TRANSPORT SECTOR INVESTMENT

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The project supports institutional measures to increase the efficiency of the sector. Main institutional measures call for scaling down the railway, designing a strategy for the maintenance of cantonal roads, improving port operations and encouraging increased participation of the private sector. Strengthening meausures consist of technical assistance and training for : a) developing a transport plan; b) tariff evaluation, setting and costing; c) implementing a pavement management system; d) improving information management in JAPDEVA; e) implementing a plan to rationalize railway services in INCOFER; and f) mid-level managment training. The physical components are : 1) rehabilitation and upgrading of trunk roads in the import export corridors; 2) periodic main roads maintenance; 3) replacement of the Puntarenas jetty; 4) equipment and tools for road maintenance and safety, pavement management; 5) information systems in MOPT, INCOFER, INCOP, and JAPDEVA; 6) grain handling operations in the port of Calderas; 7) control of in-transit cargo; 8) rail track maintenance; and 9) engineering and supervision services.