ENHANCING NIGER NORTHEASTERN CONNECTIVITY

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The Enhancing Niger Northeast Connectivity Project (ENNCP) was approved and declared effective in 2021 with a total financing of US$ 175 million. The proposed Additional Financing (AF) of US$90 million will continue to support the Government of Niger’s (GoN) strategy to improve connectivity within Niger by facilitating the safe movement of people and goods on key lifeline road corridors. This includes rehabilitation and maintenance works along the national road 11 (RN No11), commonly known as the Trans-Saharan corridor, connecting the southern part of the country with the northern regions, as initially planned under the parent project. Specific activities supported under the AF include: i) Climate-informed rehabilitation of the 62 km Tiguidit-Agadez RN No11 road section, identified as highly vulnerable to climate change related hazards, thereby improving access to the full RN 11 corridor; ii) critical measures to improve and extend maintenance works and associated supervision for the full Zinder-Agadez corridor of the RN No11; iii) installation of weighing stations and toll booths along the RN No11 corridor to improve financial and environmental sustainability; iv) rehabilitation to climate resilient standards of an additional 200 km of rural feeder roads to access the RN 11 corridor and provide for access of local communities to basic social and economic services; and v) restructuring of activities to support female empowerment planned under the original project.