Atlas Corridor
Component

NR13 Oudomxay–Pakmong Rehabilitation

road

Cities

Muang Xai
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Pakmong
Lao People's Democratic Republic

Distance

81km
new
– km
rehabilitated
81km
existing
– km

Cost

$82.5m
$82,500,000

Phases

operational, 2016

Objective

Description

Rehabilitation of an approximately 81 km mountain section of National Road 13 between Oudomxay and Pakmong. Works rebuilt the two-lane carriageway with widths of about 7.5 m in mountainous sections and 8.5 m through communities, strengthening a strategic portion of Laos’s north–south road backbone.

Finance

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$82500000 loan
Exim Bank of China Development bank

Operators

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Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Lao PDR
Ministry

Contractors

Yunnan Sunlight Road and Bridge
Company

Sources