Rural Roads Activity Sample Clauses

Rural Roads Activity. The Rural Roads Activity will support the improvement of a sub-set of a network of 647 kilometers (km) of arterial and secondary1 routes to improve access to regional capitals, markets, and social services. Some of the arterial roads require upgrading to paved standard, rehabilitation, or periodic maintenance. The secondary routes would be upgraded to a low volume sealed road standard along with improvements to existing culverts and bridges. The Parties will select the sub-set of these 647 km arterial and secondary routes to be improved following the determination of the final cost of the Licungo Bridge and Mocuba Bypass Activity. The Parties will base their selection on ERR analyses of the proposed interventions together with 1 Arterial routes are designed to carry longer distance through traffic as well as local traffic demand. These roads provide the access between major towns, cities, border posts, and ports, providing ultimate access to global and major local markets, and providing the means for trade between provinces and cities throughout the country. Secondary routes provide access from the national routes to district centers. estimates of the extent to which populations will benefit from increased access to social services and markets. Information on proposed interventions is set forth in Annex V of the PIA.