Mott MacDonald Canada x Weston & Sampson 2023 Bridges to Prosperity Blog

 The Weston & Sampson team includes 5 professionals from our New England offices:                                  Margaret McCarthy                 Valeria Segawa                 Bradley Randall                 Lee Roseburg                 Connor Golden We are thrilled to unveil the Banner that will be used for the Jabrio Bridge inauguration!   The team has been eagerly following the local’s communities progress on the site preparation work and we just received our Accommodations site.  We will be staying in Muhanga District, which is about a 30-minute drive on an unpaved road followed by a 20 minute walk to the bridge site.  Looking forward to our Community Call with the team on 10/31/2023.            Left to Right: Margaret McCarthy, Valeria Segawa, Bradley Randall, Lee Roseburg, Connor Golden

  Greetings! We are pleased to announce that our bridge site has been confirmed! We will be building the Jabiro bridge on the Miguramo river and serving nearby communities of 7,469 people!  The team will arrive on site on November 25th and are in full swing preparing for the trip!  The site is located in the southern province of Rwanda but very close to the western border. It is about a 2 hour drive West from the capital city of Kigali! It is also about half-way between Kigali and Lake Kivu - the lake on the western most edge of the country. To reach Lake Kivu from the Jabiro site would be another 2 hour drive.  Source: Bridges to Prosperity Source: Google Maps The site is quite mountainous, with a local school located at approximately 1630m elevation, and the river at approximately 1520m according to Google Maps! It will be directly serving the communities of Jabiro, Kibilizi, Ngororano, and Rwambariro nearby.  Source: FATMAP Initial construction works have begun, and are about 2 week