Description

The development objective of the North Eastern Road Corridor Asset Management Project for Uganda is to reduce transport costs, enhance road safety, and improve and preserve the road assets sustainably by applying cost effective performance based asset management contracts, along the Tororo - Kamdini road corridor. The project has two components. The first component, road rehabilitation, operations, and maintenance will finance long term output and performance-based road contract (OPRC) for the Tororo - Mbale - Soroti - Lira - Kamdini road (340 km). This component will also finance consultancy services for the project management unit that will be responsible for administering and supervising the OPRC contracts. The second component, institutional support to Uganda national roads authority (UNRA) will ensure sustainability, technical assistance to UNRA and focus on designing, awarding, and managing OPRC. The following will be provided as a package to bring about sustained and lasting culture change to deliver the benefits of OPRC: (a) asset management support and road safety; (b) support in contract supervision and management of OPRC; and (c) operating costs.