Lesotho Integrated Transport, Trade and Logistics Project

The objective of the Integrated Transport, Trade and Logistics Project is to improve climate resilient regional connectivity on the Katse to ThabaTseka road corridor and reduce the costs of trade at three of Lesotho's commercial borders with South Africa. There are three components to the project, the first component being road corridor infrastructure development. This component has two sub-components: upgrading of the Katse to Thaba-Tseka road corridor to climate resilient paved standard (US55 million dollars), and sub-spot improvements along the A1 economic corridor (US5 million dollars). The second component is the regional trade, integration, and logistics services. This component has three subcomponents: Smart One-Stop Border Post facilities at the Maseru Bridge and Maputsoe-Ficksburg border crossings, and improvement of Qacha’s Nek border, Inspection and laboratory testing facilities, and Climate controlled community-level horticulture packing and storage facilities (cold chain). Finally, the third component is the technical assistance, capacity building, and project management. This component will support implementation of the project by the Roads Directorate (RD) implementation unit for component 1, and by the CAFI Project Management Unit (PMU) for component 2.