Uganda: Six Firms Bid for Aswa Bridge Works - SIX firms have bid for the construction of a new bridge across Aswa River. Walter Ochora, the Gulu resident district commissioner, said the work was funded by the European Union (EU), but would be implemented by the Uganda National Roads Authority. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Proposed Jinja Bridge to Cost U.S.$100 Million - The proposed new bridge across the River Nile at Jinja will cost about $100 and take three and a half years to complete. [AA Construction]

Eritrea: Gedem Construction Company Actively Engaged in Construction of Bridges Along Barentu-Tessenei Road - The construction of a bridge along the Barentu-Tessenei road through the Gedem Construction Company is nearing finalization, according to Mr. Fukadu Tekle, head of the Company's branch office in Gash-Barka region. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: FRSC Asks FG to Construct Bridges Along Kubwa Road - The Federal Road Safety Corps has asked the federal government to construct bridges or fly-overs along the Kubwa expressway in the Federal Capital Territory as a way of forestalling the regular occurrence of high-risk heavy traffic on the road. [AA Urbanisation]

Liberia: LUP Secretary General on Development - Constructs Bridge Value at U.S.$1,500 - The Acting Secretary General of the Liberia Unification Party (LUP) Miller Catakaw has joined ongoing development efforts embarked upon by some Liberians including politicians, undertaking series of developmental initiatives. He contested the 2005 Presidential and Legislative election on the ticket of the LUP for Representative seat, but lost to Ketterkhumeh Murray of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC). [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Contractors Complete Rehabilitation of Collapsed Bridge - The contractors handling the hitherto collapsed Adoka River Main Bridge in Adoka in Otukpo local government area of Benue State, has completed the job which began about one month ago. [AA Construction]

Ghana: Kaneshie Bridge Open After Reconstruction - The Kaneshie Bridge, after being closed for repair work some weeks ago, has now been opened for the use of the general public, and seems to have been abandoned by pedestrians, as they prefer to use the other footbridge. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: 2nd Niger Bridge Suffers Setback - The proposed plan to construct another bridge across the River Niger at Onitsha through a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) at N58 billion has suffered a major setback. This followed the inability of the project's principal partners - the Federal Government, Anambra and Delta States and the construction firm, Gitto Nigeria Limited, to reach agreement on some of the contractual issues. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Kadoma to Get Bridge-Making Factory - Two Harare-based companies -- Nyika Engineering and Technical Services and the Zimbabwe Defence Industries -- are setting up a factory to manufacture steel bridges in Kadoma following a successful barter deal in which the council offered land in exchange for two Mazda BT50 single cab trucks. [AA Construction]

Liberia: Minister Woods Expresses Unhappiness - Yesterday, Minister Woods led a team of Public officials to the headquarters of CICO, the Chinese contracted by the Liberian Government to construct the damaged Waterside Bridge, where he expressed unhappiness with the slow pace of the work. [AA Urbanisation]

South Africa: Olifantsfontein Bridge to Reduce Traffic Congestion - Congestion on major freeways in Gauteng will be drastically reduced when the construction of the Olifantsfontein Bridge is completed. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Kanungu-Rukungiri Bridge Construction Begins - THE Minister of Works, John Nassasira, has commissioned a sh1.2b bridge over river Birara in Rugyendo sub-county to connect Kanungu and Rukungiri districts. [AA Construction]

Zambia: State to Work On Rural Roads, Bridges - THE Government will work on roads and bridges to open up rural areas for economic development, President Rupiah Banda has said. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Minister Assures on Continuation of 2nd Niger Bridge Project - The Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal, has assured that the Federal Government will proceed with the execution of the second Niger bridge project under the Public Private Partnership arrangement regardless of the withdrawal of the Delta and Anambra State Governments from the project. [AA Construction]

Mozambique: Zambezi Bridge Structurally Complete By June - The contractor responsible for building the new bridge over the Zambezi river in central Mozambique, the Portuguese engineering company Mota Engil, on Thursday guaranteed that that the bridge will be structurally complete by June. [AA Construction]