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the corridors have all been rehabilitated and the percentage of paved roads in good and average
condition is 77% in 2016 and 80% in late 2017.37
Figure 27: Improvement of road service levels in Senegal in 2010-2016
Source : Ageroute, Annual activity report 2016
3.4.1. Political and Legislation Factors
The NTI planning in Senegal hinges on three different essential documents, National road safety
Plan (Senegal, 2017), Transport Sector Policy Letter (LPST) and National Road and Motorway
Master Plan (SDRAN). They can respectively be seen as a visionary long-term document and a
list of concrete investment projects.
As part of the fight against road safety, the Road Transport Department has set up a strategy and
road safety plan in Senegal. 38 The proposed actions are also part of the context of the Road
Safety Decade (2011-2020), in which Senegal is engaged. These actions are being implemented
in particular in the areas related to the establishment of an autonomous entity in charge of
security, the modernization of the system of management of transport tickets through a
computer system more successful and reliable, the revision of the laws and regulations
materialized by the re-reading and recasting of the Highway Code, among others. An evaluation
of the national road safety plan is included in the activities submitted to the Autonomous Road
Maintenance Fund (FERA) to estimate the level of implementation and possibly reframe the
objectives. The action plan also included an activity on the organization of trainings in road
safety auditing in order to be part of the dynamics of Directive N°13/2009/CM/WAEMU (West
African Economic and Monetary Union) establishing the Road Safety Audit. In WAEMU member
states determining the future of road infrastructure in terms of security.
Furthermore, to draft a chronological storyline of the former LPSTs and assess the political and
legislation factors for NTI plans in Senegal, the most recent LPST, with a timeframe 2016 to 2020
(LPST 2016-2020, 2016) is referred. The first LPST was elaborated in 1990 with the purpose to
relaunch the transport system in Senegal after a long period of adjustment. In particular, the
situation was mainly characterized by
 Bad condition of every kind of infrastructure in all sectors, especially in roads
37 This information is provided by the Senegalese Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Disenclavement in 2018.
38 This information was provided by the Senegalese Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Disenclavement in 2018.
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61 62 66
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2010 2013 2011 2014 2012 2015 2016
% Unpaved roads in good and average condition
% Paved roads in good and average condition
Development of Level of Service
2010 - 2016