African Development Fund

<p>La réalisation du projet se fera en deux phases suivant le financement actuel.Il comprend des travaux routiers, des mesures de facilitation de transport et d&#39;autres activités connexes de développement. La phase1 comprend le bitumage de 144 km (Ndende-Doussala) au Gabon et 93 km (Dolisie-Kibangu) au Congo, la réhabilitation de 130 km (Kibangu-Ngongo-frontière du Gabon) et la mise en oeuvre des mesures de facilitation de transport.</p>

<p>La phase 2 comprendra le bitumage des tronçons restants entre Kibangu et Ngongo,l&#39;aménagement de la voie de contournement de la ville de pointe noire,l&#39;aménagement des ports secs de Dolisie(Congo) et de Ndende(Gabon) et la mise en oeuvre des mesures de facilitation de transport.</p>

<p>The project aims to identify all the obstacles to navigate the Congo River, and the Oubangui and Sangha tributaries as well as the port infrastructure needs in order to improve the conditions and the capacity of safe river transport.</p>

<p>The Congo River is navigable for a distance of about 1700 km between Kinshasa and Kisangani. The Oubangui is navigable to Bangui from Liranga, which is 600 km from Brazzaville and the Sangha is navigable for a distance of roughly 710 km between Nola and the confluence with the Congo River.</p>

<p>The project proposes sustainable solutions for the rehabilitation, development and operation of the river transport network. At the end of the feasibility study phase, the following developments are proposed for navigation and ports:</p>

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<li>Navigation: Improvement of the markup, the dredging of the main and secondary channel of the Congo River as well as the management of the difficult passes identified on Oubangui and Sangha.</li>
<li>Ports: Dredging in front of wharves, salvaging wrecks, rehabilitating quay walls and quays, acquiring and repairing port operating equipment, rehabilitating buildings, warehouses and roads as well as the layout of certain existing berthing areas, etc.</li>
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<p>In addition, the project proposes skills development of the personnel of the institutions in charge of river transport of the three countries in the fields related to the code of inland navigation, the safety and security of navigation and port operations.</p>

<p>Construction of the Kinshasa-Ilebo rail link with a view to linking existing rail networks, namely: SAKANIA-ILEBO and KINSHASA -MATADI Keep the existing rail network between KANANGA and ILEBO in operation.</p>

<p>Le chemin de fer projetée aura une longueur de  870km entre Kinshasa et la ville de Ilebo. Elle sera A  écartement standard de 1,435m pour une charge maximale A  l&#39;essieu de 23 tonnes.La ligne comprendra une voie unique, avec vingt six(26) gares intermediaires.Les bActiments et les équipements nécessaires A  la maintenance des installations et du matériel roulant sont intégrés dans l&#39;étude de la ligne. La ligne sera connectée A  la ligne Matadi-Kinshasa, le pont route rail Brazzaville-Kinshasa, le réseau ferré de la République démocratique du Congo, et A  la ligne Ilebo-Lubumbashi-Frontière Zambie. La ligne ferroviaire permettra aussi la jonction avec la ligne Kolwezi-Lobito traversant l&#39;Angola jusqu&#39;au port de Lobito.</p>

<p>Le projet de route Ketta-Djoum consiste en sa deuxième phase au bitumage de la section Sembe (Congo)-Mintom (Cameroun). Les travaux concernent les tronçons Sembe-Souanké-Ntam(143km) au Congo et Mintom-Lele-Ntam(90km) au Cameroun, les études et les appuis institutionnels au secteur des transports, l&#39;appui A  la facilitation du transport et du commerce, et le soutien A  la biodiversité.</p>

<p>The project includes the construction of a road and rail bridge between Brazzaville in Congo and Kinshasa in the DRC. The project also includes road and rail links in both countries as well as joint border control points (One Stop Border Posts). A border control post will be located at each end of the bridge and will house border control officers. Inspections will only be conducted on one side of the river (i.e. on the departure side). The existing road infrastructure will be extended by 10km to connect the bridge to the two cities.</p>
<p>The railway bridge will have a total length of 1 575m and 10 bays divided as follows: 2 bays of 120m, 4 bays of 152m, 2 bays of 242m and two bays of 121.5m. The profile on the other side of the road consists of two unidirectional sidewalks with two lanes of 3m. The total width of the road, including sidewalks, is 16.24 m.</p>
<p>The two large cable-stayed spans (242m and 152m), located in the river along the banks, give the bridge a gateway to the capitals. The bridge will be located in Maloukou Trechot, 6km from the city of Maluku in Congo. The site is 55km from the two capitals along the river.</p>
<p>The bridge is part of a larger project, the Kinshasa-Ilebo railway project, which aims to improve the rail network in Africa. The larger project is expected to contribute to increased regional trade and accelerate regional integration between Central and Southern Africa. The project is expected to allow for cheaper and faster river crossing by passengers and freight. The beneficiaries of the project will therefore include the two countries whose fisci will benefit from increased trade, the increased presence of domestic and foreign companies in both countries, from private transporters and the economic and social benefits of liberated movement of both populations</p>