Lao PDR: Climate Resilience Improvement of National Road 13 South Project (Section 3)

approved

The Project comprises the construction/rehabilitation of a 78 km section of the existing 2-lane NS13S highway from km 190 to km 268 and implemented through a 10-year Output and Performance-Based Road Contract (OPBRC) under Design, Build, Maintain, Operate and Transfer (DBMOT) methodology. AIIB will finance civil works for construction/rehabilitation and Government of Lao (GoL) will finance O&M under the OPBRC. The proposed project is part of a larger government program of rehabilitation and maintenance of the 275 km long National Road 13 south (NR13S), comprising a two-lane section, from km 71 Vientiane Capital to km 346 Khammouane Province. The program consists of four sections of the NR13S. A separate World Bank (WB)-supported project will cover Section 1, and a European Investment Bank (EIB)-supported project will cover Sections 2 and 4 including the construction supervision of all four sections. GoL will finance the operation and maintenance of all sections.