29.03.2022
Artikel Nummer: 40195
Road upgrades in Liberia and Sierra Leone
The African Development Bank Group (AFDB) has approved USD 88.2 million in financing for the third phase of the road development and transport facilitation programme for the Mano River Union, an association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The third phase of the programme entails upgrading 50 km of roadway in Liberia and 25 km in Sierra Leone to bitumen standard. It will also finance feasibility studies for building 170 km of roads in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Other components of the project are constructing a 276 m bridge over the Makona River between Guinea and Sierra Leone, developing socio-economic infrastructure and supporting women and youth associations to promote much-needed private enterprise. (ben)