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Myanmar to build arterial road over next 20 years

Xinhua, November 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar Ministry of Construction is planning an integrated arterial road network, including a highway between Yangon and Myitkyina in northernmost Kachin State, that would be built over the next 20 years, official media reported Saturday.

A master plan for Myanmar Expressway and Arterial Roads was completed with joint cooperation between Korea International Cooperation Agency and the ministry, said the Global New Light of Myanmar.

The arterial road network development project contains expressway network spanning 9,470 kilometers, a main arterial road network with a total length of 34,378 km.

The ministry has borrowed Japanese Yen equivalent to 208 million U.S.dollars from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for 40 years for the construction of road and bridges, 138 million USD from South Korea to build the yet-to-exist Yangon-Dala bridge and 80 million USD from Asia Development Bank to upgrade Maubin-Kyaiklat Road in Ayeyawady Region.

Meanwhile the ministry will finish 110 bridges in the current fiscal year. Enditem