URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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The Urban Resource Mobilization and Infrastructure Project will remove transport bottlenecks in Accra, as well as strengthening technically and financially the institutions responsible for infrastructure maintenance and urban services in Accra. The project will demonstrate cost-effective improvements to basic infrastructure in a small area of central Accra. To achieve these ends, the project will finance: (a) the completion or rehabilitation of three major roads; and (b) technical assistance, training, vehicles, equipment and materials for a six-year program of road maintenance in Accra District by ADRU. It will also provide funds for; (c) technical assistance, vehicles, equipment and training to improve MLG's property valuation and local government staff training capability, ACC's revenue mobilization, financial management and service delivery capability, and MWH project management capability. Finally, the venture will include; (d) the construction of basic roads, drainage, water supply, street lighting, sanitation and garbage disposal facilities in a centrally-located 30 ha area housing approximately 19,000 people.