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The Project Management Unit

Established under Ministry of Construction, Department of Highways

The Technical Assistance Consultant

PADECO

The Contractors / The Project Management and Construction Supervision Consultant

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Project Components

Over 300km of Road Rehabilitation

The main component is the rehabilitation of national highways (Yangon – Pathein and Bago-Thanlyin highways) and expressway (Yangon-Mandalay expressway km0-km63). On the highways, deteriorated macadam pavement is being widened and upgraded to asphalt concrete. On the expressway, the cement concrete pavement will be overlaid with asphalt concrete, and the shoulders widened.

Pilot maintenance projects

Pilot contracts will be awarded for around 80km of periodic road maintenance using improved techniques, and new models for contracting. The locations of the pilots are to be determined.

Project Stakeholders

The project owner is the Ministry of Construction, Department of Highways

The project is financed by the Asian Development Bank (click here for more information) and the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund.

Status

Construction is planned to begin in 2019. This is after the following steps are completed: a) parliamentary approval of the project, b) signing a loan agreement, c) procurement of contractors and supervision consultant, and d) provision of support to residents affected by or relocated because of the project. Construction work is concentrated during the dry season. During the rainy season heavy equipment cannot move on local roads, but instead granular materials are transported to the site by barge and stockpiled ready for the dry season.