Brazzaville-Kinshasa Road/Rail Bridge

The project aims to achieve a fixed link between the cities of Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by the construction of a mixed road and rail bridge on the Congo River at Maloukou Trechot.

DESCRIPTION

The project includes the construction of a road and rail bridge between Brazzaville in Congo and Kinshasa in the DRC. The project also includes road and rail links in both countries as well as joint border control points (One Stop Border Posts). A border control post will be located at each end of the bridge and will house border control officers. Inspections will only be conducted on one side of the river (i.e. on the departure side). The existing road infrastructure will be extended by 10km to connect the bridge to the two cities.

The railway bridge will have a total length of 1 575m and 10 bays divided as follows: 2 bays of 120m, 4 bays of 152m, 2 bays of 242m and two bays of 121.5m. The profile on the other side of the road consists of two unidirectional sidewalks with two lanes of 3m. The total width of the road, including sidewalks, is 16.24 m.

The two large cable-stayed spans (242m and 152m), located in the river along the banks, give the bridge a gateway to the capitals. The bridge will be located in Maloukou Trechot, 6km from the city of Maluku in Congo. The site is 55km from the two capitals along the river.

The bridge is part of a larger project, the Kinshasa-Ilebo railway project, which aims to improve the rail network in Africa. The larger project is expected to contribute to increased regional trade and accelerate regional integration between Central and Southern Africa. The project is expected to allow for cheaper and faster river crossing by passengers and freight. The beneficiaries of the project will therefore include the two countries whose fisci will benefit from increased trade, the increased presence of domestic and foreign companies in both countries, from private transporters and the economic and social benefits of liberated movement of both populations

OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE

PROJECT RISKS

PROJECT ECONOMICS

• NET PRESENT VALUE: 336.90

• COST BENEFIT RATIO: 0.00

• FINANCIAL INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (FIRR): 0.00

• ECONOMIC INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (EIRR): 22.00

• COMMENTS ON ECONOMICS: • Project economics and finances reflected here refers also to “T.19.02 Brazzaville-Kinshasa OSBP”. • A Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) public-private partnership (PPP) will be developed the Project.

PROJECT FINANCING

African Development Fund

DRC - Government of Democratic Republic of Congo

NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

OVERALL COST: 9.18

ANNUAL COST: 0.00

COMMENTS ON FINANCE:

The feasibility study quantifies the cost of developing the bridge, border crossings and road links, but did not study or quantify the cost of the proposed railway infrastructure.

• A request was made to the African Development Bank for the financing of legal assistance to structure the financing of the project and the finalisation of the bidding documents according to the financing method adopted. • On the other hand, the African Development Bank has already expressed its willingness to participate in the financing of the project, following its participation in the financing of the feasibility study.

1) Detailed project design available since December 2016; 2) Structuring of the project to make it bankable: ongoing discussion with Africa 50. A joint mission of Africa 50 and AfDB to Libreville, Brazzaville and Kinshasa took place from the 30th April to 13th May 2018. The Governments and the Banks seem to be comfortable with the project to be developed by Africa 50. The parties agreed to sign a MOU to define the condition of intervention of AFRICA 50. The drafting of this MOU is ongoing. It's expected that AFRICA 50 will start working before the end of June 2018.We take note of the progress made at the Africa Infrastructure Forum held in Johannesburg in November 2018, whereby funding was secured to the tune of 500Million Euros from Africa 50 and the AfDB to commence construction.

550 million USD is the estimated amount for the overall project cost, the African Development Bank (AFDB) will contribute 210 million USD towards project contraction cost.

STUDIES

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Preparation Funder

African Development Fund

Continental Coordinator

African Union Development Agency

Regional Coordinator

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Lead National Agency

DRC - Government of Democratic Republic of Congo

Preparation Funder

DRC - Government of Democratic Republic of Congo

Regional Coordinator

Economic Community of Central African States

Preparation Funder

NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility

Lead National Agency

Republic of Congo - Délégation Générale des Grand Travaux

Regional Coordinator

Southern African Development Community

CONTACTS

Azonfack Jean Claude-Azonfackjc@yahoo.fr

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