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- Road Sector Development Project
Road Sector Development Project
Sri Lanka
Borrower | Sri Lanka |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Transportation |
Approved | 10.12.2002 |
Signed | 21.08.2003 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | ADB |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Public works |
Co-financiers | ADB, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 8.50 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 81.60 |
The project will rehabilitate and upgrade around 1,020 km of provincial and community access roads and bridges in the North Central, North Western, Uva and Western Provinces, according highest priority to impoverished areas. Provincial roads will be upgraded and, where necessary, bridges, culverts and drainage structures repaired. Approximately 40 km of community access roads will be rehabilitated. The selected roads will be those that provide linkages to markets and community centers.
The newly renovated stretches will do much to enhance the social wellbeing of numerous communities, and facilitate access to schools, health services and jobs.