Roads and Safety Improvement

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The objective of the Roads and Safety Improvement Project in Ukraine is to improve the condition and quality of sections along the M-03 road, and increase traffic safety on roads. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is road rehabilitation of about 120 kilometer section of the Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky road (M-03). This component comprises civil works for the rehabilitation/strengthening of the existing 2x2 lanes of the M-03 road, including safety measures for the vehicles and for local inhabitants. The M-03 road is strategic for Ukraine's integration with the European Union (EU) road network and as a potential domestic and international transit corridor. The second component of the project is road safety improvement. The project will carry out a program of safety measures for vehicles and local inhabitants at traffic accident black spots on public roads. The component will fund the supply and installation of road safety improvements such as vertical and horizontal signaling, reflectors, rumble strips, and modern crash barriers on the most critical points on public roads. The third and the final component of the project is capacity building. Provision of advisory services, training and equipment to enhance road management according to international practice, including: (a) improvement of Ukrainian norms, rules and standards in the design, construction, repair and maintenance of roads; (b) modernization of road management and operations, including implementing performance based contracts and introducing systems for planning and programming road works, and (c) introduction of international 'best practice' contracting in the road sector.