Juba — Plans are underway to build a new and modern bridge on the Rive Nile at about 1.75 kilometers upstream of the present bridge in Juba. This comes at a time when the traffic in and out of Juba is growing steadily while the present bridge, constructed about 1976, is deteriorating and unable to accommodate the big traffic.
While signing a preparatory and final draft report on the feasibility study with the key stakeholders that includes the Ministry of Roads and Bridges, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of Environment, and the Central Equatoria State Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, the Resident Representative of JICA in South Sudan Mr. Hanatana Atsushi said a technical committee from JICA has spent the past several months in carrying out the study on the project and its social environmental impacts on the communities living within the area.
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