5.1 Infrastructure

Regarding infrastructure, the town has five inlet/outlet roads connecting it to different weredas in the zone, surrounding zones, towns in the region and Addis Ababa. The distribution of roads as per the type of construction materials shows that 190.85 km are gravel, 55.3 km asphalt, and 60.6 km cobblestone roads. The town gets 24 hours electric supply from the national grid, mobile and fixed telephone lines, and has internet services, and a postal service having 2250 boxes. The main water supply source of the town is potable underground water and distributed through piped network and 94 public taps. The town has open ditches and closed pipes to discharge storm water.

5.2 Housing

There are private and government houses in Mekele town built up of different materials and used for various functions.

5.3 Transport

There is daily inter-urban transport service to and from Addis Ababa and other seven major towns. The town has a bus station, freight terminal as well as an airport. There is air flight service to and from Addis Ababa. There are 500 Bajaj and 375 mini bus taxis and 750 horse- drawn carts for giving intra-urban transport service.