Regional and Local Roads Connectivity

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The development objectives of the Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project for Albania are to improve access to selected agricultural and tourism centers, and to strengthen their municipalities’ capacity to manage their road assets. The project comprises of three components. The first component, accessibility improvement will finance the rehabilitation of regional and local roads; consultancy services for designs, civil works supervision, and technical and road safety audits; and road safety initiatives. It consists of following sub-components: (i) climate resilient road rehabilitation works; and (ii) road safety initiatives. The second component, capacity building for municipalities will provide support to municipalities in two areas of their new responsibilities, which is the management and maintenance of road networks, and in maximizing the potential impacts from improved access on agricultural competitiveness and tourism potential. It consists of following sub-components: (i) building municipal capacity to manage and maintain road networks; and (ii) building new economies. The third component, implementation management support includes incremental operational cost of the Albania development fund (ADF), development, and maintenance of a geographic information system (GIS), and prioritization database for regional and local roads, midterm evaluation, and capacity-building initiatives for the ADF.