Senegal: Road rehabilitation project for Kaolack groundnut basin
by Market Insider
Saturday, 21 Jun. 2014
The Board of Executive Directors of the African
Development Bank Group approved on 28 May, 2014 a 35.8 million US$ project on
the rehabilitation of the 40 km road Dinguiraye-Nioro-Keur Ayib in the Kaolack
region. The road is a section of the 'trans-Gambian' corridor, constituting an
economic and strategic link between the North and South of the country and
Senegal on the Dakar-Lagos trans-African highway.
The objective of
the project is to facilitate the movement of goods and people, contributing to
increasing trade with and improving population's access to basic services.
The road crosses the Kaolack groundnut basin and is expected to
contribute towards boosting sub-regional trade in groundnuts, open up rural
areas and help curb rural exodus.
Source: http://www.afdb.org/news-and-events/article/afdb-approves-road-rehabilitation-project-for-kaolack-groundnut-basin-region-in-senegal-13257/