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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-10-02
Construction of Rural Bridges
- With a view to upgrading the transport connectivities in rural areas, the necessity of constructing about 4,000 bridges in those areas has been identified. For this, the Government has evaluated 02 proposals submitted by the Governments of Belgium and Netherlands. As such, the proposal made by Hon. Faiszer Musthapha, the Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports, to award the contract for the construction of 60 rural bridges to Janson Bridging Belgium NV, Belgium for a sum of Euro 17.12 million without tax and the contract for the construction of another 200 rural bridges to Janson Bridging International BV, Netherlands for a sum of Euro 50.68 million without tax, as recommended by the Cabinet Appointed Negotiating Committee, was approved by the Cabinet.