5.1 Infrastructure

Regarding infrastructure, the town has asphalt and gravel 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 185.4km are gravel, 46.1 km asphalt, and 36km 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 1590 boxes. The main water supply source of the town is potable ground and dam water and distributed through piped network and 29 public taps. The town has open ditches pipes to discharge storm water.

5.2 Housing

There are 8000 private houses in Gonder city built up of different materials and providing different services.

5.3 Transport

There is daily inter-urban transport service to and from Addis Ababa and other 23 major towns in the region. The town has a bus station as well as an airport. There is air flight service to and from Addis Ababa. There are 374 taxis, 246 mini bus taxis and 274 horse- drawn carts for giving intra-urban transport service.