Outer ring road cuts travel time, boosts business
A new 112-kilometer outer ring road in Dodoma, Tanzania, has significantly reduced travel times for heavy trucks by bypassing the city center. The project is boosting local economic activity and is designed to accommodate future infrastructure like Bus Rapid Transit.
Why it matters
Improved transport infrastructure is a critical driver for regional trade efficiency and local economic development in East Africa.
DODOMA: DODOMA'S outer ring road has nearly halved travel time for heavy trucks, easing traffic congestion in the city centre while opening up new business opportunities for communities along the route.
The 112.3-kilometre dual carriageway is already transforming transport and trade ahead of its official commissioning in October.
Designed to divert cargo trucks and transit traffic away from the city centre, the road has become a key transport corridor linking the Ihumwa Dry Port with the Morogoro, Arusha, Singida and Iringa trunk roads.
The first phase of the project, covering 52.3 kilometres, has reached 93.3 per cent completion and is already in use.
Truck drivers say the new road has significantly reduced travel time.
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