Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP)

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The objectives of the Rural Access and Mobility Project in Nigeria are to improve road access for rural communities in Kaduna state and improve management of the state road network in a sustainable manner. There are two components to the project. The first component is the upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance of transport infrastructure component. The rural transport infrastructure component of the project will support the upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance of about 427 km of rural roads selected from the eight top prioritized intervention areas and about 132 river crossings spread across the entire state. Depending on traffic volume and other considerations, about 142 km of roads (or one third of the total length) will be upgraded to bituminous surface dressed standards while the rest or about 285 km will be to gravel wearing course standards. There will be two sub-components within the project. (i) improvement and maintenance of roads within six intervention areas of the state through long term output and performance based contracting (OPRC), and (ii) construction and rehabilitation of elected river crossings across the entire state. The second component is the institutional strengthening, reforms and capacity building component. This component will focus on supporting project implementation by providing the necessary goods, materials and equipment and by ensuring the existence of the appropriate project management capacity and skills at both the federal and the state levels.