortunately is far to common.