Page "Transport in Haiti" Paragraph 11

Maintenance for RN1 and RN2 lapsed after the 1991 coup, prompting the World Bank to loan US $ 50 million designated for road repairs.

The project was canceled in January 1999.

The World Bank, who view the cancellation of those projects will ruin Haiti road Infrastructure Concise into creating, FER ( Fond d ’ Etretient Routiers ) in 2003, this was a way to cut down corruption, get local company involved, and not stopping those works because of political Contestation.

President Rene Preval on his campaign for his second terms vow on his Maillages Routiers to rebuild the majority of those roads that was disintegrate rapidly and build new one that will enable the country to move forward ; when he could not get fund from the world Bank went Literally and beg Foreign donor for assistant which was heavily criticize by many politicians in the media, but was greatly embrace by a population desperate to see road pave come in to their town.

Therefore EU had pledge to help Build RN6 than RN3.

In the mean time the World Bank loan Haiti US $ 200 Million to rebuild RN2, From River Froide which was where the starting point of RN2 all the way to Aquin and Repair on RN1 from Titanyen to Cap-Haitian.

The hurricane of 2008 was a major setback since many bridges in multiple areas was either Collapse or suffers extensive damage ; was in immediate need of repair.

Most of those works on RN1 and RN2 who were already stopped suffer a Major setback during the earthquake of January 12, 2010.

For the Construction of RN7 Canada Pledge US $ 75 and IDB US $ 31 Million for the construction of the road which started in 2009 ; it did suffer major setback because of the earthquake also.