Burao to Berbera road rehabilitation
The rehabilitation of the Burao to Berbera road. The Somaliland Development Fund announced in March 2025 the completion of 69 km between Sheikh and Berbera, with drainage, new culverts, road furniture and traffic calming, completing the whole road; its first phase covered 64 km between Burao and Sheikh and restored four bridges. Independent acceptance is not in the source.
- Completed, as of 22 March 2025
- Verified by the desk
The project in brief
- Place
- Berbera, Somaliland
- Type
- Road
- Status
- Completed, as of 22 March 2025: Sheikh to Berbera: 69 km rehabilitated and open to traffic, March 2025
- Value
- Not published
- Start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Completed
- completion announced 22 March 2025
- Progress
- Not published
- Last checked
- 14 October 2026, verified by the desk on 14 October 2026
Organisations named
- Implementing agency: Somaliland Development Fund, announced the completion in its own press release.
What the sources report
- 22 March 2025
Sheikh to Berbera: 69 km rehabilitated and open to traffic, March 2025
The Somaliland Development Fund announced the completion of the reconstruction and rehabilitation of 69 km of road between Sheikh and Berbera, with a completion ceremony officiated by the president.
- 22 March 2025
What the Sheikh to Berbera works included: drainage, culverts, road furniture, traffic calming
The press release states the project involved comprehensive rehabilitation including drainage restoration, culvert replacement and installation of road furniture and traffic calming measures.
- 22 March 2025
With Sheikh to Berbera done, the whole Burao to Berbera road is rehabilitated
The release says this phase completes the rehabilitation of the entire road between Burao and Berbera; the first phase covered 64 km between Burao and Sheikh and restored four bridges at Dubur, Laaleys, Gelokor and Kalajab.
Related coverage
Sources and their limits
- Somaliland Development Fund: Sheikh to Berbera road upgrades completed
Implementer press release, 22 March 2025. Checked 21 September 2026.
What it does not establish: Funder's own announcement; job figures are projections; independent acceptance is not in the source.
How this record was put together
Three facts from one press release.