Welcome to the Aceh Road/Bridge Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project. Aceh is undergoing a major transformation brought on by the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and subsequent end of a 30 year armed conflict. To better understand the project to rebuild the national highway on the west coast of Aceh, first find out how our project fits into the big picture of this region.
At approximately six years from the time extreme efforts were begun to relieve the community of Banda Aceh from the pains of a horrendous disaster we are writing the final review of the signature National Highway Project conceived by the United States Government to facilitate recovery from the unprecedented earthquake and tsunami devastating the region. The results have been remarkable, and those who have followed this site have been witness to the creation of a facility which has dramatically strengthened the recovery process. As one might note the transformation has not been instantaneous, and it has not been without great travail.
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Building The Road
The 2004 tsunami mounted devastation upon a region that had already suffered thirty years of armed conflict. The USAID funded Aceh Road/Bridge Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project Team is therefore working in an environment of limited infrastructure on every level; physical, economic, governmental and social.