OPTIMIZING ADDIS ABABA’S ROADS:
ADDIS ABABA CITY ROAD AUTHORITY By Daniel Tiruneh /ABN/ Cities around the world inter connect with roads which is defined by The organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels", which includes "bridges, tunnels, supporting structures, junctions, crossings, interchanges, and toll roads, but not cycle paths". There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths. The Addis Ababa city road Authority is a governmental institution resposnsible for the construction of reliable, standardized and quality roads in Addis Ababa City. Besides the expansion of the road coverage of the city, it strive to attain sufficient road coverage for the community to get interchangeable traffic flow. The authority has the mission of building Asphalt roads, Gravel Access Roads, Coble Stone pavement Roads, Drainages, Bridges and concrete roads and making suitable for residents of Addis Ababa to significantly remarkably enhance the regular activities, thereof using hi-tech and low cost materials and resources constructed by contractors and own force at improving level on time available for public service. 24
Abyssinia Business Network / ABN / 2022
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The Addis Ababa city Road Authority is striving to increase the road coverage of the city from 7,640 to 13,125km over the next 10 years with 165 billion birr investment.”
