ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC), the owner of the project, is investing $1.7bn in the project. The new line will be completed by December 2015.The new railway line will connect northern Ethiopia with central region. It will also link the northern and eastern transportation network of Ethiopia.
Background, purpose and benefits of the Awash Woldia/Hara Gebeya railway project
“The new railway line will connect northern Ethiopia with central region.”
The Ethiopian Government has been undertaking several transportation projects as part of a five-year growth and transformation plan (GTP), which aims to enhance the transportation network within the country by connecting to adjacent countries and ports. It will provide efficient mobility and improve the export and import activities, boosting the economic development. National Railway Network of Ethiopia (NRNE) is one of the several projects constituted in the plan.
ERC has recognised eight railway routes as significant for development. These routes will have a total length of approximately 5,060km including buffer.
NRNE projects will be implemented in two phases. Phase I is composed of five railway projects which include Addis Ababa – Djibouti Railway Project, Mekele – Woldia/Hara Gebeya – Semera-Tadjourah Port Railway Project, Addis Ababa – Ijaji-Jimma-Dima including Jimma – Bedele Railway Project, Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya Railway Project and Mojo-Shashemene-Arbaminich-Weyto Railway Project.
Phase II includes six projects, Jimma-Guraferda-Dima diorected to Boma , Ijaji-Nekemet-Assosa-Kumuruk, Mekele-Shire, Fenoteselam-Bahirdar-Wereta-Woldia, Wereta Azazo-Metema and Adama-Indeto-Gassera-Ginir.
Source: geeskaafrika.com
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