SECONDARY AND LOCAL ROADS

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The objective of the Secondary and Local Roads Project for Albania is to improve access to essential services and economic markets, via the provision of all weather roads, for the resident population in the hinterland of the project roads. There are three components to the project. The first component is the civil works associated with the improvement of priority sections of the secondary. It will finance the civil works associated with improving selected priority sections of the secondary (regional) road network. Given the noted poor condition of this network, the interventions under this component are expected to be either rehabilitation or reconstruction. The second component is the civil works associated with the improvement of priority sections of the local (commune) road network. Finally, the third component is the implementation and institutional support. It will finance the provision of technical support, goods (including vehicles, computers, air conditioning units, a generator, and office furniture), training, study tours, conferences and the financing of operational costs to assist the project implementing entity in the implementation of the project, specifically for: (i) the selection and employment of consultants services to supervise the civil works and improve the design for the duration of the project; (ii) the selection and employment of a technical assistant with a strong background in highway engineering for the duration of the project; (iii) training of the project implementing entity staff responsible for project implementation; (iv) the carrying out of a review of the functional classification for all levels of roads; and (v) an inventory of the core secondary and local road network.