Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. The Government of Sierra Leone and U.S.-based company Acrow have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the long-anticipated financing and construction of the Lungi Bridge.
The agreement, based on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) model, was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Bryan Hunt.
Acrow, a company with over 70 years of experience in bridge construction across more than 150 countries, including over 40 in Africa, is set to bring American technology, engineering, and project management to the significant infrastructure investment.
The United States government has expressed its commitment to ensuring the commercial success of this partnership for both nations.
When constructed, the bridge will shorten by a significant amount, the traveling distance from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone to Lungi, Port Loko district where the Freetown International Airport is located.
The Lungi Bridge project was one of the campaign promises made by Maada Bio during his 2018 presidential election campaign. Opposition parties and several Sierra Leonean have criticized the President over failure to fulfil his promise.
In January 2022, President Bio lamented at struggles to finance the project during a meeting with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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