Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico

Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico

Metropolitan Road System in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California

Project Status: Completed

Datos Generales

General Information

Sector

Air quality

Sponsor

Municipality of Playas de Rosarito, Baja Calfornia

Benefited population

25,654

Certification date

October 30,2007

Financiamiento

Financing

Project cost

US 21.17M

NADBank Funds

US 17.11M - NADBank Loan

Background

Given the significant lack of paving coverage in the city of Playas de Rosarito, the Project proposal utilize funds to increase paving coverage and continue to achieve of reducing PM10 emissions. The Project achieved the expected objectives of improved access to adequate road infrastructure and improved air quality by helping to reduce emissions by new paving roads in several residential areas of Playas de Rosarito that lacked this infrastructure. This Project helped to meet paving deficiencies. The paving works helped local resident, directly, by improving their mobility in the city.

Description

The objective of the Project was to improve access to adequate road infrastructure, thus reducing harmful emissions and contributing to an improvement in air quality and human health to provide; reduction of harmful emissions, access to paved roads, and Improvements to the water and wastewater system.

Benefits

The implemented Project consisted of first time road paving for an area of 700,000 m² in several residential areas, included; development of final designs, new paving, equipment acquisition, supervision and repair and Improvements to the water and wastewater system.