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The main objective of the Rio Grande Do Sul State Highway Management Project is to improve state highway network serviceability with a view to reducing road transport costs, through: (1) more efficient allocation and use; (2) increasing private participation in road management; (3) improving the capacity of the state department that manages roads (DAER); and (4) rehabilitating selected sections and maintaining the state's entire paved highway network. The project's components are: (1) policy and institutional development, including technical assistance, equipment, software, and staff training to (a) prepare and monitor efficient state road expenditure and funding programs; (b) supervise and monitor implementing the state's highway concession program and transferring maintenance activities to private contractors; and (c) restructure the DAER's operations according to policy changes satisfying stated criteria, downsizing operational divisions and strengthening technical, environmental, management and supervision capabilities, and establishing clear goals and accountability; and (2) rehabilitation, including resurfacing, and routine maintenance of the state's roads, and related studies, engineering designs, and works supervision.