Is it a great time to be an Engineer in Ethiopia or what? Ethiopia has several ambitious infrastructure projects across the country from the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to Ethiopia's first light rail transit in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia's state-run news agency reports that the construction of the Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit project entered electric traction works; a final phase in the construction of the 4.8 million USD electrified rail system.
The power traction works are started yesterday in the West East Rout of the light rail transit from Megenagna to Ayat.
Power traction works include installation of electric poles and overhead wires to power the light rail vehicles as well as construction of 18 traction sub stations, nine on each of the east-west and north-south directions of the transit.
The power traction work is the final phase of the 34km light railway project, project manager, eng. Behaylu Sintayehu said.
The light rail will rely on 15kvs of power supplied mainly from overhead wires. Power cuts will not be a concern for the smooth operation of the transit as the LRT will have a dedicated power supply through a grid system, officials of Ethiopian Railways Corporation said.
The construction of the transit, launched in 2012, is progressing. Nearly 60 percent of its construction has so far completed.
Track was laid on 17km, half of the total length of the project, so far, according to the manager
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