Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project

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The Government of Zambia (GRZ) is currently completing the first major Road Sector Investment Program, called ROADSIP. As a next step and based on the successes of ROADSIP I the GRZ prepared a second program, called RODSIP 11. This is a focused ten-year program (2004-2013) to reach the point where the maintenance backlogs are generally removed and the road sector can focus mostly on routine and periodic maintenance activities. A major part of this program is to complete institutional changes that will result in both the development of a road user charging system that will over the same time expand to generate the required finding for the road sector locally and a focused road infrastructure, traffic and safety management. The project has the following four components: Component 1) The civil works component will focus on the priority needs for road maintenance and rehabilitation for the period of 2004-07 within the core road network. The program is inclusive of ongoing works, and will include inter-territorial trunk, territorial main, district roads, primary feeder roads, urban roads, and tourist roads in all provinces of the country. Component 2) Technical assistance for carrying out feasibility studies, engineering design and supervision of maintenance and rehabilitation works for Component 1, and to provide support to complete the preparatory activities for the next phase. Component 3) Technical assistance and training in the areas of policy support, implementation support, and institutional development. The strong focus of this project is to provide support to the Government in implementation of the Transport Policy and the new institutional framework including the creation of three new agencies in the road sector. The main elements of the component will include: Policy Support, Implementation Support, Institutional Development, Monitoring and Evaluation. Component 4) This component is aimed at providing continued support for improving physical access for the poor in order to promote their economic and social development. The main sub-components are as follows: Community Transport Infrastructure, Intermediate Means of Transport, and Canals and Waterways.