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Road Improvement Project
Nepal
| Borrower | Nepal |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Transportation |
| Approved | 18.11.1986 |
| Signed | 17.03.1987 |
| Status | Completed |
| Loan Administrator | ADB |
| Executing Agency | Department of Roads (DOR) within the Ministry of Works & Transport |
| Co-financiers | ADB, Government |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 4.00 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 42.50 |
The project will carry out the following works in the Far Western Region:
- upgrading of an existing road betwen Bhatkanda and Silgarhi to a low-cost all-weather asphalt road (Doti Road-74 km);
- reconstruction of a 120 km-long bridge crossing the Mohana River near Dhangarhi;
- improvement of a 130 km stretch of an eastern section of the East-West Highway; and
- rehabilitation and resealing of 250 km of roads.