The newly upgraded Dire Dawa – Dewale, the 220 kilometers road network linking Ethiopia with Djibouti, has gone operational. The toll road is the second to Ethiopia next to the one linking Addis Ababa with Adama. The upgrading of the previously gravel road into asphalt toll road has cost Ethiopia 5.2 billion birr, according to Samson Wondimu, Communications head of Ethiopian Roads Authority. When the Adama – Awash – Mieso toll roads will be contructed, Addis Ababa will be directly coected with Djibouti by toll road. “The old gravel road used to take one day or more previously.

Source: Ethiopian News December 24, 2018 09:33 UTC