National Roads and Airport Infrastructure Project

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The objective of the National Roads and Airport Infrastructure Project is to improve the year-round transitability of the San Buenaventura - Ixiamas national road and improve the safety, security and operational reliability of the Rurrenabaque airport. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is improving the San Buenaventura - Ixiamas National road. This component consists of improving the San Buenaventura-Ixiamas National road through the carrying out of the necessary civil works and supervision activities; and provision of support for the carrying out of the necessary audits under the project. The second component of the project is improving the Rurrenabaque airport. This component consist of supporting phase two of the Rurrenabaque airport improvement program; and provision of support for the carrying out of the necessary audits under the project. The third component of the project is Institutional Strengthening of Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras - National Road Agency (ABC) and Administracion de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares a la Navegacion Aerea - Airport and Aviation Services Administration (AASANA), and other relevant entities. This component consists of strengthening the capacity of ABC, and AASANA, to perform their functions effectively and efficiently; and Strengthening Autoridad de Bosques y Tierra - Authority on Forest and Land (ABT) monitoring capacity.