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The Addis Ababa City Corridor Project, also known as Smart City Project, [1] is an ongoing urban planning project in the city of Addis Ababa initiated by the Addis Ababa City Administration in December 2022 to upgrade key routes and improve connectivity among the corridors. Due in 2025, the project aims to expand metropolis that incorporates ...
The 136 km Isiolo – Merille River Road constitutes the first section of the 505 km road from Isiolo to Moyale, which is part of the road linking Tunduma in Southern Tanzania with Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The project construction works are complete. This project was funded by the African Development Bank at a cost of KSh.6,318,130,428/27.
Adwa Zero KM Project, also called Adwa 00KM Project, is a megaproject in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, started in 2019. Named after the Ethiopian victory at the battle of Adwa in 1896, the project hosts a multipurpose facility, including a meeting hall, amphitheater, libraries, and youth centers. The Chinese firm Jiangsu was awarded a bid for ...
In March 2024, the government under Addis Ababa City Administration relaunched demolition in Piassa. Many historical sites has been razed, including cafés, shops, bar and restaurants and jewelries houses. [16] [17] From 2024, the Addis Ababa City Corridor Project was launched to upgrade key routes and improve connectivity among the corridors ...
It is planned to be extended to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. [12] In January 2024, Kenya Railways Corporation estimated the cost for this section at Ksh835.5 billion (US$5.57 billion), with the link from Nairobi to Isiolo costing Ksh358.8 billion (US$2.392 billion) and the remaining stretch to Moyale costing Ksh476.7 billion (US$3 ...
The 2014 Addis Ababa Master Plan was a controversial plan to expand the boundaries of Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, by 1.1 million hectares into the Oromia Special Zone in April 2014. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The plan was met with protests, particularly in the Oromia Region , with critics saying it would violate the 1995 Constitution .
In 2010, Ethiopia decided to build a new standard gauge railway. In 2011, one year after finalizing plans on a new national railway network, financing was secured for the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway and construction was awarded to Chinese construction firms. [1] In October 2016 and January 2017, the railway was completed and inaugurated. [2]
Of the around 1364 km of railways in January 2018, ~800 km were fully operational (the Addis Ababa Light Rail and the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway between Addis Ababa and Djibouti). Two railways are under construction, the Awash–Weldiya Railway with 392 km length, and the Weldiya–Mekelle Railway with 216 kilometres (134 mi) in length.