PROJECT # 0028

Zambia - North South Corridor/Trans-Africa Highway: Rehabilitation of Serenje - Mpika Road (T2) 247 km

Funding was secured by the Republic of Zambia from the African Development Bank (AfDB) towards the cost of the Chinsali - Nakonde Road Rehabilitation Project (North-South Corridor). The Serenje-Mpika Road forms part of the Zambian Great North Road (T2) that is a section of the Trans-Africa Highway and the North-South Corridor, a joint COMESA/East African Community and SADC Tripartite Aid for Trade initiative. Its primary aim is to reduce the time and cost of transport along this priority sector linking the Port of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) to the Copper-belt (southern D.R. Congo and Northern Zambia) and connecting to the southern ports of South Africa, notably the Port of Durban. The Corridor system, with its spurs, services 8 countries (Tanzania, D.R. Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa). The project has been endorsed by the SADC/EAC/COMESA Tripartite.

An EOI was launched in July 2022 for the Design Review/Update and Preparation of Tender Documents for the Rehabilitation of a Section of the Serenje-Mpika Road (T2) from the Start of the Dual Carriageway Section in Mpika (approximately 60 km). The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan – Summary for the proposed Rehabilitation of Serenje - Mpika Road (T2), was prepared in August 2017.