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Railway, Roads and Air transport

Writerman 6:49 AM Infrastructure

Railway

Rwanda wants to develop two major regional lines.

The Dar-es-Salaam- Isaka Kigali railway project is estimated to 5 billion US dollars. The project is composed of the line rehabilitation in Tanzania and of the construction of the new Isaka-Kigali line of 494 kms in length (355km in Tanzania, 139km in Rwanda).

The Mombasa–Nairobi-Kampala-Kigali is the other railway route to unlock Rwanda and provide direct connection to the Indian Ocean. The project cost estimate is of 13 billion USD.

Roads

The major road infrastructures open for investments are both located in the rural and urban areas.

Kibungo-Ngoma-Nyanza (130Kms): This road aims to connect the South East to South West part of Rwanda.

Nyagatare-Byumba-Base (130Kms) located in the North West and North East of the country.

Kigali Ring Road (80Kms): This project could be developed through a Public Private Partnership.

New Bugesera Airport Expressway: The road will connect the new airport to Kigali City (40Kms).

Feeder Roads are rural roads that connect farmers to local markets.

Urban roads shall be developed in Kigali and in every secondary city.

Air transport

The project is to develop a new modern international airport at Bugesera.

This airport will provide both extra capacity for passenger transport and also will develop the cargo freight.

The New Bugesera International Airport target is to become an international hub in East Africa and beyond.

This project will also increase significantly the land value in the airport area and attract more private investment and urban development.

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