The World Bank
   Cameroon - Multimodal Transport Project (P143801)




                                                                          REPORT NO.: RES49910

                                    DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK




                                        RESTRUCTURING PAPER
                                                 ON A
                                  PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING

                                                     OF

                           CAMEROON - MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT PROJECT
                                     APPROVED ON MAY 27, 2014
                                                     TO

                                       REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON


TRANSPORT

AFRICA WEST




                          Regional Vice President:    Ousmane Diagana
                                Country Director:     Abdoulaye Seck
                                Regional Director:    Ashish Khanna
                      Practice Manager/Manager:       Ibou Diouf
                             Task Team Leader(s):     Papa Mamadou Fall
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           Cameroon - Multimodal Transport Project (P143801)



I. BASIC DATA

Product Information

Project ID                                                     Financing Instrument
P143801                                                        Investment Project Financing

Original EA Category                                           Current EA Category
Partial Assessment (B)                                         Partial Assessment (B)

Approval Date                                                  Current Closing Date
27-May-2014                                                    31-Dec-2021




Organizations

Borrower                                                       Responsible Agency
Republic of Cameroon                                           Cellule BAD-BM, Ministry of Public Works




Project Development Objective (PDO)
Original PDO
The project development objective is to increase multimodal transport efficiency and effectiveness along the Yaoundé–
Kousseri Corridor.
Summary Status of Financing (US$, Millions)


                                                                                       Net
Ln/Cr/Tf                 Approval         Signing Effectiveness         Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed

IDA-54650             27-May-2014 20-Aug-2014 19-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2021                   71.00      63.69          .16


Policy Waiver(s)

Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)?
No


II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES
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           Cameroon - Multimodal Transport Project (P143801)




 The overall project implementation progress is satisfactory and the PDO remains achievable provided the project is
 extended by 11 months to enable the commissioning of telecommunications artery on the Douala-Ngaoundere
 railway line. The commissioning of the telecom artery has been delayed. This is mainly because of (i) the negative
 impact of the COVID19 Pandemic on manufacturing and delivery times of equipment in Europe and (ii) the delays in
 securing a Letter of Credit (Loc) from a local Bank. The LoC is now effective, and the telecom artery is expected to be
 delivered by September 2022.

 Civil works on Maroua-Mora have been satisfactorily completed. The road is fully opened to traffic.
 Multimodal Transport Strategy. The preparation of the integrated multimodal transport strategy as the main project
 institutional strengthening activity has been completed. The final report was discussed and validated during a virtual
 workshop held in April 2021 and attended by all relevant Government stakeholders and key development partners in
 the transport sector. The Government is currently working on the operationalization of the strategy, including the
 necessary institutional arrangements for its implementation and the measures to be put in place for the appropriation
 of the strategy by public institution and the transport industry.

 Railway works. Signaling works at crossings are fully completed. Works for the rehabilitation of railway Bridges are
 also fully completed. Track equipment has been successfully installed. The only pending activity is the above-
 mentioned Telecommunications artery which is expected to be delivered by September 2022.

 Audits: There are no outstanding audits at the time of project restructuring.


III. DETAILED CHANGES


LOAN CLOSING DATE(S)


                                        Original                 Revised                Proposed       Proposed Deadline
Ln/Cr/Tf         Status                 Closing                Closing(s)                 Closing         for Withdrawal
                                                                                                             Applications
IDA-54650        Effective          30-Jun-2021             31-Dec-2021              30-Nov-2022             30-Mar-2023