Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The General Manager of the South Sudan Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (SSCCIA), Angelo Lado Gore, said they have hatched a plan with the private sector committee for the Northern Corridor to open a cross-border network to facilitate free movement.
Lado said his team had met with the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority and agreed to turn the project into an Economic Development Corridor by connecting all the potential routes.
“All this aims at creating forward and backward economic development linkages between key sectors and transport infrastructure development, especially the program for the development of roadside stations facilities (RSS) along the transport corridor,” he said.
Lado added the program would help to establish a joint market in border areas in the country to facilitate the free movement of goods.
The NCTCCA is an intergovernmental body encompassing six countries in Eastern Africa, tasked with coordinating transport infrastructure improvements. South Sudan joined the body in 2012.
According to a Council of Minister’s report, the RSS project “seeks to put up 67 roadside stations out of the 141 stations identified back in 2005 to serve as rest points for truck drivers in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.” If the plans succeed, the RSS would “eliminate driver fatigue and improve security and health for crews, long-distance travellers, and cargo”.
The East African Council of Ministers has approved, as part of the 2021/2022 budget, $4.4 million to implement and complete pending projects of the Northern Corridor.
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