Lao PDR Climate Resilient Road Connectivity Improvement Project

The development objective of the Climate Resilient Road Connectivity Improvement Project for Lao People’s Democratic Republic is to improve climate resilient road access in targeted provinces, enhance capacity to manage the road network, and, in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. The project comprises of four components. The first component, climate resilient road access will support: (i) improvement of approximately 300 km of district roads and rural roads in the provinces of Khammouan, Savannakhet, and Saravan to the standards of road design class V/VI as per Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT’s) road design manual, addressing climate and disaster resilience aspects, and maintenance of the Project roads post improvement during the Project period through output and performance-based road contracts (OPBRC) and or hybrid performance-based contracts (Hybrid PBC) and, (ii) construction supervision of the project road improvement works. The second component, project management will support: (i) financial audit, (ii) technical audits of the project road improvement works during construction, (iii) environmental and social monitoring and audits, (iv) road safety audit of the project, road designs at three stages (at design, construction, and completion stages), and awareness campaigns, (v) road user satisfaction surveys carried out at the start of implementation of works, at mid-term, and at the close of the project, (vi) incremental operating costs, (vii) technical and operational assistance for the day-to-day management, monitoring and evaluation of the Project, and (viii) land acquisition, resettlement, and rehabilitation costs, including the implementation of resettlement action plan(s). The third component, institutional development will support MPWT in: (i) capacity building of local contractors in the areas of OPBRCs, climate resilience, road safety, and environmental and social risk management, (ii) a study...