Planning of National Transport Infrastructure
In the Islamic Countries
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The main issue concerning environmental aspects in infrastructure projects, shared by the
Central and Territorial Administration as well as by local authorities, is the consideration -
explicated in the Environmental Code – to protect biodiversity, culture and the quality of life of
agents and populations close to road infrastructure.
The purpose of the environmental impact assessment is to determine the damages caused by
the construction of the infrastructure in order to protect and preserve the natural basic
resources for life (water, soil, air, forest and landscape), to optimize the land use, to preserve the
heritage and the wellbeing of the man. It aims to minimize the negative impacts of human
activity while maximizing the positive impacts of the projects implemented.
3.4.4. Procedural Factors and Financing
The complexity of NTI plans is shown in Senegal by the presence of two different documents
being useful for the draft of this planwhose role, according to the responses to the questionnaire,
is respectively being a visionary long-termdocument, Transport Sector Policy Letter (LPST), and
a list of concrete investment projects, National Road and Motorway Master Plan (SDRAN).
This peculiarity in the NTI plan of Senegal does not allow us to include it with certainty in one
of the three levels of NTI planning mentioned in the descriptive part. Despite the fact that
Senegal is a developing country, it does not comply with the standard NTI plan that is usually
limited to a chapter or a paragraph of the National Development Plan.
The purpose of the SDRAN is to implement the road and highway network throughout Senegal
under its indications to carry out the Development Plan (SEP).
Financing
The financing of road infrastructure projects in Senegal is provided by several sources. The main
one is the national budget, followed by resources from development partners and funds
obtained from financing with the private sector in the framework of PPP. Finding adequate
funding is a challenge.
The most important part of financing transport infrastructure in Senegal is provided by
resources from multilateral or bilateral lenders.
Within the framework of the three-year Public Investment Program (PTIP), 2015-2017, 73.6%
of planned investments in the tertiary or service sector are destined for road transport.39 In the
same program, tertiary sector infrastructures are financed 43% by the national budget and
about 57% by lenders. The importance of road transport sub-sector has been already pointed
out along the case study and it confirms the Senegal’s choice to pursue the policy of improving
road infrastructure, but also rural roads, to ensure the opening of the country both inside the
borders and externally.
39 73.6% is destined to road transports, 2% to commerce, 2.6% to tourism, 9.1% rail transport, 5.7% air transport, 3.1%
maritime transport, 2.7% posts and telecommunications, 1.1% institutional support and assistance. (Source: DIRECTION DE
LA COOPERATION ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCIERE (DCEF)/Ministry of Economy and Finance - MEF)