HIGHWAYS V

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The objectives of the project are to support and increase effectiveness of the main components of Indonesia's Third Plan highway development program (betterment works, bridge replacements,and maintenance) and to strenghthen the institutions for executing the program and for planning and managing the transport sector as a whole. The project includes: (a) construction of about 800 km of road betterment all over Indonesia and of about 4,000 m of bridge replacements in Sumatera; (b) execution of programs to improve highway activities in eight provincial public works departments; (c) execution of a highway safety program; (d) screening-feasibility studies of about 1,500 km of further roads for betterment, and detailed engineering of about 1,000 km selected from the foregoing to integrate these processes fully into highway planning routines; (e) training and other measures to strenghthen Indonesia's highway authorities; (f) studies on the road transport industry; (g) advisory assistance for transport planning for several government agencies; and (h) measures to assist Indonesia's consulting and construction industries.