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Project Objectives The Project aims at supporting the economic and social development in Belize by providing reliable year-round land transportation in a subtropical forest region, which is located in Cayo District in the west-central part of Belize. The Project will improve connectivity and accessibility to places of work and social services for the inhabitants of the various towns and settlements located along the road path, and will enhance access to touristic attractions including the Caracol Archaeological Reserve, the largest known Mayan archaeological complex in the country, which is located at the southern end of the road. The upgrading of the road is also expected to enhance investment in agricultural activities and development of related light industries, in mining activities, sustainable logging activities and is expected to create jobs and promote new business opportunities in this part of the Country. Project Description The Caracol Road is a Y shaped road that connects with the George Price highway in the north at the town of Georgeville on one side and the towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena on the other side, both sides extend in southerly direction and converge into one road at the Tripartite Junction, and extends further south through a national forest reserve and ends at the Caracol Archaeological Site. In addition to the above mentioned towns, the road also links the towns of San Antonio, Cristo Rey, Douglas Da Silva and Guacamallo that are located along the road path. The total length of the Caracol Road is about 93.3 km. ? Lot II: encompasses all road works and structures falling south of the point Blancaneaux and covers a total distance of about 42.9 km. Lot II is the subject of this Loan Agreement. Doc: https://www.kuwait-fund.org/en/web/kfund/project-information?p_p_id=projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-4&p_p_col_count=1&_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_mvcPath=%2Fviews%2Fprojects-information%2FviewDetail.jsp&_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_projectId=5550&_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_backURL=%2Fen%2Fweb%2Fkfund%2Fproject-information%3Fp_p_id%3Dprojectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-4%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_mvcPath%3D%252Fviews%252Fprojects-information%252Fview.jsp%26_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_delta%3D25%26_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_keywords%3D%26_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_advancedSearch%3Dfalse%26_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_andOperator%3Dtrue%26_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_resetCur%3Dfalse%26_projectsinformation_WAR_KFundPortletsportlet_cur%3D3 |
