Peru Safe and Sustainable Transport Project

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The objective of the Safe and Sustainable Transport Project is to improve passenger and freight transport conditions in an efficient and safe manner along national road corridors that are essential to Peru's competitiveness, in particular those included in the Government's stimulus package in response to the global crisis. There are five components to the project. The first component of the project is road rehabilitation, upgrading and Contracts of Rehabilitation and Maintenance Calendar Year (CREMA) pilot. This component will support the carrying out of rehabilitation and upgrading works for at least four national road corridors along the following sections which represent approximately 183 kilometers: Road Ayacucho-Abancay: section 50-98; Road Llama-Cochabamba; Road Cochabamba-Chota; and Road Puente Reither -Puente Paucartambo - Villarica. The second component of the project is road maintenance. This component will support the carrying out of Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC's) outsourced, performance-based maintenance program, including: (a) periodic maintenance contracts on selected national roads; and (b) periodic maintenance activities included in mid-term, performance based, maintenance contracts on selected national paved or unpaved roads. The third component of the project is road safety infrastructure. This component will support the financing of priority civil works to improve road safety on national roads that have been selected for their high levels of road crashes, through the use of the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) methodology, or any other methodology acceptable to the Bank. The fourth component of the project is institutional support and transport regulation. This component will support the provision of institutional support to strengthen the capacity of provias nacional to improve road asset management practices, bring innovation and build up its knowledge base, including: (i) the design and implementation of a bridge management system; (ii) the implementation of a pilot program on improving the right-of-way on national roads, and the revision o f the applicable normative framework; and (iii) the improvement of the existing system to handle road emergencies. The fifth component of the project is external auditing. This component will finance the financial external audits for the project.