Gambia’s president His Excellency Adama Barrow is set to inaugurate the Laminkoto-Passama road at Passama on the 29th of February 2020, at 12:00 noon. The road project, which took 36 months to complete, was funded by: Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Kuwait fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and Government of the Gambia.
According to the release from the Ministry of Transport, the completion of the Laminkoto-Passama road Project marks an important milestone in the National Primary Road Network as a first step towards the realisation of one city state for The Gambia.
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Sukuta-Jambanjelly road
The President is also set inaugurate the Sukuta-Jambanjelly road on Saturday 7th March 2020 at 11.00am at the Sukuta Traffic Lights Junction. According to the release, the newly completed road serves as part of a network of access roads, linking Agriculture-based communities to economic outlets in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA).
The road provides access and the easy movement of people, goods, and services between the farming communities and the economic outlets; and serves as a catalyst for enhanced economic growth, with the desire to reduce poverty which is in line with the government’s poverty reduction strategy and the strategic priorities of the National development Plan (NDP).
The Construction of the Sukuta-Jambanjelly road was jointly funded by the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) and the Government of the Republic of The Gambia.
