Benin - Parakou Urban Transport Project

The Parakou Urban Transport Project aims to upgrade urban mobility in Parakou and improve living conditions of people in the project area while reducing road accidents. Parakou is the third largest city with over 200,000 inhabitants and is the regional capital of one of the most productive regions of Benin. The poor and narrow conditions of the two main roads crossing the city are a major constraint to the development of urban economic activities and bring about many traffic accidents. In addition, the serious traffic congestion on these roads is detrimental to national and international traffic and undermines the competitiveness of the North-South corridor. The project will rehabilitate and widen the 17.55 km main roads of the city into 2x2 lanes. The development of the city of Parakou will attract some many people and businesses, resulting in increased agricultural production and improved household incomes in the Department of Borgu while ensuring competitiveness of the whole country. Project activities will be implemented from June 2015 to December 2020. The total cost of the project net of taxes and customs duties is estimated at UA 78.17 million.