Liberia Begins Construction of 86-Kilometer Voinjama-Mendikorma Road

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai broke ground over the weekend on an 86-kilometer road project connecting Voinjama to Mendikorma at the Sierra Leone border. The $45 million initiative is being carried out under a 25-year public-private partnership between the Government of Liberia and Pavi Fort.

The ceremony took place in Foya district. Traditional chiefs, lawmakers, cabinet ministers, and ambassadors from Sierra Leone and Guinea attended.

Deputy Minister of Public Works Prince D. Tamba said the road will be built to modern asphalt pavement standards. 5-meter shoulders on each side. 5-meter parking lanes. The project includes rehabilitation of five major bridges with spans between 13 and 42 meters and installation of more than 10,000 drainage structures.

Voinjama City will receive Class A urban road upgrades including street lighting and a central median. Tamba stated that travel time between Voinjama and Mendikorma will drop from approximately two and a half hours to one hour and 15 minutes upon completion.

Construction began with the weekend groundbreaking and is targeted for full completion in 2029. The road passes through Kolahun and Foya before reaching the border. He described the road as infrastructure that links agricultural production to markets.

The Sierra Leone ambassador to Liberia said the project marks another step in bilateral cooperation and will ease cross-border movement of goods and people. Lofa County Superintendent Lavelah Massaquoi noted that road construction activity in the county has increased under the current administration.