Gansu Roads Development Project

Roadside stations were introduced to promote community development along the local roads covered by the project by linking the roads with local community activities. However, in the current institutional arrangement, the Gansu Provincial Transportation Department (GPTD) does not have enough resources, including staff and funds, to operate the roadside stations. This brings their sustainability into question. Keeping in mind the poorly maintained and underused roadside station built under a previous donor-funded project in the project area, GPTD sought to design multipurpose roadside stations to be constructed and managed by the private sector.