Samoa Climate Resilient Transport Project

The development objective of the Climate Resilient Transport Project for Samoa is to improve the climate resilience of Samoa’s road network and in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, to provide an immediate response to the eligible crisis or emergency. The project comprises of four components. The first component, sectoral and spatial planning tools involves technical assistance (TA) that will improve the way that climate change is addressed in Samoa’s road sector and allows for the financing of updates to analytical and sector planning tools to enable policymakers to make informed decisions based on the most accurate and up‐to‐date information available. The second component, climate resilient infrastructure solutions involves feasibility studies, design, and construction of identified priority road assets to improve their resilience to climate‐related hazards and or events. It consists of following sub-components: (i) carrying out of activities to improve climate resilience of the western section of the west coast road between Malua and Faleolo, including supervision activities required for such work; (ii) supporting the assessment, design, construction, and supervision activities in relation to the slope protection and stabilization and drainage works on the East Coast road to reduce landslip and rockfall hazards and the related risks to the road assets and road users; (iii) supporting the assessment, design, construction, and supervision activities to improve and or replace bridges, culverts, and fords on Upolu and Savai’i, including but not limited to, the replacement of the Afega Bridge and the Lano Ford Crossing; and (iv) conducting feasibility studies for upgrading the Alafa’alava road. The third component, strengthening the enabling environment will provide funding to support institutional and regulatory reforms for road sector asset management and maintenance, including measures to strengthen local capacity and to increase the sustainability of...