Transport Infrastructure Maintenance and Rural Access

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The Transport Infrastructure Maintenance and Rural Access Project development objective is to upgrade the country's transport infrastructure to a condition that facilitates the transportation of freight and passengers, at a cost-efficient level of service. The first component - Transport infrastructure rehabilitation - entails reinforcement, replacement, and rehabilitation works, subdivided into three subcomponents: A) route management by the Direccion Nacional de Vialidad (DNV) or the National Highways Directorate; B) management of roads and bridges by the National Road Corporation - CVU; and, C) rehabilitation of the transfer terminal rehabilitation. Component 2 - Road rehabilitation and maintenance contracting - CREMA contracts - and contingencies, will implement the rehabilitation and maintenance works in six road sub-networks covering an estimated 981 km of national roads through performance-based CREMA contracts. Component 3 - Departmental road rehabilitation and maintenance, and contingencies, includes selected annual departmental road rehabilitation and maintenance sub-projects. The fourth component - Transport infrastructure safety program - aims at implementing low-cost measures and investments to increase road safety, and, the fifth component - Transport sector management and institutional building will provide technical assistance to enhance transport infrastructure management.