Addis Abeba will receive an 847 million Br bus terminal and transport management institute in two years paid from the government coffers.

To be built in Akaki Qality District, the construction of the two facilities was launched last Thursday, April 4, 2019, in the presence of Mulu G. Egziabher, state minister for Transport, and Abdisa Yadeta, director general of the of Federal Transport Authority.

Two local companies, FE Construction Plc and Beha Construction Building & Water Works Contractor, were awarded the two projects. Another local firm, Ethiopian Construction Design & Supervision Works Corporation, established in 2015 with experience working on the Ribb and Gidabo dams, as well as  designing the Akaki and Legedadi water well projects, will consult and supervise the projects.

FE Construction Plc, a grade one contractor that recently secured housing construction contracts from the Federal Housing Corporation, will build the bus terminal for 445 million Br. The terminal, which is expected to be finalised in 18 months, will rest on 37,366Sqm of land and will have asphalt parking and access roads, CCTV cameras and a four-storey building, and it will be located on the current Qality bus terminal.

The building will occupy a 5,120Sqm of space and will host a conference hall, offices, shops, banks, restaurants, ticket offices and waiting rooms.

The terminal will have the capacity to serve 130 buses, 16,120 passengers a day and will serve as a transportation depot for 17 routes to the south, southeast and eastern parts of the country.

The terminal will be joining the other six bus terminals that are operational at the five gateways of the city.

The contracts were signed on February 13, 2019, and the contractors took over the site on March 19, 2019. FE Construction has already mobilised and is conducting initial construction surveying, according to Shimeles Alemayehu (Eng), operational manager at FE Construction.

"Construction of the new terminal will happen alongside the current terminal's continuing operations," said Yigzaw Dagnaw, communications director of the Federal Transport Authority.

The second project, contracted to Beha Construction, is also located in Qality district inside the compound of the current Drivers & Mechanics Training Centre. The nine-storey training institute will rest on 5,093Sqm of land and is expected to cost 382 million Br.