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62 MANIFESTO : 2018
4.5 Roads
With the completion of the Northern East- West Highway improvement, blacktopping of Gewog Center roads and construction of various farm roads, the road connectivity has reached 968 chiwogs out of 1,044 (92.72%). As of December 2017, there are 18,395kms of roads in the country, which is about 1 km of road for every 42 people. In the next ve years, the PDP shall focus on consolidation, enhancement of national
Pledges:
highway grid and completion of the missing links. e national highways shall be improved using environmental friendly road construction and climate proof technology. Bypass roads and tunneling options will be explored to reduce travel time. e PDP shall accord high priority to construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.
We shall construct:
i. Southern East-West Highway
ii. Lhuentse-Trashiyangtse Highway
iii. Shingkhar-Gorgan road
iv. Lhamoizingkha-Sarpang Highway
v. Dewathang-Nganglam Highway
vi. Samrang-Jomotshangkha road
We shall ensure all major farm roads have a minimum of a base course to make it all weather roads.
We shall maintain all Gewog Center (GC) roads.
We shall improve and maintain Northern East-West Highway
We shall blacktop Haa-Samtse Highway.
We shall explore the tunneling of Thimphu-Paro and Thimphu-Wangdue roads.
We shall shorten Trashigang-Mongar highway from Sherichu to Gongrizomsa on Gyalposhing-Nganglam highway by about 30km.
We shall come up with a comprehensive network of national highways
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