The project will address the oblast's immediate needs by improving two arterial roads, namely (i) Bokhtar-Dangara and (ii) Khulbuk-Kangurt. Improving these roads is essential to realizing the government's plan to make Dangara the oblast's key economic hub and the oblast's new capital city. The roads are a vital connector of major economic centers in the oblast and international corridors in the Southern Tajikistan. The Bokhtar-Dangara road bridges the country's major international roads (CAREC Corridors 5 and 6 at Bokhtar and Asian Highway No. 66 at Dangara), facilitating international and domestic movements of goods and peoples. The Khulbuk-Kangurt road provides the local population with access to social and economic needs while linking Asian Highway No. 66 at Khulbuk. Despite their importance, the two roads do not provide reliable travel due to frequent avalanches and insufficient maintenance.
| Project Name | Road Network Sustainability Project | ||||
| Project Number | 54005-001 | ||||
| Country | Tajikistan |
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| Project Status | Proposed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Grant |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Transport / Road transport (non-urban) |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The project will address the oblast's immediate needs by improving two arterial roads, namely (i) Bokhtar-Dangara and (ii) Khulbuk-Kangurt. Improving these roads is essential to realizing the government's plan to make Dangara the oblast's key economic hub and the oblast's new capital city. The roads are a vital connector of major economic centers in the oblast and international corridors in the Southern Tajikistan. The Bokhtar-Dangara road bridges the country's major international roads (CAREC Corridors 5 and 6 at Bokhtar and Asian Highway No. 66 at Dangara), facilitating international and domestic movements of goods and peoples. The Khulbuk-Kangurt road provides the local population with access to social and economic needs while linking Asian Highway No. 66 at Khulbuk. Despite their importance, the two roads do not provide reliable travel due to frequent avalanches and insufficient maintenance. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Poor and unreliable conditions on Tajikistan's road network. Tajikistan is a landlocked country with heavy reliance on road transport for the movement of goods and peoples. However, road conditions have been poor and generally unreliable due to mixed reasons: high disaster-prone topography; dysfunctional maintenance systems; overloaded trucks; and poor quality of construction works, which were mostly carried out before the 1970s. Weak economic and physical connectivity in Southern Tajikistan. About 35% of the country's population reside in the Khatlon Oblast, however, the oblast's human development and income indexes are recorded the lowest in the country. This implies that the oblast's economic development progress potentially affects the country's economic growth. One constraint to the oblast's economic growth could be the poor quality of the existing transport infrastructure. Supporting resilient growth of Khatlon Oblast in a COVID-19 affected world. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced Tajikistan and its neighboring countries to close their borders, substantially weakening the country's food security, medical service provision, and economic platforms. Immediate need for an operational RAMS. Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport (MOT), the road networks total 14,220 kilometers (km), comprising 3,348 km of international roads, 2,129 km of national roads and 8,743 km of local roads. The government has made efforts to institutionalize their own RAMS and operationalize road maintenance mechanism to improve and sustain the quality of those road assets, and several development partners (including Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, and Japan International Cooperation Agency) have provided relevant assistance. Road safety. The World Health Organization estimates that there were 1,577 fatalities in 2016, e.g. 18.1 fatalities per 100,000 people; and the road crash costs account for 4.3% of the gross domestic product, which was slightly higher than that of the other CAREC countries. The country has faced immediate needs for enhancing road safety initiatives. |
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| Impact | Economic growth promoted Safe and competitive connectivity established across the CAREC Region |
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| Outcome | Safety and reliability of the road networks enhanced in Southern Tajikistan | ||||
| Outputs | Roads in Southern Tajikistan improved MOT's RAMS unit strengthened Women's access to socioeconomic opportunities enhanced |
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| Geographical Location | Bokhtar District, Danghara District, Kangurt | ||||
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | B |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
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| Consulting Services | Consulting services will be required for construction supervision. Consultant will be recruited through a firm n accordance with ADB Procurement Policy and Regulations (2017, as amended from time to time). |
| Procurement | Procurement of all contracts through open competitive bidding will be done in accordance with ADB Procurement Policy and Regulations (2017, as amended from time to time). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Idei, Rika |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Transport and Communications Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Transport Mr. Arabzoda, Nurali Sayvali, Executive Director for Project Implementation Unit for Roads Rehabilitation [email protected], [email protected] 14, Aini Street Dushanbe 734042 Tajikistan |
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| Concept Clearance | 13 May 2020 |
| Fact Finding | 22 Jun 2020 to 30 Jun 2020 |
| MRM | 18 Sep 2020 |
| Approval | - |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 13 May 2020 |
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