African Union Development Agency

<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>

<p>The proposed BGHES is a bi-national hydro power project to be located approximately fifty-four (54) kilometres downstream of the Victoria Falls and will extend across the international boundary between the Republics of Zambia and Zimbabwe.</p>
<p>Through several subsequent studies and analysis (1981,1992-1993, 1998 and 2015) the current technical configuration for the BGHES comprises:</p>
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<li>176m high, 720m crest length Roller Compacted Concrete gravity arch dam;</li>
<li>Radial gated central crest spillway;</li>
<li>Two surface power plants, one on either side of the river bank, each with a capacity of 1,200MW, giving a combined capacity of 2,400MW;</li>
<li>6 x 200MW Francis turbines in each powerhouse;</li>
<li>Four water intakes delivering water through 4 tunnels (each approximately 1km in length) to the two surface power plants downstream of the dam;</li>
<li>Diversion tunnel</li>
<li>Switchyards for both power plants</li>
<li>Construction of the staff townships with social amenities and office complex for the Authority and Power utilities on Batoka North and Batoka South.</li>
<li>The staff townships will initially be permanent construction camps and located one on the north bank of the dam (in Zambia) and the other one on the south bank (in Zimbabwe).</li>
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<p>Single trasmission lines in Zambia (directed from the Project)&Acirc; will be located as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>2 x 55km of 330kV, Single Circuit Overhead Transmission lines between Batoka North Bank Power Station and Mukuni Substation, Livingstone.</li>
<li>1 x 170km of 330kV, Single Circuit Overhead Transmission Line between Batoka North Bank Power Station and Muzuma Substation, Choma.</li>
<li>2 x 230km of 330kV, Single Circuit Overhead Transmission Lines between Batoka North Bank Power Station and Nambala Substation, Mumbwa.</li>
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<p>Single trasmission lines in Zimbabwe (directed from the project)&Acirc; will be located as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Batoka North and Batoka South Interconnector (2 x 400kV);</li>
<li>BGHES to Victoria Falls (1x 400kV x 30km) in Zimbabwe&Acirc; complete with 2 x 400kV line bays;</li>
<li>Victoria Fall to Hwange (1 x 400kV x 55km) line complete with 2 x 400kV line bays</li>
<li>Victoria Falls 400/(132)88kV Substation complete with 4 x outgoing (132)88kV line bays</li>
<li>BGHES to Chakari (2 x 400/330kV x 400km) in Zimbabwe complete with 4 x 400kV line bays.</li>
<li>Chakari to Selous (1 x 330kV x 70km) line in Zimbabwe complete with 2 x 330kV line bays The line will be 400kV construction but operating at 330kV.&Acirc; </li>
<li>Selous to Dema (1 x 330kV x 95km) line in Zimbabwe complete with 2 x 330kV line bays. The line will be 400kV construction but operating at 330kV.&Acirc; </li>
<li>All lines shall come with 2 x Earthwire peaks ( 1 x 48 Core OPGW and 1 x GSW)</li>
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The project forms part of the upgrading of the 1,200 km of narrow gauge railway between Abidjan and Ouagadougou. In particular it involves the section in Burkina Fasso, from the border with Ivory Coast to Ouagadougou.