Bangladesh: WB approves $358m to help Bangladesh improve road safety

DHAKA,30 March 2022, (TON): World Bank approved $358 million of financing to help Bangladesh improve road safety and reduce fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes in selected high-risk highways and district roads.

The Road Safety Project will help Bangladesh achieve the Sustainable Development Goals on road safety by 2030.

In two national highways-N4 and N6, the project will pilot comprehensive road safety measures, including improved engineering designs, signing and marking, pedestrian facilities, speed enforcement, emergency care.

These measures will help reduce road traffic deaths by more than 30 percent on these two highways, said a press release.

Mercy Tembon, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan said "road accidents are the leading cause of permanent disability, and the fourth leading cause for children's death. They disproportionately affect poor families. For Bangladesh, improving road safety is a critical economic and development priority.”

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