RURAL ACCESS PROJECT

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The Rural Access Project for Bhutan aims to improve the access of rural communities to markets, schools, health centers, and other economic and social infrastructure, in order to improve the quality of life and productivity of rural communities. The project will also help strengthen institutional capacity for implementing environmentally friendly approaches to improve rural access, community involvement in rural roads selection and management, an improved infrastructure maintenance. There are three project components. The first builds new priority feeder roads and includes site preparation, earthworks, drainage construction, and road monitoring. The second component provides the Division of Roads (DOR) with necessary equipment, computers and accessories, survey equipment, and vehicles for immediate project implementation and supervision support, and in the long run to strengthen the technical and institutional capacity of DOR. The third component comprises six sub-components: Project management assistance and training; environmental and social assessment studies, which are required for all road constructed under this project; the introduction of a LACI-(Loan Administration Change Initiative) type format, and the funding of experts and related hardware and software; feeder road maintenance planning; the socio-economic evaluation of completed roads; and pre-investment studies for a follow-up project.

FY17 - Public Administration,Transportation

World Bank Group

Project

Road, Automotive, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government