Adding luster to Ethiopia's prosperity,the revitalization of its century-old road network and the modernization of road transport system are promising a rapid and new national growth. With the incumbent regime, the road network has reached 46,812 km in 2009 with an average annual growth rate of 9.35 percent. Over the period 1991 to 2009, 28,731 km of new road network was actualized. In this regard, Dereje said that the total stock of road network in 2011, 2015 and 2016 had reached 53,997, 110,414, and 113,066 respectively. According to the study conducted by the authority, the country is required to construct 200,000 km of optimum national road network, which is considered as a target road network to have good accessibility.

Source: Ethiopian News August 14, 2017 08:15 UTC