Atlas Corridor
Component

Tadjoura-Balho-Mekelle Road Project

road

Cities

Tadjoura
Djibouti
Balho
Djibouti
Mekelle
Ethiopia

Distance

120km
new
120km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$156m
$156,000,000

Phases

operational, 2021

Objective

The 120km road is set to connect the new Tadjoura port of Djibouti dubbed a third corridor to the small town of Balho the city of Mekelle the capital city of Tigrai, Ethiopia. The Tadjoura Port has been built to mainly focus on general cargo, such as livestock, sesame, frankincense, fertilizers and grain

Description

To connect the Port of Tadjoura into the road traffic from Ethiopia

Finance

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$ grant
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Development bank