The project is financed by the Asian Development Bank. Project details for the original loan may be found here, and for the additional loan here.
The project comprises the following components:
- Output 1: Road asset management capacity improved. This output will strengthen sustainable road maintenance practices and build capacity for implementation of maintenance projects prepared and procured during the project. The capacity building will include (i) reestablishing and providing training on the Road Asset Management (RAM) system to improve maintenance planning, implementation, and prioritization; (ii) designing improvements in road funding to ensure sustainability of maintenance activities, including measures to prevent vehicle overloading; and (iii) supporting pilot performance-based maintenance. This output will be delivered partly through the associated Technical Assistance (TA) and partly undertaken together with output 2.
- Output 2: Road condition improved. This output will preserve and improve an important regional road section which links the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) and the Russian Federation through Mongolia’s capital and comprises part of CAREC road corridor 4b. The project will improve existing national highway sections comprising Ulaanbaatar–Darkhan (204km), and Darkhan–Altanbulag (118 km). The improvement works will include: (i) pavement treatment, (ii) widening of carriageway and shoulder within the existing right of way (ROW). In addition, the project will improve a section of the Ulaanbaatar – Arvaikheer road between Khuiten Valley and Arvaikheer (58 km), and will carry out due diligence to a standard required for processing for ADB financing the upgrading of the existing earth road from Undurkhaan – Norovlin -Bayan Ovoo (А19 state road, 257km) to an asphalt paved road.
- Output 3: Road safety improved. This output will implement safety features in the road condition improvement works undertaken together with output 2. The safety features will include improvements in road markings, barriers, and guide posts. Climbing lanes and minor alignment modification will be constructed within the ROW at traffic accident blackspots, where overtaking of slow moving vehicles often causes fatal head-on-head collisions