Transport Connectivity and Asset Management Project

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The objective for Transport Connectivity and Asset Management Project for Sri Lanka is to strengthen the Road Development Authority’s (RDA) capacity for asset management and improve the road service delivery on the selected corridor. The selected corridor means the road section from Ja-Ela to Chilaw on National Highway A003 in Sri Lanka. The project has 2 components. (1) Institutional strengthening and capacity building for asset management component will finance activities to support the RDA in institutionalizing the use of the Design, Build, Maintain, Operate, and Transfer (DBMOT) methodology using the Output and Performance Based Road Contract (OPRC) format and implement institutional and system changes necessary to sustain and expand the use of the DBMOT methodology using the OPRC format in the RDA and in the construction industry. (2) Piloting the implementation of road asset management principles component will finance the DBMOT contract for the approximately 58 km along the Ja-Ela to Chilaw section of the A003 corridor and finance the cost of compensation related to land acquisition and resettlement for the five identified black spots to improve the road safety outcomes of the project.