World Bank gives US$36m for climate resiliency of Samoa's roads

RNZ, 18th September 2018

The World Bank has approved a nearly US$36 million grant to improve the climate resilience of Samoa's road network. It said thousands of residents on Samoa's main islands, Upolu and Savai'i, stand to benefit.

The bank's Pacific director Michel Kerf said Samoa's road network was vulnerable to sea level rise, storm surges, flooding and landslides.

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