Bridges of DR Congo

Humble effort from Kalemie - Le Pont Lukuga

Lukuga cont...

Originally posted by Karavia

Très beau pont entre la RDC et la RCA (bridge between DRC and CAR)

Originally posted by BUTEMBO21

A village in East Congo.

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Matadi Suspension Bridge

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Bridge in Tshikapa

Local Kinshasa bridges

Kongolo, Katanga Province

Pont Ponzo, Matadi

LE PONT KWILU SUR KIKWIT

On the banks of the Kabali and Dungu rivers

Pont TSHOPO new look, à Kisangani Province Orientale

BUTEMBO21 said:

This river is big!, Really good for a decent sizze dam that could generate between 500 and 1000 MWe for the province of Bandundu.

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Due to the sheer number of rivers across the land; obtaining self sufficiency in bridge and dam building should be a strategic target, these go hand in hand with cement capacity building. The by product of dam building is irrigation which naturally boosts agriculture, not sure how long the country can continue to sleep walk

preme3000 said:

Due to the sheer number of rivers across the land; obtaining self sufficiency in bridge and dam building should be a strategic target, these go hand in hand with cement capacity building. The by product of dam building is irrigation which naturally boosts agriculture, not sure how long the country can continue to sleep walk

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True.

In facts every province is capable of being self sufficient in Electricity due to having rovers everywhere.,

Its depressing to see provinces like Bandundu and Equateur having no dams or elecetrcity at all when they are endowed with most rivers in the country...Very depressing.

preme3000 said:

Local Kinshasa bridges

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Where's the governor? Embarrassing!

Sulybreks said:

Where's the governor? Embarrassing!

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This represents somewhat of an improvement compared to previously. The scale of work required to build the country is similar to the challenges faced by China and India in urbanising their rural populations. We just have a a big advantage in that the country is relatively under populated but face big disadvantages with a less than competent ruling political class and we have no real middle class. I look at South Africa as a potential role model in terms of development - they've really got 4 main cities (Jo'burg,CT, Durban, Pretoria) and the rest of the country benefits off of that; focusing development on a few cities will be easier than trying to patch up the whole sprawl of the country