Multinational - The Nyamitanga-Ruhwa-Ntendezi-Mwityazo Road Project

As part of the development of their Transport Corridors, Burundi and Rwanda have defined a program to facilitate transport on the Mugina-Bujumbura-Nyamitanga-RuhwaNtendezi-Mwityazo-Gisenyi Corridor linking Burundi to Rwanda and to Tanzania. This corridor, which will be implemented in phases, is 497.5 km long, broken down as follows: (i) 330.5 km on the Northern Transport Corridor of Burundi and Rwanda; and (ii) 167 km on the Central Transport Corridor of Burundi. The Nyamitanga-Ruhwa-NtendeziMwityazo road project, which stems from the program, covers: (A) 101 km of road and related works; (B) the removal of impediments to traffic fluidity by building and equipping a Single Border Control Post (SBCP); and (C) capacity building for project executing agencies. The project will be implemented over a period of 48 months (from January 2009 to December 2012). The total tax and duty free (TDF) cost, excluding project expropriations, is estimated at UA 101.28 million.