| Project Detail |
The objectives of the Road Transport Corridors Project for Tunisia are: (i) to reduce transportation cost and time and improve road safety on select road corridors between lagging regions and more developed areas in the territory of Tunisia; and (ii) to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Equipment, Habitat and Land Planning in road asset management. There are two components to the project, the first component being road corridor improvement. The project will improve about 146 km of existing single lane national and regional road sections on three road corridors. Civil works will include widening and upgrading of the road sections when necessary, upgrading of 17 bridges and improvement of 230 culverts, 52 road intersections, traffic signs and installation of other road safety devices. This component includes four sub-components: widening and upgrading as necessary of about 57 km of National Road 12 between Sousse and Kairouan, including the upgrading of bridges, the improvement of culverts, intersections, and traffic signs, and the installation of road safety devices; widening and upgrading as necessary of about 65 km of National Road 4 between El Fahs and Siliana, including the upgrading of bridges, the improvement of culverts, intersections, and traffic signs, and the installation of road safety devices; widening and upgrading as necessary of about 24 km of Regional Road 133 between Jebel El Oust and Zaghouan, including the upgrading of bridges, the improvement of culverts, intersections, and traffic signs, and the installation of road safety devices; and supervision of the activities to be carried out under sub-components 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 above (financed entirely by the Borrower). Finally, the second component is the road network management improvement. |
