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The African Development Fund, the soft loan arm of the African Development Bank (ADB), has approved a US $19.3-million loan and a $2.1-million grant for a road infrastructure project in Rwanda, the bank reported on Wednesday.
The bank said the project would help reduce poverty by opening up farm and industrial production areas in the provinces of Cyangugu, Kibungo, Kigali-Ngali and Gikongoro.
The project would also improve access to social and administrative structures such as hospitals and schools; reduce transportation costs; as well as sensitise the people on environmental protection, road security and HIV/AIDS.
Through its training and logistical support components, it will strengthen project planning, implementation and monitoring capacities, the bank reported.
It added that the project would contribute to the attainment of objectives defined in the country's transport sector policy whose priority is to preserve existing infrastructure, in particular the rehabilitation of the country’s roads and bridges, which were not maintained for about 10 years or were destroyed during the conflict from 1990 to 1994 and by torrential rains and flooding in 1997 and 1998.
Under the project, the government of Rwanda will resurface 39 km of paved road between Cyangugu and Bugarama, a 4.8 km slip road between Mutongo and Rusizi II, 70 km of feeder roads and 62 m-span bridge on the Kibungo–Ngenda road at Gashora.
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