Sierra Leone - Matotoka-Sefadu Road Rehabilitation Project – Section I: Matotoka-Yiye

The project involves the rehabilitation works for the 70 km inter-urban road between Matotoka and Yiye to a bituminous standard. The rehabilitation works also cover environmental and social mitigation measures as well as some complementary initiatives (works) encompassing social infrastructure. These include the rehabilitation of 20 km of feeder roads; rehabilitation of three primary schools (provision of classroom blocks, sanitation and water facilities) in Masingbi, Makali and Ngo town/Yiye; rehabilitation of a health centre in Masingbi; and improvements to one market in Matotoka. It also includes sensitisation of project area inhabitants on HIV/AIDS, TB and STIs; malaria and water related diseases; ownership and environmental protection, as well as sensitisation of project area inhabitants on road safety.