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Overview

Chinese Government provides grant for Phase 2 of National Road Improvement Project (Linked to Record ID#42210, ID#39199)

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•TongaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TongaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2011
Start (actual)
Oct 20, 2011
End (actual)
Jul 9, 2012

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of the project was to improve a road that runs from Ta'anea to Leimatu'a via Mataika on the island o Vava’u. More information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=-18.602%2C-173.982%3B-18.610%2C-173.937#map=15/-18.6099/-173.9595

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the Kingdom of Tonga

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Ministry of Works of the Kingdom of Tonga

Private Sector

  • Yanjian Group Co., Ltd.

State-owned companies

  • China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)

Loan description

Chinese Government provides grant for Phase 2 of National Road Improvement Project (Linked to Record ID#42210, ID#39199)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2011, the Chinese Government provided a grant to the Government of Tonga for Phase 2 of the National Road Improvement Project. The monetary value of the grant is unknown. The grant proceeds were used to finance a construction contract between Yanjian Group and Tonga’s Ministry of Transport, which was signed on August 2, 2011. The purpose of Phase 2 was to improve a road that runs from Ta'anea to Leimatu'a via Mataika on the island o Vava’u. Yanjian Group was the contractor responsible for implementation. In March 2011, Tonga's Ministry of Communications reported that the survey work for this project had been completed. Then, from August 9-14, 2011, a group of Chinese foreign aid officials visited the construction site. A project commencement ceremony was held on October 20, 2011. The project was officially completed and handed over to the local authorities on July 9, 2012.

Staff comments

Phase 2 is also known as the Vava’u Road Improvement Project and the Road Project of Upgrading & Reconstruction Phase II. The Chinese project title is 援汤加主岛公路升级改造二期工程项目 or 我援汤主岛干线公路升级改造二期项目 or 主岛干线公路升级改造二期项目. The Chinese Government also funded Phase 1 and Phase 3 of the National Road Improvement Project (see Record ID#42210 and ID#39199). At the October 20, 2011 project commencement ceremony, the Chinese Ambassador to Tongo revealed that Phase 2 was being implemented with ‘free assistance provided by the Chinese Government’. Therefore, AidData has flow-coded this transaction as a grant.