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22 November 2006
Tired of damaging hit-and-run accidents, the Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) has floated a tender to clean the Ring Road and provide security to prevent future damages. There have been numerous accidents on the Road since it opened in June 2004, although cumulative figures were not available. The winner of the tender will be responsible for turning people who cause damage to the Road over to police through a mechanism that is yet to be arranged. It will also forward plate numbers to police of wrongdoing vehicles. AACRA Public Relations Officer, Negussie Sineshaw, told Fortune that the Authority and respective Districts had tried to clean segments of the road, as they do certain roads within their jurisdictions, but with little success.
(Compiled by FORTUNE Staff Writer, Feven Chane)