Atlas Corridor
Component

Qaisar–Dari Bum Road Project

road

Cities

Qaisar
Afghanistan
Darreh-ye Bum
Afghanistan

Distance

151km
new
– km
rehabilitated
151km
existing
– km

Cost

$334m
$334,000,000

Phases

operational, 2023

Objective

"The objective of the Project is to assist the Government to promote economic and social development and reduce poverty by rehabilitating the primary road network damaged during three decades of conflict and neglect." - ADB

Description

The proposed grant will finance the construction of a 151-kilometer (km) section of road in northwestern Afghanistan from Qaisar to Dari Bum, which is the last missing link of the Ring Road and the top priority among the nation’s strategic corridors.

Finance

logo
$330000000 grant
Asian Development Bank Bank
logo
$4000000 investment
Government of Afghanistan Government