AFDB APPROVES US $18M LOAN FOR DODOMA OUTER RING ROAD

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to loan the Tanzanian government over US $18m for the construction of THE 110.2-km Dodoma city outer ring-road, rehabilitation and/or replacement of existing drainage structures and the construction of new additional drainage structures. This is according to the president of Tanzania H.E John Magufuli in Mbeya during International workers day celebrations.

The project will be implemented by the Tanzania Roads Agency (TANROADS), an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Works, Transport, and Communication which was established under the Executive Agencies Act in 2000 and given the mandate to maintain and develop trunk and regional road networks in Tanzania Mainland.

Upon completion the Dodoma ring road is expected to allow traffic of motorists not heading to Dodoma City to dodge the City on a couple of high-speed freeways in the quickest and most efficient way possible.

In addition heavy vehicles moving through the City from the four main trunk roads will be side-tracked into the oncoming ring road to either bypass Dodoma city totally or to move to a different route that will eventually lead them to their destination without having to pass at the city centre. Traffic from the current network of roads in the town will also be transferred to the Dodoma ring road in order to ease congestion within the city.

AfDB approves over US $18m loan for Dodoma Outer Ring Road project