Highway Infrastructure Program

The purpose of the program is to lower transportation costs and travel times, preserve Uruguay's road assets, and increase road safety by improving and resurfacing integration corridors with Argentina and Brazil and key national roads and highways linking Uruguayan production centers with domestic and external markets. It also supports road system sustainability by making road management more effective.

Project Detail

Country

Uruguay

Project Number

UR-L1001

Approval Date

October 20, 2004

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Loan Operation

Sector

TRANSPORT

Subsector

TRANSPORT

Lending Instrument

Investment Loan

Lending Instrument Code

INV

Modality

ESP (Specific Investment Operation)

Facility Type

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Category B(R): (R) Likely to cause mostly local and short-term negative environmental and associated social impacts and for which effective mitigation measures are readily available

Total Cost

USD 110,000,000.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD -37,000,000.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 77,000,000.00