21.11.

2021 23:49 Tanzania’s Tabora - Kigoma SGR project on the pipeline

Tanzania’s Tabora – Kigoma SGR project on the

drawing board

Tanzania’s Tabora – Kigoma SGR project is on the pipeline following the government
appointing engineering consultancy firm-COWI Tanzania, to conduct an architect design and
feasibility study for the project.

Works and Transport Deputy-Minister, Mwita Waitara announced that the consultant firm is
expected to complete the task this month. The entire proposed SGR project and that from
Tabora to Kigoma, measures 411 kms and the Kaliua-Mpanda-Karema with 316,7 kms. It is
intended to replace the old metre-gauge railway system and reduce road congestion.

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Project implementation

The Deputy-Minister noted that the Government continues to search for funds from different
sources, including soft loans for implementation of the projects. He explained that due to high
expenses of the project, the Government resolved to implement the standard gauge railway
project in five phases which are the 300 kms section from Dar es Salaam – Morogoro,
Morogoro – Makutupora (422 kms), Makutupora -Tabora (368 kms), Tabora – Isaka (165
kms) and the Isaka – Mwanza section with 341 kms.

Construction of the Dar es Salaam – Morogoro, Morogoro – Makutupora and Mwanza – Isaka
is ongoing, adding the government is finalizing processes for procurement of construction
materials for implementation of the SGR sections – Makutupora -Tabora (368 kilometers) and
Tabora – Isaka (165 kilometrer).

In June this year, the Government allocated US $513M for construction of the SGR in the
2021/2022 financial year. The second phase of SGR from Morogoro region to Makutupora in
Dodoma region covering 426km was on track and has reached 51%. In mid-June, President
Samia Suluhu Hassan laid a foundation stone for the construction of the fifth lot of the SGR at
Misungwi in Mwanza Region.

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