Regional Road Network Study for Prioritization under RRMIMP-II

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

The scope of consultancy services comprised of the following:

• Development of guidelines for prioritizing the needs for investment in improvement and maintenance of core Feeder Roads (FRBs) and important Rural Roads (RRs) in 64 districts of Bangladesh;
• Development of guidelines for selecting and prioritizing specific core FRBs and important RRs to be improved and maintained in a particular area of the region.
• Review the FRA roads priority list of RHD and development of guidelines for prioritizing the FRA roads in all 64 districts for their improvement and maintenance.
• Preparation of priority ranking of selected core FRBs of the 64 districts for its improvement and maintenance and a progressive investment proposal of annual development packages.

Identification of priority work programme for improvement and maintenance for 5 years based on the prioritized selected core FRBs network

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by your Staff:

• Produce priority list of core FRBs proposed to be maintained and another list of core FRBs for its improvement to the national standard for all 64 districts within 6 divisions in Bangladesh with a networking approach.
• Provide national guidelines for selecting and prioritizing the geographic areas for new Rural Development Projects (RDP).
• Develop standard guidelines for different core FRBs and important RRs investment programs in selecting and prioritizing core FRBs and important RR1s.
• Prepare priority ranking of selected core FRBs of the 64 districts and a progressive investment proposal.

Identify Priority Work Program (PWP) for five years based on the prioritized core FRBs and important RR₁s network.