The overall objective of the TA is to prepare for an investment program which will improve road linkage of the East-West highway to North-South Corridor and thereby strengthen road connectivity to major economic activities center and neighboring countries. It will increase the capacity and efficiency of the road network in the country and promote economic growth, better access to rural produce, and domestic as well as regional trade. This will improve transport reliability and provide cost-effective transport links and bring considerable savings in both travel time and costs.
The fast track road is expected to shorten the travel distance from Kathmandu to Terai by 150km, and save travel time by about 3 hours.
| Project Name | North-South Fast Track Road Project | ||||
| Project Number | 40011-012 | ||||
| Country | Nepal |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions |
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| Sector / Subsector | Transport / Road transport (non-urban) |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Gender equity | ||||
| Description | The overall objective of the TA is to prepare for an investment program which will improve road linkage of the East-West highway to North-South Corridor and thereby strengthen road connectivity to major economic activities center and neighboring countries. It will increase the capacity and efficiency of the road network in the country and promote economic growth, better access to rural produce, and domestic as well as regional trade. This will improve transport reliability and provide cost-effective transport links and bring considerable savings in both travel time and costs. The fast track road is expected to shorten the travel distance from Kathmandu to Terai by 150km, and save travel time by about 3 hours. |
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| Environment | A |
| Involuntary Resettlement | A |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will be implemented over 11 months, beginning in February 2007 and ending in January 2008, including two months for Government's decision on preferred alignment when no consulting services will be required. A multidisciplinary team of international consultants in association with national consultants will provide about 13 person-months of international and 40 person-months of national inputs. The consultants will have expertise in (i) institutional and private sector development, (ii) trade and transport economics, (iii) road and tunnel engineering, (iv) road safety, (v) environment, (vi) resettlement, and (vi) social development. All consultants will be selected and recruited using the quality- and cost-based selection method, in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Tawisook, Witoon |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Transport and Communications Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Mr. Dinker Sharma [email protected] Department of Roads, Bishal nagar, kathmandu, Nepal Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Pawan Man Shrestha [email protected] Singha Durbar Kathmandu Nepal |
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| Concept Clearance | 30 Jun 2006 |
| Fact Finding | 29 May 2006 to 09 Jun 2006 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 15 Sep 2006 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 23 Jan 2007 |
| Last PDS Update | 05 Jun 2009 |
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| 15 Sep 2006 | 02 Nov 2006 | 02 Nov 2006 | 31 Jan 2008 | 30 Sep 2009 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 850,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 15 Sep 2006 | 840,273.55 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the North-South Fast Track Road Project | TA Completion Reports | Nov 2012 |
| Preparing the North--South Fast Track Road Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) | Technical Assistance Reports | Sep 2006 |
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