WB agrees to fund completion of some road projects in Yemen

Minister of Public Works and Roads Omar al-Korshmi returned to Sana’a on Saturday after his participation in the meetings of the World Bank (WB) held recently in Cairo. Al-Korshmi explained to Saba that the meeting between Yemen and the Bank succeeded in discussing a number of issues relating to the implementation of the international road project (Sada – Amran – Taiz – Aden), in addition to discussing the possibility to fund the necessary studies and designs of the double road project (Amran - Aden - Amran – Saada). He pointed that the Bank agreed to fund the completion of the phase 1 for the third sector (Taiz –Aden) with a length of 55 km and to finance the study of Sada –Amran road with a length of 290 km. The Yemen-WB meetings also discussed the general plan and strategy for the implementation of the road project (Aden - Taiz - Ibb - Dhamar - Sanaa - Amran - Saada) with a length of 710 km in its various stages to link between Yemen and neighboring countries, al-Korshmi added.