Dar-Chalinze expressway tender to be advertised next month
What you need to know:
- The Minister for Works, Transport and Communication, Prof Makame Mbarawa told participants to the 8th East and Central Africa Roads and Rail Infrastructure Summit 2017 that the government wants to partner with serious investors in the project.
The government will announce the tender for the construction of the Dar es Salaam and Chalinze in the Coast Region next month, a cabinet minister has said.
The Minister for Works, Transport and Communication, Prof Makame Mbarawa told participants to the 8th East and Central Africa Roads and Rail Infrastructure Summit 2017 that the government wants to partner with serious investors in the project.
"We will announce the tender for the project next month. We need serious investors to apply for the job,” he said, calling upon delegates to apply when the tender is announced.
He said the government alone cannot fund all of the country’s massive infrastructure needs, calling upon the private sector to support it.
Other mega infrastructure projects on the government’s cards include the second phase of the Dar es Salaam Rapid Bus Transport and the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway line.
According to him, the investor was currently on the ground working on the Dar es Salaam to Morogoro 205 km
