Tanzania - Singida – Babati – Minjingu Road Upgrading Project

The proposed project involves the development and asphalting of the Singida - Babati - Minjingu road, 223.5 km long, which was previously a gravel/earth road. The project is formulated under the Transport Sector Investment Program (TSIP) to improve essential road transport connecting the north east regions of the country with the north-west, and the south with the northern regions. The Singida-Babati-Minjingu road is in this priority list of roads that need to be upgraded in keeping with the National Transport Policy (NTP) objective to bituminise all trunk roads and all regional and key district and urban roads. The road project will integrate well with other transport modes: the Arusha town airport and the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) serving local and international traffic, and the Singida airstrip. When completed, the SingidaBabati-Minjingu road will provide the only link between north east of Tanzania (Arusha – Moshi area) and the north west of the country (Mwanza-Bukoba), and connects the northern and central/southern zones through the Great North Road. The road serves the international traffic by linking the Central Road Corridor (Dar es Salaam to Mutukula) and the Northern Road Corridor (Mombasa-KampalaKigali). In addition, the completed road will open up the western regions to the ports of Tanga and Mombasa.