Haiti Dirt Roads

More than 350,000 people in rural Haiti will benefit from improved access to all weather roads, local markets and health centers in the South, South East and Nippes departments as a result of a new US$ 75 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) approved today by the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank.

About 61 percent of the population was living further than 2km from an all-weather road in 2015 and most rural roads remain in very poor condition and barely passable.

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"Today I see a Ministry of Public Works that is working and I am proud to say it." Haitian President Jovenel Moise says the Ministry of Public Works (TPTC) was on its knees when he first came to power on 07 Feb 2017.

People used to wonder what is the purpose of a ministry of public works when all the roads in Haiti are in such terrible conditions. Not only that, all the major road works like paving and asphalt were being done by foreign firms for lots and lots of Dollars U.S.

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Construction will begin soon on Haiti Route Nationale #3 (RN3), on the stretch or road linking Hinche (Centre) to St Raphael (Nord)...

Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant and European Development Commissioner Neven Mimica signed a 45.3 million Euros agreement on Thursday at the National Palace for the construction of the road.

Construction is due to begin by May 2017, the work will be done by Haitian firm Vorbe et Fils and the French firm Razel BEC. work is supposed to be completed in 24 months.

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Haitians are living in the MUD everywhere in Haiti while Politicians are rolling in their Toyota Land Cruiser Prado and dining in the finest restaurants in the Capital... Look at the condition of the road in a deuxième section communale de La Belle-Mère, in Pignon, Northern Haiti...

KREYOL: Haitien frè m yo... Gade eta yon route nan nan yon peyi pandan politicien ap woule bel Toyota Land Cruiser Prado yo, y ap pale tout vye koze eksepte sa k ap itil peyi a... Pandan se tan, sitwayen andeyò yo riske pran MALARIA, DYARE, la Fièvre Typhoïde, PIKAN anba Pye, nan route pou y al lakay yo... Ou wè lobey? Kisa ou panse de sa???

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Journaliste Radio Caraibes FM Jean Monard Metellus resi fè yon bon ti chita pale sou problem ki genyen nan Thomassique, ville natale li... Felicitation Jean Monard...

Jean Monard pale de route Hinche-Thomassique la ki pa janm fèt pande ke gen anpil million goud ki te debloke pou route la fèt, li pale de poblem dlo ki genyen nan ville la, li pale tou de yon dezyem lycee ki komanse ki pa janm fini.

Jean Monard, si w ap li text saa, mwen se moun Hinche. mwen fè toute Hinche-Thomassique la anpil. Kèk fwa mwen ta byen renmen pran yon ti ragou fritay lakay vyòl la nan Thomassique men wout la pa bon ditou...

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When it comes to paved roads in Haiti, have you ever wondered why some roads are concrete and others asphalt? Ask any Haitian why and the first thing they will tell you will have something to do with the government steeling money BUT... There may be another more REAL reason...

The reason I think is COST vs DURABILITY

Here are somethings about these two, Asphalt and Concrete, you probably didn't know...

In a nutshell, someone said in a forum, asphalt costs half as much, concrete lasts twice as long...

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Boc Banic Haiti - One Wrong move and the big Ford Explorer would flip over, that's how dangerous this Haiti dirt road is. Half of the road is now a freakin cliff. If you are not from around there, you are as good as dead!

Believe it or not, this is a commercial road from Thomassique, through Boc Banic, to the Dominican Republic where Millions of dollars of merchandise enter country each year.

We all had to get out of the car for safety reasons...

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True Story - Nan Papaye, Haiti - The other day, I was driving on one of the many unpaved dirt roads in Haiti when suddenly, out of the dust cloud of the car in front of me, two little children, a boy and a girl, ran right in front or my car. I risked my life and the lives of seven passengers in the car trying to save the lives of these two little children.

What a scary moment this was for me?

On a paved road, I could have easily avoided these little children in a split second without loosing total control of the car as modern cars are well designed and equipped for evasive driving BUT... When you have rocks and dirt under your tires and you attempt to avoid an obstacle, it feels like driving in the snow drunk with no brakes in a winding road.

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