"The project will help accelerate socioeconomic development in west Azerbaijan (Agstafa, Ganja, Goranboy, Khanlar, Qazakh, and Yevlakh) and strengthen regional cooperation by improving transport efficiency in the East-West Highway and selected local roads." -ADB

Description

The project includes improvement of the 89-kilometer (km) Yevlakhâ-Ganja and 38 km Qazakh-Georgia border sections of the East-West Highway; improvement of 10 local roads of about 65 km to enhance access to the highway; institutional strengthening for the road subsector, covering the areas of road maintenance, axle-load control, road safety, and project management and implementation; and cross-border facilitation between Azerbaijan and Georgia at the Red Bridge by addressing institutional and physical barriers.