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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the concrete asphalt network of his country has almost doubled since he assumed the office of the prime minister. He has been the prime minister since April 2018
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the concrete asphalt network of his country has almost doubled since he assumed the office of the prime minister. He has been the prime minister since April 2018. He revealed this information while addressing the members of parliament recently.
Before he became prime minister, the total length of concrete asphalt built by the Ethiopian Roads Authority was 13,000 km. After the reform, the Authority completed the construction of 4,700 km of roads. It is currently finalizing an additional 8,113 km of asphalt roads.
The budget, the prime minister highlighted has allocated funds for an additional 9,102 km of concrete asphalt roads. Implementation of this work had faced challenges due to security-related issues. The total road network in Ethiopia including gravel roads has increased to 165,00 km after the reform from 127,000 km, according to Prime Minister Abiy.
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The capital city – Addis Ababa-has 151 km of asphalt roads, 470 km of cobblestones, and 116 km of walkways. They were built over the past four years since he has been in office. Abiy also revealed that the annual revenue of Ethiopian Airlines has increased to US$4.8 billion from US$3.3 billion before the reform. Its international destinations have also increased to 127 destinations from 115 before the reform. The total number of aircraft has also increased by 35 percent to 135. Ethio Telecom’s annual revenue has also increased its annual revenue to 55 billion Birr after the reform from 33.5 billion birrs before the reform.
