Works to complete projects within eight months
ADDIS ABABA— Addis Ababa City Administration Urban Beauty and Green Development Office (AACAUBGDO) announced that the river side development of Entoto Friendship Park is expected to be completed within eight months.
According to AACAUBGDO, Engineer Endeshaw Ketema told the Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) that the riverside development project of Entoto Friendship Park will be completed in the next eight months.
He said: “Some 600 meters of river side development of Entoto Friendship Park has been completed in Addis Ababa City. The construction of project is being carried out from the road near the river and covers about 5.5 kilometers, which passes through Ras Mekonon Bridge in the area of Afncho Ber Mosque, to the back of Arada Sub City.”
Urban Beauty and Green Development and the Prime Minister’s Office are jointly managing the project. The Ethiopian government is investing in improving development of Addis Ababa City, one of world diplomatic centers.
He pointed out that it is possible to reduce unemployment by using such a rewarding project, and the projects have to be completed with a view to benefiting citizens.
Therefore, riverside development of Sheger has started and is being carried out mainly on two main rivers in the city. At the draft level, it reaches 56 kilometers and starts from the “Bante-Yiqetu” river and meets with the Qebena River near Peacock. When these join together up to Aqaki, it will be 56 kilometers.
At the same time, the work of beautifying the river bank of 2.5 kilometers by the Italian government has been started on the Qebena River in the capital riverside development Project, in which the city administration is involved. This is from the Italian Embassy to the German Embassy.
Operated by Korean government funder KOICA; the study of the 11.4 kilometer master plan, which connects the French Embassy to the German Embassy, This pilot project has reached the phase where the 1.8 kilometer master plan is completed and implemented.
He also pointed out that the Office of Urban Beauty and Green Development is implementing projects in coordination with other stakeholders from sub-city to district levels. Addis Ababa has more than 600 kilometers of rivers including tributaries. The development of the river bank that reaches Entoto to Akaki started four years ago
BY ESSEYE MENGISTE
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER 2023
