Construction of Tazara flyover due mid 2015

 

An architectural design project for Tazara flyover to be built at a junction between Nyerere Road – which connects the Julius Nyerere International Airport to Dar es Salaam City Centre and Nelson Mandela Expressway in the city. 

By Veneranda Sumila

In Summary

Promises to construct the flyover at the busy Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority started two years ago with its implementation failing to start

Dar es Salaam. The construction of the long-awaited Tazara flyover is expected to start mid this year following a series of discussion between Japan and Tanzania.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) chief representative in Tanzania, Mr Toshio Nagase, said the delay in kicking off the project was a result of failure to agree on how to divide the contract and manage risks.

Promises to construct the flyover at the busy Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority started two years ago with its implementation failing to start.

“We are now planning to adopt and follow Fidic [International Federation of Consulting Engineers] procedures. We hope they will solve the complications encountered earlier, thus enable the project to kick off mid this year,” said Mr Nagase in an interview when Jica was handing over two surveillance vehicles to the Tanzania Revenue Authority.

Mid last year, contractors were seen working on the site. Among the things they were removing were pipelines that were near Tazara offices.

Many city residents have been waiting for the construction of the flyover. Jica experts approved a detailed design for the project, paving the way for procurement to proceed.

Nyerere Road is the only major road providing direct access to the international airport. On the both sides of the road are major factories.

Nelson Mandela Expressway is of pronounced importance as a corridor of seaport cargo movement to inland areas and an international corridor for transit trade to Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo, Zambia and Malawi.