Construction of a New Bridge across the Volta River on the Eastern Corridor Project

Country, Site The Republic of Ghana, (Volta Region)
Project Outline The Eastern Corridor represents the National Trunk Road No.2 in the trunk road network in Ghana, which starts from Tema roundabout in the South, and ends at Kulungugu, on the north-eastern border with Burkina Faso. The corridor is of strategic importance, especially for freight movement within Ghana and neighbouring land-locked countries. The Project is to enhance national transport capacity by offering alternative bridge to the Adomi Bridge on the Eastern Corridor through construction of a bridge as part of the Eastern Corridor.
Category B
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Categorization		 The project is not considered to be a large-scale Roads project, is not located in a sensitive area, and has none of the sensitive characteristics under the JICA Guidelines for Environment and Social Considerations (April, 2010), it is not likely to have significant adverse impact on the environment.
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