Description

The- Project aims at improving the reliability of roads assets needed for market access and the efficiency of road management to support the country's productive sector, competitiveness and economic growth. This project builds upon the achievements of the on-going Provincial Roads Project (AR-4093). There are four project components. Component 1, the Civil Works Component includes two sub-components: (1) a performance-based combined rehabilitation and maintenance sub-component; and (2) a conventional rehabilitation and/or upgrading-repaving sub-component to be contracted under the ad-measurement type system. Component 2, Routine Maintenance, consists of participating provinces expected to develop and perform an effective maintenance strategy on the portion of their paved network with their own funds. Component 3, Road Sector Management and Institutional Building, supports activities to strengthen participating road agencies to meet the demands imposed by the introduction of a results-oriented approach Component 4, Project Management and Technical Assistance to Provinces, is aimed at facilitating Project coordination and management and to provide technical support to participating provinces.