For greater detail on the project/program or information on procurement opportunities,
requests must be addressed directly to the executing agency (ies) of the project/program.
February 23, 2011
Three Towns Water Supply and Sanitation (US$19 million) |
| Purpose: |
| To provide water supply and sanitation services in the towns of Bo, Kenema and Makeni, where less than 5% of the 496,000-strong population has access to safe water supplies owing to widespread damage and destruction to infrastructure from civil conflict. |
| Activities: |
- rehabilitation/reconstruction of water treatment plants;
- replacement of transmission and distribution networks in urban in peri-urban areas to increase water production from 6,000 m3 to 62,000 m3 per day by 2014;
- carrying out of sanitation works across schools, health centers, marketplaces and other public places;
- establishment of a revolving Social Connection Fund to enable low-income families to finance their new household connections, thus boosting the present number of 12,404 connections to around 249,000 by 2015.
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| Project cost: |
| US$61.10 million |
| Co-financiers: |
| African Development Bank, Government of Sierra Leone |
| Executing Agency: |
| Sierra Leone Water Company |
| Implementation period: |
| 4 years |
December 5, 2007
Kenema-Pendembu Road (US$12.51 million) |
| Purpose: |
| To rehabilitate a key transport link to contribute to the development of agriculture and mining in the project area |
| Activities: |
- upgrading of an 86 km feeder road with an asphalt concrete surface;
- installation of drainage structures;
- construction of two bridges; 116 m and 225 m-long;
- provision of safety features such as road markings, guardrails and signs; and
- consultancy services.
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| Project cost: |
| US$60.27 million |
| Co-financiers: |
| Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, Islamic Development Bank, Kuwait Fund, Saudi Fund, Government of Sierra Leone |
| Executing Agency: |
| Sierra Leone Roads Authority |
| Implementation period: |
| 3.5 years |
September 6, 2006
Bumbuna Hydroelectric Power Project (US$10 million) |
| Purpose: |
| Phase I of the Bumbuna-Yiben hydropower development project |
| Activities: |
- construction of a 88 m-high, 440 m-long rockfill dam with two spillway intakes;
- construction of a 50 MW power station and a 30 km Y-shaped reservoir;
- installation of a 200 km transmission line;
- provision of steel hydrolic structures; and
- implementation of environmental protection measures.
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| Project cost: |
| US$95.349 million |
| Co-financiers: |
| African Development Bank, International Development Association, Governments of Italy, the Netherlands and Sierra Leone |
| Executing Agency: |
| Ministry of Energy and Power |
| Implementation period: |
| 4 years |
