DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 30 -- TANZANIA has taken a decisive step towards transforming its road transport system and accelerating its journey to a high-income economy following the launch of the Tanzania Expressway Master Plan, backed by a 5m US dollar grant from the Republic of Korea.

The initiative, unveiled yesterday during a high-level kick-off meeting in Dar es Salaam, is expected to lay the foundation for the development of modern expressways while strengthening local technical capacity to plan, design and implement large-scale road infrastructure.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister for Works, Abdallah Ulega, said the Expressway Master Plan is a strategic intervention aligned with Vision 2050 which aims to position Tanzania as ...