Senegal - Rehabilitation of the Senoba – Ziguinchor -Mpack Road and Opening Up of the Southern Regions

The Project to Rehabilitate the Sénoba-Ziguinchor-Mpack Road and Open up the Southern Regions is part of the Dakar-Lagos Trans-Africa Highway (TAH 7) corridor identified as the backbone for the sub-region’s economic and social development. This corridor is considered to be one of the top priorities of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) of the African Union (AU) and the ECOWAS Regional Transport Facilitation Programme under CWTR- 38/99. The project comprises: (i) the rehabilitation of 165 km of roads in compliance with ECOWAS standards; (ii) the improvement and asphalting of 100km of access roads. There are also plans to carry out related improvement works comprising socio-economic and commercial infrastructure, urban roads and support to women’s and youth groupings, in particular to increase agricultural output. It will also will also help to build the executing agency’s capacities and to improve the availability of statistical data on transport facilitation indicators. Rehabilitation of the road under this project will upgrade the road in anticipation of a significant increase in expected traffic following the commissioning of the bridge over the Gambia River planned for 2019. Through its access dimensions and support to the activities of the most vulnerable segments of the population, this integrated project will contribute to the revival of tourism in Casamance, the reduction of agricultural and fruit production losses and to the strengthening of trade and sub-regional integration. It will be implemented over a 4-year period at a total cost, excluding taxes and duties, including physical and financial contingencies of UA 144.04 million, equivalent to EUR 170.51 million.