Land and Maritime Connectivity Project (Tranche 2)

Approved

The project is to rehabilitate or upgrade about 35 kilometers of urban and rural roads in Honiara and the surrounding regions in Guadalcanal Province, construct two rural wharves, and reconstruct and strengthen an old wharf in Honiara port. The objective is to improve connectivity, efficiency, and disaster resilience of the transportation network in Solomon Islands. The east-west Guadalcanal road corridor is in deteriorating condition, critical urban road sections have capacity constraints leading to traffic congestion, and inadequate maritime facilities aggravate efficiency of shipping services. The project will provide road and maritime infrastructure, ensuring access to basic services, increase income generating opportunities, and promote social cohesiveness.The project adopts a time-slicing approach for large-scale stand-alone projects. Each tranche will finance slices of a group of contracts following the indicative tranche schedule, and the amount for each tranche will be requested according to the disbursement progress and projection.