| Project Detail |
The objective of the Transport Infrastructure Investment Project for Fiji is to improve the resilience and safety of land and maritime transport infrastructure for users of project roads, bridges and rural jetties and wharves. The project would seek to prioritize investments in high poverty areas, including the poorer northern islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni. This prioritization would be realized by including poverty factors in the multi-criteria analysis used for the selection of sub-projects. The projects is made up of three components. The first component (Improvement of existing road and maritime sector assets) funds works to repair, rehabilitate, reconstruct or upgrade selected existing roads, bridges and rural jetties and wharves. Safety improvements on selected roads, bridges, rural jetties and wharves including road safety furniture and replacement of existing and/or installation of new streetlights would also be carried out. Where possible and appropriate, road, bridge and/or jetty sub-projects would be geographically packaged to reduce costs, attract competent contractors and maximize local impact. Component 2 (Technical assistance) consists of support establishing and maintaining a project supervision team at Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) to oversee project implementation, financing design and supervision consultants, updating design and construction standards for roads and bridges, undertaking International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) surveys and road safety audits, and piloting the use of open contracting, including geotagging. Finally, Component 3 (Capacity building) provides a grant for initiatives to build government capacity across the transport sector. Areas of focus are expected to include planning, assessing and managing infrastructure projects for staff from various ministries and agencies, including FRA. |
