Road Network Improvement Tender

Project Status ProposedSector Subsector Transport road transport non-urbanThe project will support the governments transport sector priorities to enhance connectivity and efficient movement in the greater mekong subregion gms through national and provincial road rehabilitation and development. The project will also help improve axle load control and strengthen awareness of road safety and potential social problems. Road transport is the principal mode for the movement of goods and people in cambodia and between countries in the gms. The domestic need is to provide access between cities and to enhance rural connectivity to broader markets and economic opportunities. The regional need is to facilitate connectivity and trade within the gms and the association of southeast asian nations asean and to connect to wider global markets. Roads are critical to social and economic development especially in areas where they are the only available transport mode. The primary road network in cambodia includes i 2254 kilometres km of national paved roads that connects the country with its borders the gms and the asean network 1-digit national roads ii 5007 km of inland national roads of which 70 are paved and iii 9031 km of provincial roads of which only 30 are paved. The management of those national and provincial roads is the responsibility of mpwt. The core development problem with cambodias road subsector is low connectivity and inefficiency. These problems are caused by i lack of selective infrastructure investment to meet national and regional needs ii lack of refined sector policy and effective legislative implementation and iii lack of sustainability in social environmental and financial aspects. Adb has been supporting improvement of national roads through the road network improvement project rnip which became effective in 2018. Adb also provided support of the improvement of provincial roads through the provincial roads improvement project prip which became effective in 2016. Main issues related to those projects include effective design and delivery of paved roads efficient road asset management including overload controlling and maintaining road safety. Competitiveness and diversification of the economy enhanced along gms sec rectangular strategy iv Transport efficiency increased in national and provincial roads along gms sec