The first, a 76km segment from Dedebit to Adi Remets in Tigray, was awarded to Sur Construction which offered 801 million Br to the one billion Br offered by Yenkomad, the only other contender for the project.
This project is the third segment, two of which are already under construction. The 71km segment from Shire (Enda Selassie) to Dedebit Road is being constructed by Satcon Construction at a cost of 510.7 million Br.
The other segment, a 98km road from Adi Remets to Dejena Densha is being handled by the Chinese Hunan Hunda Company at a cost of 926.3 million Br.
Sur, which is owned by the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT), initially offered 855.5 million Br but ended up cutting it down by 4.5 million Br.
A second project, which drew five local bidders, is the 60km road from Arba Minch to Belta in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regional State (SNNPR).
The winning tender was offered by Brehane Hagos at 563 million Br, while Sunshine Construction offered the largest at 863 million Br.
Other bidders were Akir, Sur and Yenkomad, according to an official at ERA.
Agreements will be signed with the two contractors next week, the official told Fortune.
These roads are part of the 2,046km of roads the authority intends to construct this fiscal year, with a total approved budget of 11.2 billion Br, way down from the 15.8 billion Br it had proposed to the government. Nine million Birr came from the Federal Government, while 1.8 billion Br and 355.3 million Br were obtained through loans and aid, respectively.
ERA's plan for the fiscal year involves 25 projects in areas which previously were not served by roads, including the above projects in the Tigray Regional State and SNNPR State, which will be asphalt roads.
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