WHEREAS, Infrastructure works are related with and include assessment and payment of compensation for expropriation of land holdings and removal of properties, capital utilization, sustainability, and accessibility of infrastructure;

WHEREAS, service interruptions and environmental pollution resulting from damages on infrastructure works during the course of execution of infrastructure works have from time to time brought complex economic and social woes to the beneficiaries and the government;

WHEREAS, in order to alleviate the foregoing problems, it is found necessary to establish by law an institution that is entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating and regulating the integrated execution of infrastructure works;

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: