| Project Detail |
Project Description The provision ofa sovereign loan of up to € 25.0 million to the Kyrgyz Republic to be on-lent to the City of Bishkek for the benefit of Bishkekskoe Passazhirskoe Avtotransportnoe Predpriyatie (BPATP). The project includes financing the rehabilitation of a bus depot and a purchase of urban buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG). Project Objectives The Project will provide Bishkek with a new bus fleet that will improve the reliability and quality of public transport services, improve air quality and reduce GHG emissions by replacing the existing outdated diesel buses with lower emission CNG buses. The Project will allow the BPATP to renovate the depot, significantly expand its operational fleet, resume service on all of its abandoned routes and start serving new routes in recently developed city areas. It will also stimulate modal shift from private cars back to public transport. The institutional capacity of BPATP will be increased, through the corporate development programme envisaged within the Project. The Project will also contribute to the City administrations effort to fight the Covid-19 pandemic through the replacement of minibuses on City routes with long buses and additional measures through the following ways: (i) better social distancing; (ii) reduction of passengers contact with drivers; (iii) new buses will allow for suitable hygiene measures to be implemented, notably regular disinfection; and (iv) technical support to prepare BPATPs procedures for preventing the spread of the Covid-19 and alike illnesses. |
