Douala shines as rehabilitation progresses

  1. Posted on Friday 18 July 2008 - 16:05
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    Dominique Bela, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Douala, Cameroon
    Since last year, more than 170 billions Cfa francs have been invested for the rehabilitation of road infrastructures in the business capital Douala. The city economic activities have been hampered by the poor road infrastructure.
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    Since last year, more than 170 billions Cfa francs have been invested for the rehabilitation of road infrastructures in the business capital Douala. The city economic activities have been hampered by the poor road infrastructure.

    This situation disrupts the urban transport system, provokes accidents and destabilises the schedules and activities of the inhabitants, and event involving neighbouring towns. The initiative taken by the Douala Urban Council since the year 2002 to rehabilitate the degraded infrastructure has shown that Cameroon government is anxious to see the rehabilitation of roads.

    According the delegate of Douala Urban Council, Fritz Ntone, the government has heard the call of distress of people and took problems to heart by launching a ‘Marshall plan’. On the ground, roads are being rehabilitated or entirely rebuilt.

    The construction of an exchanger to reduce traffic between the administrative and commercial centres of Bonanjo and Akwa respectively is finished. This market lot including the bridge Joss has been entrusted to a local company.

    In fact, the rehabilitation of the road infrastructure is financed by the World Bank for an amount of 7.000.000 euros, the convention of the first Contract Debt and Development for an amount of 5.000.000 euros and the Poor and heavily Indebted Countries initiavitive for 4.000.000 euros.

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