Japan, Treasury exchange three grant notes for city flyovers, road widening

BabuK · 2013-01-26T19:11:04+00:00

The dream of building the first flyover in Tanzania appears to come true following the signing of three exchange notes for three projects, including funds for the designing of one flyover. Three notes were exchanged under which Japan will grant Tanzania assistance to facilitate the three projects, amounting to 1.552 billion Japanese Yen, about Shillings 28.2 billion. Finance Minister Dr. William Mgimwa signed for the government while Japanese Ambassador Masaki Okada signed for Japan at a short ceremony in Treasury buildings. Minister Mgimwa said in his key note address that, the first project involves a detailed design worth Japanese Yen 67 million, approximately Sh. 1.26 billion which covers a flyover for the Tazara intersection where Nyerere Road crosses Nelson Mandela Road in which a double-lane flyover will be put up. This is a flyover which many Tanzanians have been waiting for with anxiety. Authorities in Japan have already approved a detailed design for the multi-billion shilling flyover project to be built at the junction of Nelson Mandela and Nyerere roads, paving the way for construction works to start next year. In the second project the Japanese government under the project for improvement of transport capacity in Dar es Salaam, will make available to Tanzania government is a grant amounting to Japanese Yen 1.108 billion, approximately Sh. 20 billion to finance the expansion of Kilwa Road and Harbour Road intersection to Gerezani area which will bring a significant impact to infrastructure improvement. He further noted that the expansion of Kilwa Road will contribute to alleviate congestion of traffic, while a widened road and Gerezani Bridge will have a positive effect on the economic development of the city of Dar es Salaam by facilitating entry and exit from the harbor. The project will cover a 1.3 Km section of Gerezani Road and Bandari Road between Kamata and Kilwa intersections, and the construction of the Gerezani Bridge where a double-lane road will be laid out. The chief representative of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at its country office, Yukihinde Katsuta, said the latest news of approval of the projects design by the Japanese is a great relief to most Tanzanians, who see it as one of the major and focused interventions to reduce the critical problem of congestion on Dar es Salaam roads. Hopes are high that the combination of these projects would supplement government programs aimed at decongesting Dar es Salaam roads, thus facilitate fast movement of goods and services, thereby improving business-related sectors and stimulating growth and development. Besides the Tazara flyover, JICA is also supporting a similar project at the Kamata junction, including widening the 1.3-kilometre stretch between the Kamata junction and Kilwa Road to dual carriageway, one among strategic interventions expected to ease traffic on the southern exit routes to the city centre. Dr. Mgimwa said that the two road projects will ease and alleviate congestion and therefore improve services in the city of Dar es Salaam. In turn, this will lead to economic efficiency resulting from stimulation and increase of business activities. In the third project exchange note, Dr. Mgimwa said is a grant assistance of Japanese Yen 380 million (or Sh. 6.92 billion) to finance the implementation of a food security project for underprivileged farmers. The grant aid will enable Tanzania to procure agricultural inputs to increase food production, thereby contributing to stable food supply in the country. He said that, the grant is to support the initiative of Kilimo Kwanza through the food security project for underprivileged farmers. This support is very much in line with the countrys initiatives to promote the program whose aim is to improve food production in the country, he said. He further noted that the special focus of this project on marginalized farmers makes the project important for poverty reduction, assuring the Japanese government that given the importance of the three projects, Tanzania will make every effort to ensure that all projects are implemented successfully. Highlighting the exchange of notes on the two road infrastructures after the signing, Japanese Ambassador Masaki Akada said that with the completion of the planned construction of the new double lane flyover with walkway and service road, life will become easier in the city. Traveling time between the city centre and airport, a distance of 11 kilometers, should be decreased from the current 37 minutes to around 25 minutes with the projects. A 1.3 Km section of Gerezani Road and Bandari Road between the Kamata and Kilwa intersections and the reconstruction of Gerezani bridge where a double lane will be laid out will help lessen traffic congestion and positively affect economic development. With the completion of the planned construction work, the rush hour traveling time between Kamata and Kilwa intersections should be greatly decreased from the current 2 hours to less than half an hour, he said. During the current fiscal year, the government has set aside money in its budget for the preparation of the construction of the flyovers in the country as a preliminary step to cope with increased traffic in the city of Dar es Salaam. SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

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Start date Jan 26, 2013

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