Swaziland - Manzini to Mbadlane (MR3) Highway Project

The Manzini-Mbadlane Highway Project in Swaziland entails the dualisation of an existing 30km single carriageway road between the city of Manzini and Mbadlane on the MR3, a major road on the SADC regional network. The project is in two parts and financed by loan and grant facility. The main part, which will be financed by the loan, is composed of activities directly related to the delivery of the project road. The second part is Technical Assistance services, to be financed by a grant facility. The activities for the project road comprise: (i) carriageway upgrade of existing 30km two-lane single paved carriageway to a two-lane dual carriageway and (ii) construction of a new 32km two-lane single carriageway access and rural connecting roads and interchanges; (iii) rural feeder road access to health services; (iv) implementation of environmental and social measures, and; (v) implementation of institutional reform in the road subsector. The estimated cost of the project is USD132.2 million (UA86.4 million; E1,491million).