The 800 km axis connecting Conakry to Kourémalé (at the Mali border), crosses Guinea from west to east making it the principal road toward the inland and neighbouring landlocked countries. This assignment was for a major section of the axis running from Conakry to Dabola extending over 400 km which the government planned as a toll motorway. This project allowed Guinea to improve the access and transportation between Conakry, the eastern part of the country, to the landlocked neighbouring countries, in particular Mali. During the project a significant problem, situated in the extreme southern part of Conakry and Coyah, became apparent, which was an urban and suburban zone with extreme congestion caused by the configuration of a narrow peninsula in Conakry aggravated by a large number of automobile, taxis, minibuses and pedestrians which considerably reduced the capacity of the existing roads.
