Xinjiang Yining Urban Transport Improvement Project

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The development objective of the Xinjiang Yining Urban Transport Improvement Project for China is to improve transport mobility in the central urban area of Yining Municipality, and to provide transport accessibility in the selected new areas of Yining Municipality, all in a safe, clean and efficient manner. There are four components to the project. The first component is urban road improvement and construction. This component includes: improvement of a total of about 30 km of selected urban roads in the existing road network; construction of a total of about 42 km new urban roads that support the urban land use development in the new city area; and; acquisition of road maintenance and auxiliary equipment. The second component is public transport infrastructure and equipment. This component includes: construction of bus infrastructure facilities; establishment of an advanced bus dispatching system and integrated circuit card system; and acquisition of clean-energy buses. The third component is traffic management and road safety. This component includes: establishment of a traffic command centre and installation of traffic enforcement equipments; acquisition of an area traffic control system along with signal upgrade and junction channelization; and improvement of corridors on Jiefang road and Ahemaitijiang road. The fourth component is institutional capacity development. This component includes; provision of technical assistance for project implementation; carrying out of a series of training and study tours; provision of technical assistance for a number of thematic studies; and provision of incremental operating costs for project management.