THE
      WORLD
      BANK
                              Papua New Guinea                                                                              93392
                              Road Maintenance
                              and Rehabilitation
                              Project

  Promoting an efficient, safe, and reliable roads system for the people of                             Restore the conditions and safety
                                                                                                        of national and provincial roads
                             Papua New Guinea.                                                          and bridges in participating
                                                                                                        provinces.
Background
Papua New Guinea has experienced a severe decline in the condition of its roads and bridges.            Strengthen participation of village
Insufficient maintenance of roads increases transport costs, reduces exports, and weakens               communities and small to medium
                                                                                                        contractors in maintaining roads.
accessibility to markets, hospitals, and schools. The supply and maintenance of roads and related
infrastructure in the country is complicated due to the rugged, mountainous landscape, a widely         Improve the government’s
dispersed population, and unconnected road networks. Further, the roads sector suffers from             planning and management of the
inadequate funding, land acquisition difficulties, law and order problems, a small base of private      roads sector to advance the quality
                                                                                                        of life for Papua New Guineans.
contractors, and limited private sector and community participation.




About the Project                                                                                       Location: Central, East and West
The primary goal of the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project is to promote an efficient,         New Britain, Manus, Morobe, and
                                                                                                        Oro provinces.
safe, and reliable roads transport system in the participating provinces. Without well-maintained
roads, people lack sufficient access to markets, which has a direct impact on their income.
                                                                                                        Approval Date: 26 June 2002
Further, children are more likely to continue in school if there is a nearby road, and travel time to
reach health services decreases meaning better and more timely access to treatment.                     Closing Date: 31 December 2011

The Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project consists of six components. The first of these is       Total Project Cost: US$59.18
focused on the financing of road maintenance and the rehabilitation of national roads.                  million

                                                                                                        Donors: World Bank
The second component comprises annual routine maintenance of provincial roads.
                                                                                                        (International Bank for
                                                                                                        Reconstruction and
The third component consists of bridge maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of bridges          Development)—US$40 million
on national roads based on a priority basis. Additionally, this also concerns the purchase of           Government of Papua New
emergency bridges and parts.                                                                            Guinea and Papua New Guinea
                                                                                                        Sustainable Development
The fourth component comprises maintenance and replacement of bridges on provincial roads.              Program—US$19.18 million

                                                                                                        Implementing Agency:
The fifth component covers a number of consultant services and equipment purchases to support           Department of Works and
project implementation. These include project management, designs of roads and bridges to be            Transport
restored or replaced, incremental operating costs, laboratory and other equipment, auditing
services, and the strengthening of financial management and operational capacity.                             Contact: World Bank
                                                                                                               Task Team Leader
The sixth component provides consulting services and training in order to strengthen small- and
medium-sized contractors, and provincial administrations, for road maintenance operations. This         Demetrios Papathanasiou
                                                                                                        Senior Infrastructure Specialist
component will also update and improve bridge inventory and management systems.
                                                                                                        dpapathanasiou@worldbank.org

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