ARTICLE · 20 NOVEMBER 2012

Rail In East Africa

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Our African offices report recent signs that two projects with an uncertain history might at last be gathering momentum.

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Our African offices report recent signs that two projects with an uncertain history might at last be gathering momentum.

The Lamu Port Southern Sudan Ethiopia Transport project, better known as LAPSSET has been on the horizon in one form or another since 1975. The project is ambitious and involves the following components:

A port at Manda Bay in Lamu
1700kms of standard gauge railway line from Manda Bay to Juba (the capital of South Sudan)
An extensive supporting road network
Oil pipelines (connecting with Southern Sudan and Ethiopia)
An oil refinery at the coastal settlement of Bargoni
Three airports (in Lamu , Isiolo and Lokichoggio)
Three resort cities (Lamu, Isiolo and Lake Turkana shores)

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