SENEGAL / ROAD WORK

The World Bank is helping Senegal rebuild its road network in an effort to smooth out transit around the capital and speed delivery time for goods going to market.
WORLD BANK

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:56
• Production Date: 31 March 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: WORLD BANK
• Subject Topical: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCING; TRANSPORT; COMMUNICATIONS; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT
• Geographic Subject: SENEGAL
• MAMS Id: U100331f

Description

STORY: SENEGAL / ROAD WORK
TRT: 1:56
SOURCE: WORLD BANK
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: JUNE 2009, DARKAR, KAOLICK, THIES PROVINCE SENEGAL 2009

Shotlist

JUNE 2009, DARKAR, SENEGAL

1. Wide shot, dusty roads
2. Med shot, traffic on road
3. Wide, construction vehicles
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dembe Balde, Community Driven Development Specialist, World Bank:
“It is because of rural roads that farmers are able to transport their agricultural produce from their village to the main road and take it to larger markets in the major towns.”
5. Wide shot, new highway

JUNE 2009, KAOLICK, SENEGAL

6. Wide shot, potholes in road
7. Med shot, potholes
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Sherif Diagne, Director, Regional Development Agency:
“This is a very busy road and so the government has decided to have it paved, but because of the financial situation it hasn’t started yet, but it’s very necessary.”

JUNE 2009, THIES PROVINCE

9. Wide shot, new road construction
10. Wide shot, new road with vehicle

Storyline

Hot, dusty, time consuming and nerve racking. Traffic on the outskirts of Dakar, the capital of Senegal is no different to many big cities.

But Senegal is putting a big investment into improving roads all over the country with the assistance of the World Bank.

SOUNDBITE (English) Dembe Balde, Community Driven Development Specialist, World Bank:
“It is because of rural roads that farmers are able to transport their agricultural produce from their village to the main road and take it to larger markets in the major towns.”

This new highway is designed to provide smooth transit around the capital, speed delivery time for goods going to market and ease the life of commuters. Transit roads between provinces are also in need of constant upgrading.

And once off the main highways, the bumpy tracks of rural areas prone to changing weather conditions impede movement of people and goods. Construction of ‘all weather’ roads is set to transform journeys and reinvigorate the economy.

SOUNDBITE (French) Sherif Diagne, Director, Regional Development Agency: “This is a very busy road and so the government has decided to have it paved, but because of the financial situation it hasn’t started yet, but it’s very necessary.”

A new road in Thies district is just being completed. It is designed to link a major crop producing area to the provincial capital and then on to the airport to help increase exports as well as feeding the growing population of Senegal.

A strong infrastructure of well maintained roads across the country will help improve the economy and link Senegal into the proposed integrated road system that will stretch across the continent.