SENEGAL: PPP Framework for Private Sector Participation in the Road Sector in Senegal & Development of a Strategy for Urban Transport Investment in Dakar

Senegal has made significant progress in tackling its massive infrastructure deficit through a series of large scale PPPs. The country is now seen as a front-runner in planning PPP investments and is sharing its experience with other African countries. However, Senegal still needs to address several gaps in the legal and institutional framework to attract more private investment to improve the road sector. In 2016, PPIAF approved a grant to support the Government of Senegal in defining the appropriate PPP institutional arrangements and regulatory framework in the road sector of Senegal, as well as to create a list of transport and urban projects suitable for PPP arrangement. The task team delivered a review of the economic and financial analysis of road investment; a review of the institutional and regulatory framework for PPPs in the road sector; an assessment of PPPs in the road sector; and a proposal for strategy development for urban transport in Dakar. The pipeline of identified projects included (i) Projet d’élargissement de la RN2 en 2X2 voies: section Thiès - Saint - Louis – Rosso; (ii) Projet de second pont de Ziguinchor and (iii) Projet de parking à la place de l’indépendance. The activity included a series of relevant workshops to key government officials in the transport and urban development sector.