Economic Community of Central African States

<p>La réalisation du projet se fera en deux phases suivant le financement actuel.Il comprend des travaux routiers, des mesures de facilitation de transport et d&#39;autres activités connexes de développement. La phase1 comprend le bitumage de 144 km (Ndende-Doussala) au Gabon et 93 km (Dolisie-Kibangu) au Congo, la réhabilitation de 130 km (Kibangu-Ngongo-frontière du Gabon) et la mise en oeuvre des mesures de facilitation de transport.</p>

<p>La phase 2 comprendra le bitumage des tronçons restants entre Kibangu et Ngongo,l&#39;aménagement de la voie de contournement de la ville de pointe noire,l&#39;aménagement des ports secs de Dolisie(Congo) et de Ndende(Gabon) et la mise en oeuvre des mesures de facilitation de transport.</p>

<p>The project aims to identify all the obstacles to navigate the Congo River, and the Oubangui and Sangha tributaries as well as the port infrastructure needs in order to improve the conditions and the capacity of safe river transport.</p>

<p>The Congo River is navigable for a distance of about 1700 km between Kinshasa and Kisangani. The Oubangui is navigable to Bangui from Liranga, which is 600 km from Brazzaville and the Sangha is navigable for a distance of roughly 710 km between Nola and the confluence with the Congo River.</p>

<p>The project proposes sustainable solutions for the rehabilitation, development and operation of the river transport network. At the end of the feasibility study phase, the following developments are proposed for navigation and ports:</p>

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<li>Navigation: Improvement of the markup, the dredging of the main and secondary channel of the Congo River as well as the management of the difficult passes identified on Oubangui and Sangha.</li>
<li>Ports: Dredging in front of wharves, salvaging wrecks, rehabilitating quay walls and quays, acquiring and repairing port operating equipment, rehabilitating buildings, warehouses and roads as well as the layout of certain existing berthing areas, etc.</li>
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<p>In addition, the project proposes skills development of the personnel of the institutions in charge of river transport of the three countries in the fields related to the code of inland navigation, the safety and security of navigation and port operations.</p>

This project is part of the expansions at 2020 gap airports Phase 1. It will see upgrades at the Maya-Maya Airport in Brazzaville, Congo.