Labourers demolish roadside shops and cafes around Qera as the city administration looks to widen the road. Short-term urban planning is often cited by experts for the lack of harmony between infrastructure development projects and residential areas in Addis Abeba. The 2019 proclamation on land expropriation for public use grants the city and district powers to evacuate and take over land deemed for public use, relaying that the amount of compensation for the property on the land shall cover the cost of replacing the property anew. Wereda offices are required to make evaluations on property and exact payments from funds obtained from the project owners.

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