Paved Streets for Marehan lands

[snoop12]

paved roads its not that expensive but, its a public utility so the responsibility is the Somali government,

Siyaad Barre who was the only real Somali developer failed to extend the road to Caabudwaaq which is the largest city in Galgaduud and has the most to offer for the whole middle region.

theres no point blaming a dead man so lets end it there. we totally need paved roads but who will do this??

[Padishah]

*sigh*

There really isn't anything public or impossible about roads. Find some capital, buy the equipment, hire workers, and build the damn roads. Ask for a yearly contribution from users to pay for maintenance. Alternatively, toll users.

[Ducaysane_87]

Murax - --- all the new companies builded in burco in this day and those invested in the whole somaliland and bigtime investors are mostly owned -Invested by isaaq bussinessmans like indhodheero , Dabahbshill ,Omar , Ina Af-Dinle , Olal , others etc - keep in mind hargiesa was bought to the ground - so what good is the former regime? - just go on somaliland websites you will see how many companies were builded since the somaliland government was formed - we even have our own Coco Cola Factory recently opened in 2009 in Awbkardle ,Oodweyne - any many more everyday new universities and schools are being builded so let me guess siyad bare is building it now aswell

[Xamari_76]

The former government didn't do shit for the north ..But look at it today

[snoop12]

aaw Xamari, do you want a lolipop

[Xamari_76]

Umm no...Im good

[Voltage]

She just needs a spanking, that's all.

[Murax]

She just needs a spanking, that's all.

[Xamari_76]

[Voltage]

[paidmonk]

This topic is confused in itself and lacks critical thinking. Fact is, the road went to Luuq and Dolow.

Here is a map, below (the small red line = main roads, the one Voltage is pointing to)

http://fsausomali.org/fileadmin/uploads/pdf/581.pdf

The road is built for maximum efficiency, to go to all the major economically strategic locations in the country without spending too much money on construction costs - this means the gov't had to cut out many regions from the project.

The road was located to hit port towns mainly. Simply, Gedo wasn't left out for PR purposes as some here may think. Just look at where road goes after Kismayo. Straight, literally STRAIGHT up to Xamar without missing a single major port town. Once the road reaches the last major port in Koonfur, it takes a turn West and heads to Wanlaweyn, Bur Hakaba, Baidoa, Luuq, and Dolow. Although in my belief, the road should've stopped in Baidoa, I'm unfamiliar with Luuq and Dolow having any economic importance today or yesterday.

At the same time the road was heading towards Gedo, it also took a turn inland into another strategic set of towns, Beletweyn and Bulo Burde. This was for economic and efficiency purposes. Efficiency because the road would next go to Gaalkacyo, but not just that, it would head to Garowe - both of which were insignificant, but the road went to Garowe so it could go West into Lascanood, Burco, Hargeisa, and Berbera port. The road also deviated north after Garowe for the sake of Bosaso port, which was the govt's newest investment.

So, I hope all the questions have been answered. Even if the road didn't reach Dolow, it wouldn't be because Siad Barre wanted to put on some stupid PR stunt, it would be because of the lack of importance in those regions, just like all of Middle Shabelle, and coastal Galguduud & Mudug were ignored.

Also, a major reason why the road linked to Dhusomareeb instead of Balanbale was because the road would be too far West and would continue through Abudwaq and Golodogob, missing Galkacyo, thus going straight into Lascanood instead of hitting Garowe either. This would be undesirable because you'd have several hundred miles of road that's virtually hugging the Ethiopian border. The road in itself was a very tightly-managed and costly project, and it would be literally impossible to reach all parts of the country. But if you look at the secondary road (orange), its more packed in Balanbale than Gaalkacyo, Garowe, and Bosaso combined. Same goes for the major roads in Bardera, the only problem lied in the local businessmen, who neglected connecting those cities to others, making Marehan very isolated. But this is entirely the fault of the locals or clan members for requesting bad projects.

[Murax]

Paidmonk,

First there was no 'road' that was built up to Dolow and Luuq. The closest thing to a road is the bridge that goes over the Jubba in Luuq, Where there used to be militairy checkpoints. Secondly as Mahdi pointed out earlier, Beled Xaawo which borders two countries and could have been a big source of revenue for all Somalis Had no road leading into it. Ditto for Luuq and then Dolow another transit point to Ethiopia. When You contrast this with then tiny village status Garowe, Galkacyo, Bossaso all being linked together and to the rest of the country, its obvious there was a disadvantegous for Marexaan development plan for the Country. Heck there was even a road built from Haregiesa to Bossaso.

[Voltage]

Paidmonk, I think you got the wrong interpretation from a simple map. Any road from Luuq should have gone two ways, one going towards Muqdisho through Baydhabo and the other connecting Gedo region through Baardheere, Bu'aale, etc up to Kismaayo. After all this is the economic bread basket of the country and there should have been emphasis to develop this region to its best capacity. A little capital here would have more turn around for the state than the complete weight of Puntland. But of course there was a political reason and truth be told if isolated Puntland would not have received a road, I think no one would live there due to the isolation so maybe that was part of the government's plan, to facilitate easy access to civilization in that area.

Also, thanks for pointing out the heavy usage of the roads around Caabudwaaq-Balanbale, and areas in Gedo. It shows even more why we need to develop a road system.

[paidmonk]

Wait, firstly are we walking about the minor roads inside the town or that massive one that links all of Somalia.

If its the latter, then I looked up google earth and it shows a road going through Luuq, just like the ones in other regions. But it does look very choppy. Maybe the civil war started when the road was nearing perfection, IDK. Maybe it lacked post-completion maintenance.

In fact, google maps shows that the major road hits MANY towns throughout Bay/Bakool, and in Gedo as far as Garbaharey, and a huge one through Afmadow into Kenya.

[BaasAbuur]

Wait, firstly are we walking about the minor roads inside the town or that massive one that links all of Somalia.

If its the latter, then I looked up google earth and it shows a road going through Luuq, just like the ones in other regions. But it does look very choppy. Maybe the civil war started when the road was nearing perfection, IDK. Maybe it lacked post-completion maintenance.

In fact, google maps shows that the major road hits MANY towns throughout Bay/Bakool, and in Gedo as far as Garbaharey, and a huge one through Afmadow into Kenya.

The major road stops at Qansaxdheere and the excuse was because of the Ethiopian. Basically not to give the Ethiopians easy access to the capital.