City administration, BIGRS sign agreement to reduce traffic fatalities, injuries

Addis Ababa, October 28, 2020 (FBC) –The Addis Ababa city administration yesterday signed $15 million cooperation agreement with Bloomberg Initiative For Global Road Safety (BIGRS) to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.

Speaking at the five-year cooperation agreement signing ceremony, Adanech Abiebie, deputy mayor of the city said the assistance from BIGRS would contribute a lot for the implementation of road safety works in the capital.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Program Director, Kelly Larson, said “she is happy to work with Addis Ababa, one of the 30 cities participating in BIGRS project that aims to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities.

Larson also commended the measures taken by the deputy mayor to reduce deaths from road accidents in the city.

BIGRS’ project aims to prevent 600,000 traffic fatalities and about 22 million injuries in 15 low-and middle-income countries’ 30 cities.