Tanna road

30km road on Vanuatu's Tanna completed

The road, and another on Malekula, was funded by a US$50 million loan from China's Exim bank in 2015.

It runs from the island's airport, through the main town Lenakel, as far as Greenpoint, replacing a rough dirt track with a two-lane sealed road.

The Daily Post reports the government is considering a second phase of the project.

 

Photo caption: The main road through Lenakel, the largest town on the Vanuatu island of Tanna in early 2016. The road has been replaced by a sealed highway, built by a Chinese firm

     

Tanna road development to proceed

Last week, a 102 million vatu contract was awarded to the China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation by Vanuatu's Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Don Ken.

The R4D program will help increase access to services throughout Vanuatu by building and maintaining priority roads.     

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