Project Description

The Project finances the construction and rehabilitation of key road transport links that will remove constraints to growth and increase access to the country’s marginal and drought areas.  Also, the program helps to develop the capacity and increase the participation of local consultants and contractors in the implementation of road contracts.

Road transport is the dominant mode of transport in Ethiopia and it plays a pivotal role in supporting economic and social development.  Roads carry about 95 percent of the country’s passenger and freight traffic and they provide the only form of access to most rural communities.

The program, aside the benefits to the country’s economy, will also support major institutional reforms in the road transport sector.  The road works is expected to lead to substantial savings in vehicle operating and infrastructure maintenance costs, as well as reductions in travel time and transport costs for road users in the rural areas.

Project Components

• One component will include the constuction of the the Dera - Magna section of the Dera-Mechara road in the Oromiya region.
• The construction supervision component will provide consultancy services for the supervision of the civil works.
• The rural travel and transport component will support the implementation of the Ethiopia Rural Travel and Transport Program ( ERTTP).
• The HIV/AIDS control and prevention component focuses on the efforts in the road sector to mitigate the spread of HIV/AIDS and the Ethiopian Road Authority in the areas of project planning and implementation.
• The road financing study and technical auditing component will provide support to the Office of the Road Fund Administration.
• The preparatory activities component will provide consultancy services and support to the Addis Ababa City Government in preparation of an urban transport strategy and policy document and a prioritized pilot project.