Highway Rehabilitation & Maintenance Project

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The principal objectives of the Highway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project are to: (i) slow the rapid deterioration of high priority parts of the public road network; (ii) help preserve employment in essential rehabilitation and maintenance works and shift more employment to the private sector; (iii) initiate reform of the institutional structure of road administration and the contracting industry, and introduce competitive bidding; (iv) begin development of a road design, supervision and environmental assessment consulting industry; (v) improve the efficiency of public expenditure on roads by supporting improvements in management, planning and selected technical areas; (vi) improve road safety; and (vii) help develop the policy, legal and institutional framework for the transport sector and restructure and improve the capacity of the transport ministry. The main components of the project are: (a) road rehabilitation, including rehabilitation of about 1,500 km and maintenance and road safety improvements of about 10,000 km and of mostly federal roads; (b) equipment, materials, supplies and vehicles as an aid for better management of roads; and (c) technical assistance, training and studies, including the development of the Federal Highway Department of the Russian Federation staff capabilities, training of local contractors, and assistance for the Ministry of Transport to develop the policy, legal and institutional framework for the transport sector and restructure and improve the capacity of the transport ministry.