Yunnan Highway Asset Management Project

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The project development objective for the Yunnan Highway Asset Management Project for China is to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of highway asset management in Yunnan. The project is comprised of the following four components: (1) Highway asset management improvement component will improve asset management decisions by establishing and operating an integrated highway asset management system. It includes three sub-components relating to financing. (2) Maintenance and emergency response capacities enhancement component will improve performance evaluation and enhance Yunnan Highway Bureau (YHB) capacity to carry out maintenance works and emergency rescue activities. This component includes two subcomponents concerned with technical support and staff maintenance. (3) Pilot of cost-effective maintenance technologies component will support the reduction of life-cycle maintenance costs by piloting cost-effective maintenance techniques, including cold recycling of asphalt pavement for base course, modified asphalt chip seals, asphalt slurry seals, and micro-surfacing, at seven typical and suitable road segments. (4) Strengthening institutional Capacities component will enhance the capacities of YHB’s management and staff through four subcomponents.