HIGHWAYS III

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The project will help relieve the most important constraints in the Algerian road network by increasing the cost-effectiveness of road maintenance organization, rehabilitating and reconstructing sections that constitute potential bottlenecks in the road network, training maintenance personnel, and strenghthening the planning capacity of the Ministry of Public Works (MPW). The loan will finance the foreign exchange cost of: (i) equipment for routine and light periodic maintenance within a two-year time slice of a five-year maintenance program; (ii) a two-year time slice of a pavement strenghthening program; (iii) reconstruction and supervision of a 51 km section of the National Road1 between La Chiffa and Berrouaghia; (iv) training of maintenance personnel at all levels; and (v) technical assistance to the MPW of planning and preparing a comprehensive highway investment plan including feasibility and engineering studies.