RURAL ROADS II

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The Second Rural Roads Development Project aims to reform and strengthen the institutions concerned with district roads in Indonesia and to improve the condition of these roads through rehabilitation and maintenance in 78 districts. To that end, the project provides for: (a) institutional reform through realignment of responsibilities for district roads programs among central, provincial and district government agencies;(b) rehabilitation improvement of about 6,000 km of district roads; (c) financing parts of a three-year program of maintenance in the project districts; and (d) a pilot scheme to improve existing labor-based road construction and maintenance methods and introduction of new techniques for this purpose. Further to this, the project provides (e) construction/rehabilitation of workshops and laboratories; (f) equipment for construction and maintenance works, workshops and laboratories; (g) technical assistance for project implementation, training and studies of district roads contractors and road components of development schemes; and (h) in-country and overseas training.