Provincial and Local Roads Improvement Program- Phase 1

The development objective of the First Phase of the Provincial and Local Roads Improvement Program Project for Nepal is to enhance inclusive connectivity, efficiency, resilience, and safety of the selected provincial and local road network and strengthen the capacity of the federal government, participating provinces, and participating local levels. The project comprises of five components. The first component, enhancing efficiency and resilience of provincial roads and bridges will support improving efficiency of service delivery of the existing provincial roads through climate resilient and safe road network. The second component, enhancing all-weather connectivity and access to municipalities will support the objective of reducing regional imbalances and building resilience of unconnected communities by providing equitable all weather and safe access to services and markets. The third component, strengthening governance system and capacity development will support laying a strong sector foundation for provincial and local roads by improving the governance systems and strengthening the capacity of the participating governments. The fourth component, road safety management will include assessment of existing road safety measures and management capacity, including engineering, enforcement, education and awareness and emergency response on provincial and local roads, and implementation of road safety measures based on the findings of such assessment and study. The fifth component, contingent emergency response (CERC) will provide immediate response to an eligible crisis or emergency, as needed. This project will implement bioengineering and other NBS to increase the resilience of roads and roadside infrastructure.