UPGRADING OF 3 PACKAGES (6 LOTS OF MAINLAND TRUNK ROADS TO BITUMEN STANDARS
TANZANIA
Package 1: Lot 1 A101 : Upgrading of tanga - Horohoro (68 km) Package 2: Upgrading of Mtwara Corridor comprising: lot 1 A301: songea - Namtumbo (61 km) and Lot 2 A401 Peramiho Jct - Mbinga (78 Km) Package 3: Tunduma-Sumbawanga comprising: Lot 1: A2011 Tunduma-Ikana (64Km) Lot 2: A2012 Ikana- laela (64Km) and Lot 3 A2013 Laela - Sumbawanga (96.5 Km)

The government expects to upgrade to tarmac level the Tanga-Horohoro Road during the 2008/2009 financial year, the National Assembly was told here yesterday. The Minister for Infrastructure Development, Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, told the National Assembly that the road would be constructed with the assistance from the US government through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

The 65-kilometre long Tanga-Horohoro Road is one of five roads with a total of 439.5 kilometers in length that would be upgraded to tarmac level through the MCC, he said. The minister also said those who would be affected by the exercise of upgrading the road would be compensated fairly as soon as changes in the environmental impact assessment report are made and approved.

Dr Kawambwa told the National Assembly that the government had already prepared tender documents, conducted a feasibility study and submitted an environmental impact assessment report to the MCC but the corporation wanted a few changes to the report. The minister was responding to a question from the MP for Mkinga, Mr Mbaruk Mwandoro, who wanted to know when the government would start upgrading the road to tarmac level and when people affected by the exercise would be compensated.

More info and contacts:
Project Coordinator Tanzania National Roads Agency Haiday Plaza - Kisutu Street Dar es Salaam
tanroadshq@tanroads.org
Deadline: 24/03/2009
Millenium Challenge Account - Tanzania (MCA-T)

Dar es Salaam
Telefono: +255 222124634
Fax: +255 222124644
E-mail: numuqa@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.mca-t.go.tz

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The Eskom (South African electric utility ) board has approved the investigation of up to 20 000 MW of nuclear capacity over the next 20 years, as part of its plans to roll out 40 000 MW of capacity over the same period. The initial phase of the investigation will concentrate on one nuclear power station of about 40 000 MW, with provision being made for future expansion.

A small model of the nuclear power plant "Kernkraftwerk Emsland" in Lingen, Germany (flokru, Flickr

The proposed nuclear power station will be of the pressurised water reactor (PWR) type. Cooling water for the nuclear power station will be used directly from the sea. Although detailed design still needs to be completed, it is estimated that the entire development will require some 31 ha, including all auxiliary infrastructure.

The proposed nuclear power station will include a nuclear reactor, a turbine complex, spent fuel and nuclear storage facilities, waste handling facilities, an intake and outfall basin, and infrastructure for various auxiliary services.

Eskom is considering five possible sites for the nuclear plant, namely Brazil, near Kleinzee, and Schulpfontein near Hondeklipbaai on the Northern Cape west coast; Duynefontein (Koeberg) and Batamsklip, near Pearly Beach, east of Gansbaai, on the Western Cape coast; and Thyspunt, near Oyster Bay, west of Cape St Francis, on the Eastern Cape coast.

Value The project’s capital cost is between  € 70 millions and € 80 millions.
If the proposed project is authorised, it is estimated that the construction of the nuclear power station could start in 2010, with the commissioning of the first unit in 2016.

Key contractors and suppliers Arcus Gibb (environmental-impact assessment (EIA) and environmental-management plan for the proposed nuclear power plant). Latest development Eskom has announced its decision not to proceed with the proposed investment in the Nuclear 1 project, owing to the magnitude of the investment. The Eskom board has, as a result, terminated the commercial procurement process to select the preferred bidder for the construction of the Nuclear 1 project.

The two bidders, the EPR consortium led by Areva of France and the N-Powerment consortium led by Westinghouse of the US, have been informed of this decision of the Eskom board.

However, the South African government has stressed that the country remains committed to its nuclear power programme despite the dicision.

Contact details for project information

Eskom media desk, tel +27 11 800 3304, fax +27 11 800 3850

email mediadesk@eskom.co.za.

Eskom national call centre, tel 0860 037 566.

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At present, the EC is actively involved in 341 WTO disputes: in 16 of these cases the EC is the complaining party while in the remaining 18 cases the EC is on the defending side.
These cases relate to the EC’s relations with 15 of its trading partners (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the US).
Dispute settlement activities against the US continue to represent the majority of EC’s active disputes. In most of these disputes it is the EC which is the complaining party (7), being the defendant in 5 cases (GMOs, hormones, bananas, aircraft and Information  Technology Agreement). Regarding the substance of EC’s offensive cases with the US, a major part concerns the misuse of trade defence instruments.

Overview EC active WTO Dispute Settlement Cases

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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF BRIDGES
MR. ANDRE L.CELESTIN P.E. PROJECT MANAGER
USA
59 MAIDEN LANE 36TH FL.
10038
 NEW YORK
Telephone: +1 212/487 7872
Fax: +1 212/487 7822
E-mail: acelestin@dot.nyc.gov

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