Road maintenance budget shortage solution inidifelegileti asked the Prime Minister's Office

   Road Fund for road maintenance funding for the fiscal year, the highest deficit Tornadoes growing it can not meet the demand for road maintenance, the government proposes the Prime Minister's Office to take remedial action.

Transport Minister presented a letter to the Prime Minister's Office Railway Corporation signed a month ago, Office of Road Fund collects funds from oil sales for road maintenance because it is small enough to cover maintenance budget to failure, requires the government to take remedial action.

January 23, 2008 with the Ministry of Transport Integrated National Transport Policy defined stakeholders on the draft AD Transport experts from the Hilton Hotel at its meeting, said that the road repairs have not been given proper attention. << The government is building a way out of the high cost. Allocated adequate budget may be lost or damaged by the way, built carefully, maintenance, >> said experts.

Road Fund Director General Mohamed Rashid said that over the past 18 years, the government has undertaken road construction cost more than 200 billion, 2.5 to 3.5 percent this year, said that five to seven billion set aside for road maintenance.

However, so far it is only possible to assign an average of one billion per year, road maintenance properly conducted, has been a failure.

Mr. Yousef told, the road network maintenance fund is only able to cover 35 percent. Sixty-five percent could not be covered because of budget constraints.

<< 17.5 billion budget for the maintenance of the road taking met’ebek’e can reach safety. But if this road repairs covered 65 percent of the road network may require a five-year 130 billion, >> said.

Road Fund for road maintenance used to collect 0.9 cents a liter fuel sales of 1.2 billion a year. Mr. Yousef This tariff over 18 years ago, states in the past two years longer suffer Review, currently has enough money have failed.

Neighboring Kenya way to fund a US $ 285 million liters of 0.10 US dollars per year, Mr. Rashid been collecting, yetenizeniyemi he adds, is the same.

Expected remedial action to be taken on the matter, the federal government, a transportation expert told inideyit’ek’eši requested the names of the two options. << The first option is to improve the amount of money collected from the sale of oil. But to make this possible must be set aside from the state budget, he said >> professional field. Otherwise, flooded roads, urging the government offered to build a new high transaction costs.

The government says that lauded the success of the high-road sector. 48,000 km of road network five years ago, has now reached 110,000 miles. Is processed to reach the next five years, 200,000 miles.

The Ethiopian Roads Authority Communication Director, Samson told his brother, as was previously the lack of a reliable source of finance was a major constraint to perform maintenance. << Road Fund was established after the problem has to fall off, Mr. Samson >> The road network is significantly increased by the same amount of interest in the presence of road maintenance budget has been growing.

<< Road network from 48,000 km to 110,000 km reign maintenance budget has increased by the same desire. This budget should be realistic schedule. There is a gap in regards to this budget. Our position is that it needs to meet the gap. The problem should be resolved. Available concerned government body that brings on the matter. We believe that the solution inidemibejileti >> order, Samson said.