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Major Road Project to Link Western Mongolia with PRC and Russia
2008-04-11
Mongolia, with funding assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is embarking on an ambitious road project that will link the nation’s western region with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation.
The Western Regional Road Corridor Development Project, at a total estimated cost of just under $200 million, will span nearly 750 kilometers and become part of the Asian Highway Network, a 141,000-kilometer road system traversing 32 Asian countries with links to European roadways.
It will help to link markets, improve access to social, health and other services and open up the ecologically untouched Altai region for tourism.
The project includes road safety improvements; community development to address poverty; awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS and human trafficking along the road corridor; a pilot project on improvements to the road maintenance system; and building the capacity of the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Tourism and its provincial counterparts.
The geographic location of Mongolia, far from the sea and surrounded by two large neighbors – the PRC and the Russian Federation – makes road transportation links significant in terms of domestic and international trade. However, out of the total road network of 49,250 kilometers, only 3.5% is paved.
Article Source: Asian Development Bank
For the full article, click here: http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2008/12405-mongolian-roads-projects/default.asp
