Description

The Project aims to expand "a 202 km road in the north of Mongolia from Ulaanbaatar to Darkhan, the country's second-largest city.he road from Ulaanbaatar to Darkhan is an important artery of the Mongolian road network and also part of the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor. The current road is narrow, patchy and does not allow for the necessary traffic throughput. It is also dangerous, with at least 10 accident black spots seeing 20-150 accidents each per annum. In addition, some sections of the road were damaged by flooding in 2018. The new project forms Phase II of the reconstruction works and covers the widening of the road to 4 lanes. Phase I works, funded by a loan from the Asian Development Bank's (ADB), comprises the reconstruction of the existing 2-lane road."