Mongolia's road ahead

Financing worth a total of US$170 million will help fund construction of Mongolia's Western Regional Road Corridor. This will be provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a series of payments.
April 25, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Financing worth a total of US$170 million will help fund construction of Mongolia's Western Regional Road Corridor. This will be provided by the 943 Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a series of payments. The cost of the project is expected to require a total of $262 million in funding. The link is expected to be completed by late 2020 and will connect Mongolia with Russia and China, providing a valuable trade route. The Mongolian Government is expected to invest $92 million in the project. The project also includes rehabilitation and construction of connecting local roads, construction of more than 290km in regional roads, providing development support and training, and the set up of three road maintenance units.

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