Challenges And Prospects Of Internal Road Infrastructure Development The Case Of Yeka Sub-city Administration

Cobblestone road is one of the infrastructure developments implemented in many cities of therncountry since 2008 in all of Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa city administration. Many internal roadsrnare constructed jointly by the community and government participations. The roads have manyrnbenefits, i.e. creating job to the city youths and helping to minimizing the number of youth’srnunemployment in Yeka Sub-city in particular and in Addis Ababa city administration in general.rnBesides, the cobblestone project making all the surrounding environments attractive andrnbeautiful and the internal roads are always facilitating the overall service delivery within andrnoutside the sub-city. As to the researcher observation a significant part of the cobblestone roadsrnare not well maintained and properly used. This research work tried to assess and examines thernChallenges and Prospects of Internal Road Infrastructure Development. The study wasrnconducted in both a descriptive way of quantitative as well as qualitative research approach.rnThe unit of analysis for this study is Yeka Sub-City as a case study which has 10 Woredas andrnamong which Woreda 01, Kebeles 01 and 02 were sampled purposively, while respondents arernrandomly selected from residents in the selected areas. Data were collected throughrnquestionnaire and interview of key informants, observation of the field and critically reviewingrndocuments and reports of the concerned Woreda, sub-city, regional as well as and otherrnrelevant government offices. The findings indicated that cobblestone roads are benefiting therncommunity, who assured for benefits they have obtained. Whereas, the roads are getting damagerndue to other infrastructure development works by some government institutions; and individualsrnwho needs to fix their waterline. The community’s sense of ownership has improved in fear ofrnlosing the roads’ quality and benefits due to damages in the roads. The roads are deterioratingrnbecause of the absence road management together with poor maintenance after construction.rnWater pipes and sewerage pipes, are some of the reasons damaging the roads.rnReconstruction/maintenance of the road by the responsible individual results in poor roadrnmaintenance. Another significant problem observed was improper ditches /resulted in water orrnmud overflow to the roads. Based on the conclusion, some of the recommendations are: developrnthe sense of community ownership in order to preserve, manage and maintain the developmentrnoutcomes without expectations to the government or each other. Furthermore, there should berndirectives to administer the roads, the local government should make a smooth space for therncommunity to develop the sense of ownership, and the local government should be committed inrnfollowing up of these activities and there should also be routine or regular maintenancernactivities.

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