Liberia: Boakai Launches $364m Western Corridor Road, Vows No County Left Behind

Liberia: Boakai Launches $364m Western Corridor Road, Vows No County Left Behind

BO WATERSIDE -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has broken ground for the Western Corridor Road Development Project, declaring Liberia's poor road network "intolerable" and pledging accelerated infrastructure expansion to connect the country and drive economic growth.

Boakai Launches $363.9M Western Corridor Highway Project - Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for latest news

BO WATERSIDE, Grand Cape Mount County, April 20, 2026: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. broke ground Saturday on a US$363.9 million, 255-kilometer Western Corridor Road program that officials say will cut travel times, lower transport costs, and open long-isolated communities across western Liberia. The project covers five linked corridors in Montserrado, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, and Lofa counties and is expected to take five years to build.  Af…