Description
The Asmara-Massawa road is undergoing a major $100 million rehabilitation, rehabilitation, involving widening and repaving to support heavy-duty traffic, with completion expected by mid-2025. This critical 118-kilometer, steep-gradient route connects the capital to the main port, significantly improving trade, tourism, and logistics between the highlands and the Red Sea coas History
Previous rehabilitation by JICA completed in 2007 (https://www2.jica.go.jp/en/evaluation/pdf/2011_0410200_4_f.pdf)