ከሞጆ ሀዋሳ ለሚገነባው መንገድ የአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ የ2.4 ቢልዮን ብር ሰጠ

ከሞጆ ሀዋሳ ለሚገነባው አውራ መንገድ ከአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ 2.4 ቢልዮን ብር በላይ ብድርና እርዳታ መገኘቱን የገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስቴር ገለፀ፡፡

ከሞጆ ሀዋሳ ለሚገነባው አውራ መንገድ የ2.4 ቢልዮን ብር በላይ ብድርና ስጦታ ስምምነቱየገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚንስትር አቶ ሶፊያን አህመድና የአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ ተጠሪ ሚስ ጆሰፊን ንጉር ጋር ዛሬ ህዳር 27/2006  ተፈራርመዋል፡፡

የገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚንስትር አቶ ሶፊያን አህመድ እንዳሉት ከአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ ጋር የተፈረመው ስምምነት ኢትዮጵያ ለጀመረችው የእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን ጉዞ አካል ለሆነው የመንገድ ልማት የሚውል ነው፡፡

አቶ ሶፍያን እንዳሉት በኢትዮጵያ መንገዶች ባለስልጣን ባለቤትነት የሚገነባው የሀዋሳ ሞጆ መንገድ ወጭው ከአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክና ከኮሪያው ኤግዚም ባንክ በተገኘ የገንዘብ ድጋፍና በመንግስት የሚሸፈን ይሆናል፡፡

የመንገድ ፕሮጀክት ስራው ሲጠናቀቅ ወደ ደቡባዊ የሀገሪቱ ክፍል የሚደረገው የንግድና ኢንቨስትመንት እንቅስቃሴ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ የሚደግፍ ይሆናልም ብለዋል፡፡

የአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክም ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር ያለውን አጋርነት አጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል እምነታቸው መሆኑንም ሚንስትሩ ገልፀዋል፡፡

የአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ ተጠሪ ሚስ ጆሰፊን ንጉር በበኩላቸው  ከአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ ተጠቃሚ የአፍሪካ ሀገራት ኢትዮጵያ ግንባር ቀደም መሆኗን አስታውሰው በቀጣይም ባንኩ የኢትዮጵያን የልማት ጉዞ እንደሚደግፍ አረጋግጠዋል፡፡

የኢትዮጵያ መንገዶች ባለስልጣን ዋና ዳይሬክተር አቶ ዛይድ ወ/ገብርኤል ስምምነቱ  በሁለት ክፍሎች ለሚገነባው 201 ኪሎ ሜትሮችን ለሚሸፍነውና በአንድ ጊዜ 6 መኪኖችን ማሳለፍ የሚችለው ዘመናዊ የሞጆ ሞያሌ አውራ መንገድ አካል የሆነው የሞጆ ሀዋሳ ፕሮጀክት የሚውል እንደሆነ ገልፀዋል፡፡

አቶ ዛይድ  እንዳሉት ከሞጆ ሞያሌ ድረስ ያለው አጠቃላይ የመንገድ ፕሮጀክት ከሀገራዊ የኢኮኖሚ ጥቅሙ ባሻገር ክፍለ አህጉሪቱን በመንገድ ለማስተሳሰር ብሎም የአህጉር አቀፍ ግንኙነትን ለማጠናከር ከፍተኛ ሚና ይኖረዋል፡፡

ከሀዋሳ ሞያሌ በመገንባት ላይ የሚገኘው መንገድም ከዚህ ቀደም ከአፍሪካ ልማት ባንክ በተገኘ ብድርና ስጦታ ግንባታው በመፋጠን ላይ መሆኑም ተገልጿል፡፡

finance for Mojo-Hawassa expressway --> The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to partiallyfinance the Mojo-Hawassa express highway that will be constructed with additional funding from the Ethiopian government and the South Korea Exim Bank . Ethiopia asked South Korea to finance the construction of a new expressway stretching from Mojo to Hawassa. AfDB approved USD 126 million for the first phase of the 56km road, which will be the Mojo-Meki section. AfDB will also provide a USD 2.44 million fund to help the Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA) build its capacity. The government will contribute the balance of the USD 99.10 million to fund costs, local taxes, resettlement compensation and other expenses. The proposed loan of USD 100 million and the government's USD 22 million will fund the construction of the second section, which runs from Meki to Zeway (37km). The total cost of the road going from Mojo to Zeway (Batu) is USD 349.51 million .The 209 km Mojo-Hawassa Highway project will be implemented in two phases. Phase I consists of the construction of 93km of a new asphalt road divided with four lane between Mojo and Zeway towns. The project will be implemented in five years. The Mojo-Hawassa highway lies mostly in Oromia Region and is part of the major Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa highway project and is expected to facilitate local agri-business and international trade. The current Mojo-Hawassa road is dilapidated and has only two lanes. The road section forms a link in the route from Cape Town to Cairo . The current capacity is insufficient to cater to the growing traffic demands, including heavy international traffic. In this respect, the Bank (AfDB) has already invested in the construction of 1,000km sections of the Mombasa–Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Corridor in both Kenya and Ethiopia . The Mojo –Hawassa highway project continues the extension program and when completed in 2019 it is expected to greatly enhance national and regional trade. Currently, about 25 percent of the road sector development in the country is covered by donors. A 2012 data indicates that the World Bank is the largest donor, contributing 9.2 percent of the total disbursements, followed by the EU (6.2 percent), China (3.9 percent) and the AfDB (2.0 percent). The new Addis-Adama toll way is the first in the Nation and is expected to be completed by the end of the current budget year according to Samson Wendimu , public relations head of ERA. The Authority also hopes to expand the expressway to Awash from Adama .
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/12/6/afdb_approves_finance_for_mojo-hawassa_expressway.htm