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Singrobo-Yamoussoukro Road Project

Côte d'Ivoire

Borrower Cote d-Ivoire
Financing Type Public Sector
Instrument Project Loan
Focus Area Transportation
Approved 16.03.2004
Signed 02.09.2004
Status Completed
Loan Administrator OPEC Fund
Executing Agency Ministry of Infrastructure, Roads Agency (AGEROUTE)
Co-financiers SFD, BADEA, Government
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) 10.00
Total Project Cost (US$m) 33.30

The Singrobo–Yamoussoukro road, which constitutes part of the 650 km-long Abidjan–Ouangolo route, is a key north-south link and the sole transport corridor to landlocked Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. The road can no longer handle increasing traffic loads and has worn to a point where some sections are made impassable during the rainy season. The project will therefore entail:

  • construction of a new 86 km-long highway between the southern districts of Taabo and Toumodi;
  • construction of bridges;
  • installation of drainage structures and culverts to prevent flooding; and
  • carrying out of erosion protection measures.
The new highway will have the potential for future expansion, and will provide the population with efficient, cost-effective and reliable transportation.

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