# Mogadishu Mayor Launches New Road Project in Hodan District

> Mustaqbal Media reported on 2 August 2025 that Mayor Muungaab laid the foundation for a new asphalt road in Hodan District.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: roads, drainage
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/mogadishu-mayor-launches-new-road-project-hodan

## Key points

- Mustaqbal Media reported on 2 August 2025 that Mogadishu Mayor Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hussein (Muungaab) laid the foundation for a new asphalt road between Cabdiqaasim Road and Banaadir in Hodan District.
- The report does not identify a contractor, funder, project cost or construction timeline, and does not establish whether any work has taken place since the ceremony.
- Mayor Muungaab said tax revenues would be reinvested in public services and infrastructure and promised additional roads and the reopening of some closed roads.

On 2 August 2025, Mustaqbal Media reported that the Governor of Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hussein (Muungaab), laid the foundation for a new asphalt road project. The road runs between Cabdiqaasim Road and Banaadir in Hodan District, according to the same report.

The ceremony was attended by officials including Mohamed Ahmed Diriye (Yabooh), Deputy Chairperson of Security and Politics of Banadir Region, and Hassan Mohamed Jimalle, Deputy Chairperson of Public Works, Mustaqbal Media reported. The report also named the Hodan District Commissioner, managers, cultural elders, businesspeople and security agencies among those present, without giving further names.

## What the report does not establish

The Mustaqbal Media report does not identify a contractor, consultant or implementing agency. It states no contract value, budget line or funding source for the road, and it cites no tender or financing agreement. No road length, lane count or alignment detail is given. It records no start-of-works date or completion date. The report does not say whether construction has begun, progressed or stalled since the foundation-laying ceremony.

At the ceremony, Mayor Muungaab said tax revenues would be reinvested in the community to improve basic public services and infrastructure. The remark is general in the report and is not tied to this specific road. He also promised the construction of additional roads in Mogadishu and announced that closed roads in the capital would soon be reopened, particularly those not affected by security issues. Those are statements by the mayor as reported; the report does not show them as funded, contracted or scheduled, and it does not state that any road has been reopened.

The 2 August 2025 report is the only record in this evidence of the project's status. What has happened at the site since then is not established by the available material.

> **Note:** Only a foundation-laying ceremony is recorded. Mustaqbal Media's report does not describe the project as under construction or complete.

## Sources

- [Mogadishu Mayor Launches New Road Project to Boost Mogadishu Infrastructure](https://mustaqbalmedia.net/en/mogadishu-mayor-launches-new-road-project-to-boost-mogadishu-infrastructure/) — Mustaqbal Media, 2025-08-02