HIGHWAY V

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The Fifth Highway Project consists of the following: upgrading, including paving, of the Coronel Oviedo-Tacuara-San Estanislao Road; resealing and partial strengthening of the Paraguari-Encarnacion road; acquisition of new maintenance and workshop equipment to meet the maintenance requirements of an expanding network for 1979-1982 and replacement of units being retired from service; a road betterment program and overhaul and intensive maintenance of about 260 equipment units; strengthening of MOPC headquarters'staff through the establishment of a "Project Unit" for planning, programming and supervising implementation of annual maintenance programs and acquisition of mini-computers to mechanize the accounting operations of DGV; training for engineers, technicians and operators; and preparation of a highway inventory and development of design standards and construction specifications; preparation and implementation of measures to improve and reinforce control of axle weights, including improvement of existing weighing stations and construction of new ones; and strengthening of the OCIPT and provision of related equipment.