President Emomali Rahmon today attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the project aiming at rehabilitation of the road connecting Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa, two major cities and economic hubs in the country, according to the Tajik president’s official website.
This 90-kilometer highway is one of the most heavily traveled roads in the country because it has not been rehabilitated for more than 30 years, with the exception of partial recovery work carried out in the early 2000s,
The first phase of the project provides for rehabilitation of more than 33 kilometers of road from Dushanbe to the Dari Kiik area, not far from the administrative center of the Khuroson district in the Khatlon province.
96 million U.S. dollars (USD) have reportedly been allocated for the Dushanbe-Qurghon Teppa road rehabilitation project.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reportedly allocated 65.2 million U.S. dollars in preferential loan (49.4 m0illion USD) and grant (some 15.8 million USD) for improvement of the road.
Besides, the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has allocated 12 million USD for implementation of the project and the remaining 17 million U.S. dollars have been provided by the Tajik government.
The project is expected to be finished in three years until October 2020.
Meanwhile, press release issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM) says ADB President Takehiko Nakao joined President Rahmon in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dushanbe-Qurghon Teppa road rehabilitation project, which ADB has supported with $65 million in financing in its initial phase. The road is a strategic north–south link, one of the most heavily traveled roads in the country, and is part of CAREC corridors 2, 5, and 6. The project will expand the road from two to four lanes, improve the surface condition, and provide modern safety features, including road signs, lighting, pedestrian crossings, and bus stops. It will also introduce clean energy technologies—solar street lighting and solar-based backup systems—to boost power reliability and efficiency.
