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The Kerala State Transport Project
(costing 336 million US dollars - of which World Bank financing
is US $ 255 million and State's contribution is US $ 79.00
million) - aims to improve traffic flow and road safety on Kerala
State's primary road network, and to strengthen the
institutional and financial capacity of Kerala's key transport
sector agencies. The project has four main components:
| 1. |
The transport
corridor improvement component will support upgrading of
state highways, including related social and environmental
mitigation measures, and rehabilitating inland water
transport feeder canals. |
| 2. |
The road
maintenance component will provide periodic maintenance of
state highways and major district roads. |
| 3. |
The road safety
improvement component comprises consultant services for
blackspot identification, programming and designing minor
improvements works for State roads, minor mitigation
measures and recommendations identified through this
service will be implemented. |
| 4. |
The
institutional development and technical assistance (TA)
component will provide services to implement the
institutional strengthening action plan by appointing TA
consultants in the areas of maintenance management and
data collection, and developing a road management system |
Objectives
- Improve the capacity and
quality of its highly congested state highways and major
district roads;
- Improve road maintenance
planning and management practices;
- Reduce road accidents and
fatalities along project roads;
- Strengthen planning, technical
and management capacities of key road sector institutions;
- Implement reforms in the road
sector to bring greater private sector participation; and
- Pilot an inland water
transport (IWT) project for testing approaches to correct
the current imbalance in the nodal share between roadways
and IWT in the State.
Components of the project
Construction components - Upgrading
- Phase I- Upgrading and widening of about 300 km of state highways and major district roads
- Phase I- Rehabilitation of about 100 km Inland Waterway (IWT) feeder canals
- Phase II- Upgrading and widening of about 324 km of state highways and major district roads
Construction components – Heavy maintenance
- RMC component- Periodic maintenance of about 1000 km of state highways and other priority roads awarded over a period of three years
- Improvements of accident blackspots
- Performance based maintenance and management (PBMM) contracts
Non construction components:
- Road safety action plan
- Institutional strengthening Action Plan (ISAP)
- Road Maintenance Management System (RMMS)
- GIS, Road condition survey
- Road user satisfaction survey, road safety awareness campaign
- Training
- Accident Management System (GeoKams), Project Financial Management System(PFMS), Pre-investment studies, State-wide Video-conferencing.
Roads
Selected for upgradation (widening and strengthening) in Phase I
| Link No |
Road Location |
Length (km) |
Name of contractor |
| Package I |
PATI-BEL (Joint Venture)
Malaysia - Kerala |
| 1 |
Taikod - Kottarakkara |
46.022 |
| 2 |
Kottarakkara - Chengannur |
44.430 |
| 3 |
Taikod - Kazhakuttam |
12.600 |
| 4 |
Alappuzha - Changanaserry |
24.140 |
| Total |
127.192 |
| Package III |
Oriental Structural Engineers Private Ltd., Delhi |
| 5 |
Muvattupuzha- Thodupuzha |
17.83 |
| 6 |
Muvattupuzha- Angamaly |
31.40 |
| Total |
49.23 |
| Package IV |
Road Builder
Malaysia |
| 7 |
Palakkad - Shornur |
45.30 |
| 8 |
Thrissur - Kuttipuram |
33.08 |
| Total |
78.38 |
| Total Road Length under Phase I |
254.802 |
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IWT - Canals Selected for improving |
Bhageeratha Engineering Limited (BEL) - Kerala |
| 1 |
Changanasserry - Alappuzha |
28.00 |
| 2 |
Alappuzha - Kottayam |
23.00 |
| 3 |
Kottayam - Vaikom |
24.50 |
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Total |
75.50 |
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