| Project Detail |
The Obigarm-Nurobod road section of the existing M41 highway will be inundated once the Rogun Hydropower Project (HPP) reservoir is filled to operating levels and will require construction of a new 76-km M41 highway alignment through mountainous terrain. This investment, which will include (i) civil works including roadway, tunnels, and bridges; and (ii) consulting services, is being designed as an integrated investment program divided into three sections (Investment Program), each section to be supported by different financiers, as follows: (a) Civil Works: • Road Section 1 – 30 km (ADB and OFID) • Road Section 2 – 45 km (EBRD) • Bridge and Road Section 3 – 1.4 km (AIIB) (b) Consulting Services • Construction Supervision Section 1 (ADB and OFID) • Construction Supervision Section 2 (EBRD) • Design and Construction Supervision Section 3 (AIIB) AIIB will support Section 3 of the Investment Program (Section 3, or the Project), which includes an approximately 800-m bridge over the Rogun HPP Reservoir, and 640m of roadway approaches to the bridge, near the town of Nurobod, as well as related consulting services. Objective The objective of the Project is to maintain and improve connectivity between Dushanbe, the northeast region of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic via the M41 highway, which is located on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) corridors 2, 3, and 5 Connectivity and safety along the improved M41 road between Obigarm and Nurobod |
