URBAN DEVT.

closed

The project would include: a) acquisition and preparation of 400 hectares in Dakar and 60 hectares in Thies. Provision would be made for 14,000 lots in Dakar and 1,600 lots in Thies for the construction of dwellings. On the basis of estimated population density of 10 people per lot, the project would accommodate 140,000 people in Dakar and 16,000 in Thies. Land would be reserved for other activities, including commercial, small-scale industrial, recreational, cultural, and educational facilities; b) extensions to the primary road, water and power networks to and through the project area and the provision of roads, power, water and sanitation facilities within the new settlements; c) the construction of, and equipment for, 14 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and 5 health centers; d) provision of technical assistance for detailed engineering, management and training related to project implementation and the formulation of national housing policy; and e) a study of the criteria for determining whether to relocate squatter settlements or improve them in situ, together with a pilot project for improving 10 hectares of a squatter settlement in situ in the center of Dakar.