 Other roads were started in 1939, from Mogadishu to the northern Somali coast and to the British Kenya Colony to the south.Additionally, there was a project to connect Mogadishu with the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway, and another to start the construction of an airport on the outskirts of the city.The ports of the capital and of Kismayo further south were also slated for enlargement in 1941.