Monghsat-Tachileik Road

Status:
Implementation
Start:
FY2018-2019
End:
FY2021-2022

Sectors

Road transport

Project Description

The project involves paving an 18-foot concrete road from Monghsat to Tachileik; installing road signs, guard posts and reflection arrows; and upgrading of all ongoing union highways into ASEAN Class III 5.5 or 6-meter wide bitumen/concrete road standard.

Project Expected Benefits

The project is expected to facilitate and promote economic activities, particularly cross-border trade between Myanmar and Thailand as Tachileik sits on the border to Thailand. It will provide a cost-effective and efficient transport of goods to the border, thereby contributing to the economic development of the Southern Shan State and Eastern Shan State.

Locations

Shan State

Total Project Cost

40.20M

Financing Type

Public Domestic Financing

Implementing Government Agency

Department of Highways

Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan Alignment

Contact Detail

U Thura Zaw
Director/Department of Highways, Ministry of Construction
ceofficeshaneast@gmail.com