Papua New Guinea Resilient Transport Project

The development objective of the Resilient Transport Project for Papua New Guinea is to enhance the resilience and safety of prioritized road infrastructure of the recipient’s highway network, and in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. The project comprises of three components. The first component, resilience, safety enhancements, and sustainable maintenance will finance the rehabilitation of up to 62.5 km of the Ramu and Hiritano highways and the extended performance-based maintenance of 197.5 km of the highways. It consists of following sub-components: (i) Ramu highway; (ii) Hiritano highway; and (iii) road safety and community facilities. The second component, project management and institutional strengthening will finance: (a) support for implementation of the road rehabilitation and maintenance works, including employment of a consulting firm to serve as the Employer’s Project Manager (EPM) within DoWH and other project implementation support consultants and completion of any Project Preparation Grant (PPG) activities that remain incomplete following expiry of the PPG; (b) a road safety capacity assessment and related technical assistance; and (c) selected institutional strengthening initiatives to support management and technical skills development in the road sector and preparation of future road works activities. It consists of following sub-components: (i) project management; (ii) road safety; and (iii) technical assistance and training. The third component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will draw from the uncommitted loan or credit or grant resources under other project components to cover emergency response.