Western Indonesia National Roads Improvement Project

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The objective of the Western Indonesia National Roads Improvement Project is to increase the effective use of selected sections of national roads along the Western Sumatera corridor by reducing road user costs. There are four components to the project, the first component being betterment and capacity expansion of national roads. Betterment (including base course strengthening, minor widening, providing a new asphalt wearing course and improving drainage); and capacity expansion of approximately 715.6 kilometers of national roads, including replacement of approximately 194 meters of bridges. The second component is the implementation support. The third component is the road sector institutional development. This component will provide technical assistance and capacity building support to strengthen disaster risk mitigation in the road sector, including capacity building support for the new environment and risk mitigation and road safety unit of Directorate General of Highways, Ministry of Public Works (DGH) capacity to conduct disaster risk assessments and planning, risk mapping of land-slides, coastal erosion, earthquake and floods, and analysis of alternative designs for road segments that pass through critical environmental assets and vulnerable areas. Finally, the fourth component is the contingency for disaster risk response.

FY17 - Transportation

World Bank Group

Project

Road, Bridge, Automotive, Waste Processing and Treatment, Forest Products and Packaging, Commercial, Government