Rajasthan State Highways Development Program II

The development objective of Second Rajasthan State Highways Development Program Project for India is to build capacity for better management of state highways and to improve traffic flows on selected state highways in the state of Rajasthan. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Operationalization of the Rajasthan State Highways Authority, aims to support operationalization of the Rajasthan State Highways Authority (RSHA), in accordance with the provisions of the Rajasthan State Highways (RSH) Act, 2014. 2) The second component, State Highways Improvements, will support construction, upgrading, improvement and maintenance of 766 km of state highways and major district roads. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Upgrading and Maintenance through Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Contracts; (ii) Supervision of EPC Contracts; (iii) Upgrading and Maintenance through Public-Private Partnership (PPP)-Hybrid Annuity Mode; and (iv) Supervision of Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) Contracts. 3) The third component, Institutional Strengthening, has the following subcomponents: (i) Strengthening Business Processes and Systems; (ii) Road Asset Management System and Network Planning Tool; (iii) Citizen Engagement and Accountability Mechanisms; and (iv) Capacity Building of Public Works Department (PWD’s) and RSHA’s Staff. 4) The fourth component, Road Safety, aims to adopt a multisectoral approach to building the state’s capacity for road safety management, using both proactive and preventive methods. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Road Accident Database Management System; (ii) Streamlining and Piloting Speed Management; (iii) Road Safety Performance Survey; (iv) Road Safety Strategy; and (v) Spots Review of Approach to Black Spots. The fifth component, Project Management Support, has the following subcomponents: (i) Project Management for PWD; (ii) Project Management Consultant; (iii) Independent Technical Audits and DLI Verification;...