This project entails the upgrading and modernization of roads between Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad in order to improve transport efficiency in the region. More specifically the upgrade and modernization of about 1400 kilometres of highway.
<p>The Ouesso-Bangui-Ndjamena road is a link in the Pointe Noire-Brazzaville / Kinshasa-Bangui-Ndjamena multimodal transport corridor. The road is also part of the network of the priority program of the consensual master plan of transport in Central Africa (PDCAT). The corridor connects the capitals of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad. It also provides the CAR and Chad with a second access to the sea.</p>
<p>A highway network of approximately 1310 km, which starts from Ouesso in North Congo to MbaA¯koro (near Moundou) in the South of Chad while passing through Bangui in Central African Republic. It comprises the following two sections: (i) the Ouesso-Bangui section in the equatorial forest to the South, which is about 640 km long and lies across Congo and the CAR; and (ii) the Bangui-MbaA¯koro section in the savannah woodland to the North, which is about 670 km long and lies in CAR and Chad territory;</p>
<p>The project is helping to improve transport infrastructure and open the regions of the Congo River Basin, particularly northern Congo, southern Central African Republic and southern Chad. The road will be an alternative access to the sea for the Central African Republic and southern Chad, because it will connect to the black tip port by the Ouesso-Brazzaville-Pointe Noire road which is already tarred. Combined with improved waterways, the construction of the road will strengthen the regional integration of the four countries concerned and Central Africa.</p>