Two of three South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) project components are seeing progress in Bhutan. A planned mini dry port project aims to provide cargo and other commercial vehicles a route that avoids the main roads in the border town of Phuentsholing, where motorists currently suffer heavy traffic.

Another component of the project expected to ease traffic congestion is a 2.66-kilometer (km) bypass to connect Bau Bazaar in Jaigon and the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway. The bypass will be routed through the planned mini dry port.

Phuentsholing Thromde has submitted a report on the planned bypass to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which has committed $12.95 million for the project.

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