Second Infrastructure Asset Management Project

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The Second Infrastructure Asset Management Program aims to enhance the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of transport and coastal infrastructure assets, and to manage those assets, natural resources and disaster risks, through an effective partnership with private sector stakeholders. The project is designed around five components, similar to the first phase, to preserve continuity for the objectives and sub-sector components, summarized as follows. The Samoa Airport Authority (SAA) will fund further development of the international and minor airports from their own resources, including an instrumented landing system. Advisory support, and establishment of asset management procedures are to be incorporated under capacity building. Road and other Infrastructure works will focus on priority physical investments to remove bottlenecks, and improve road network capacity, rehabilitate a key corridor, and improve safety, and pedestrian facilities, access to remote villages, and resilience of infrastructure to natural hazards, through bridge replacement and rehabilitation; road rehabilitation; road safety and pedestrian facilities; road network development; and, remote access work activities. Technical and advisory assistance will support the development of sustainable management of natural resources and the environment, to improve management of emergencies, and to empower communities, and organizations to reduce risks from natural disasters, through environment, risk, and resources management; land administration and survey; and, risk adaptation measures. Strengthening of institutional capacity, consolidating and extending reforms for air and land transport, with the delivery of services through the private sector, shall include capacity for management and regulation of transport systems, and assets, in addition to training assistance. Project management will support for the efficient administration of the project.