"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.
South Sudan said it’s planning to build a $90 million bridge bridge across the Nile river in Juba, the capital, with funding from Japan.
South Sudanese officials have approved a final draft report on the feasibility study of the 650-meter (2,130-feet) bridge that will be presented to the government of Japan.
“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 big traffic,” the government said today in a statement on its website.
Hanatana Atsushi, resident representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, said the existing bridge will also be renovated and that both will “facilitate quick passage of goods and services, according to the statement. It will take six months for engineers to prepare a detailed design and another six months to build it, he said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jared Ferrie in Juba, South Sudan, at[email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin at [email protected]
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