Making the cut: UK spending review special - Steer Davies Gleave

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spotlight africa Into Africa By Charles Russell A fifth of the world’s population lives in Africa, yet for many, safe, modern and efficient transport is sorely lacking. Over the last three decades, we have been working in four key areas to help change all that. Highlighted on the map are just a few of the projects we’re proud to have worked on. urban transport As the population of many African cities explodes, the pressure on the infrastructure grows to intolerable levels – in transport as with other key services. Transit solutions play a crucial role in enabling the cities to grow in an efficient and sustainable way. regulation and institutional development Transport services cannot be created without efficient institutional structures and effective – but permissive – regulation. These provide a clear interface between the public and the private sectors, both in terms of project development and service delivery. privately financed infrastructure Transforming international capital funds into well-constructed, operated and maintained systems is a challenge many countries face. Private finance has proven to be a viable mechanism – it provides new sources of capital funding, reinforces a structure for procurement of cost-effective and timely construction, and creates an ongoing commitment to operation of the system. aviation Airports and air services are a vital part of the continuing economic development across Africa. Safe, efficient operations (through the management of airspace to the highest international standards) and modern infrastructure are needed to help ensure a bright future for the continent. 8 To find out more contact charles.russell@sdgworld.net abidjan, côte d’ivoire It has, for many years, been an ambition to build the Marcory bridge across the lagoon in Abidjan and connect expanding north and south without transiting the congested CBD. We have supported the scheme sponsor in developing the proposals for a toll-financed private development. gambia guinea-bissau senegal sierra leone guinea liberia morocco rabat, morocco The Ministry of Transport in Rabat wanted western to look at the possibility sahara of introducing private finance to the development and maintenance of the Kingdom’s road network. Steer Davies Gleave carried out mauritania a detailed study of how this could be structured, and gauged the domestic and international appetite for such a scheme. côted’ivoire lagos, nigeria Traffic conditions in Nigeria’s commercial centre – Lagos – are known to be chaotic, with particular bottlenecks on the bridges across to Lagos Island. We helped Lagbus establish a new company which was charged to develop and operate high quality bus services in a segregated highway along the main corridors. cape town, south africa Steer Davies Gleave has for a number of years been supporting a consortium of domestic and international contractors as they develop proposals for the extension of the major highways serving Cape Town. The latest projects will incorporate the open road electronic toll collection systems now being installed across the country. burkina faso ghana mali togo benin alg
eria nigeria equatorial guinea tunisia kigali, rwanda Kigali’s rapid growth in recent years has created a surge in demand at the libyan principal regional arab bus jamahiriya and minibus taxi station at Nyabugogo, which was built 15 years ago. To help ease the congestion, we provided operational and traffic advice which supported an assessment of niger the potential to attract market-based domestic finance to fund a new terminal chad appropriate to the needs of the city. sao tome and principe cameroon gabon central african republic congo democratic republic of the congo durban, south africa angola In order to encourage the development of direct long distance passenger services – and to create a production and distribution hub – Kwa Zulu Natal has developed a major new airport to serve Durban. We helped establish namibia the PPP procurement of the project. botswana south africa egypt rwanda zambia zimbabwe lesotho kigali, rwanda As it rebuilds its economy after the 1994 genocide, the Rwanda government needs to ensure that the major international airport at Kigali is adequate to serve the country’s growing needs. Steer Davies Gleave has supported the development of plans for the new airport. burundi sudan uganda ethiopia united republic of tanzania malawi mozambique eritrea kenya somalia maputo, mozambique Maputo serves as a major port for traffic from the Johannesburg/Pretoria and Nelspruit corridor. We worked with the promoters to develop a major tolled highway running across the border from South Africa to the coast. spotlight africa lake albert, uganda Located on the border with Congo, Lake Albert serves both as a resource and a highway for the fishing villages located along its banks. We supported InfraCo in its appraisal of the possibility of a micro project for the development of a new ferry service across the lake. kampala – mombasa Uganda depends in great part on the transport corridor between Kampala and the Indian Ocean at Mombasa. Steer Davies Gleave helped explore the possibility of developing a unitised train operation to offer a more reliable and quicker service. dar es salaam, tanzania The government-owned bus company in Dar es Salaam has found it impossible to compete in the new deregulated environment. Steer Davies Gleave helped with the privatisation of the company, as well as the reorganisation of the bus services. johannesburg, south africa The 60km corridor between Johannesburg and Pretoria serves more than 100,000 vehicles per day. To provide an alternative, public transport service, as well as a link to the airport, a new high-speed rail –Gautrain – is being developed. Steer Davies Gleave has provided support to the scheme developer. 9
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