Nigeria: Second Niger Bridge Still Undone? I Approved Budget for It 14 Years Ago!, - Two-time Finance Minister, Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, who, at different times, also served as minister of national planning and minister of transport, penultimate week in Abuja, spoke to Sunday Vanguard on the global economic meltdown and sundry economic issues on the domestic front. [AA Urbanisation]

Tanzania: Namanga Road Project Grapples With Unforeseen Problems - Construction of the Arusha-Namanga road which supposedly started in July this year is already facing some hitches which may delay completion of the project scheduled for July 2011. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Parliament Okay Sh20 Billion for Bridges - PARLIAMENT has authorised the Government to borrow $10.642 million (about sh20b) for constructing 17 bridges in north and north-eastern Uganda. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: FG Budgets N105 Billion for Second Niger Bridge - A second bridge on the River Niger in Onitsha will cost N105 billion, which has been factored into the 2009 budget, it emerged on Wednesday. [AA Construction]

Liberia: German Govt. to Train Road Builders - The German Government has commenced a four-year capacity-building program for private Liberian road builders. [AA Construction]

Mozambique: Bridge Will Come to Catembe, Promises Simango - The candidate of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party for mayor of Maputo, David Simango, on Saturday promised residents of Catembe that a bridge will soon be built across Maputo Bay, linking Catembe to the centre of the city. [AA Construction]

Mozambique: Shortage of Money Postpones Road Repairs - The building or rehabilitation of 1,043 kilometres of Mozambican roads, and 700 metres of bridges, that should have started this year, has been postponed into 2009 because of shortage of funds. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria: Missing Design, Drawings Stall Repair of Niger Bridge - Transportation Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, on Tuesday disclosed how the loss of designs, drawings and maintenance records stalled repairs of the Niger Bridge for which N2.4 billion was approved. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Sokoto Executes N12 Billion Road Projects - SOKOTO State Commissioner for Works, Alhaji Shehu Hamzat said that the government was rehabilitating 336.45 km roads worth more than N12 billion. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Numan Bridge Construction Re-Invents Town - When the Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Maduekwe visited Adamawa State in 2007 at the inception of President Umaru Yar'Adua's administration, she was not happy with the horrible nature of the roads in the North-eastern states.