| Abstract: | Between 1964 and 1971, the first two phases of a major new highway running east-west across Sierra Leone were constructed, thus forming the first 80 miles of a direct link between Koidu, the heart of the nation's diamond mining activity, and Freetown, the capital. By closing a previously unmotorable gap in the earlier road network, the highway radically alters traffic patterns in Sierra Leone. This paper studies what effects the creation of this modern highway has had on the rural areas through which it passes. Starting point is the volume of traffic utilising the road. Then, attention is turned to the development of a feeder road system, which has mostly expanded since the new highway was officially opened in 1971. Ref., notes, tab., maps. |
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