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To retain qualified experts, consultant recruitment procedures should include an adequate hardship compensation mechanism. The continuity of resident engineers in the supervision consultant team was not well managed during the early project implementation stage. Consultants need sufficient incentives to work permanently in remote, high altitude areas with extreme climatic 15 conditions that lack basic conveniences.

Project Number: 42399-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 3
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The engineering design of the road at project preparation should be enhanced, based on sufficient technical, geological and climate surveys. At appraisal, the road design was a general one that was used for the entire country without referencing the specific site, climate and material supply conditions. During implementation, the project design was changed significantly to prevent and reduce pavement cracking, which occurred in previous projects due to extremely low winter temperatures. This led to a significant cost overrun.

Project Number: 42399-023
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 3
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The combination of high altitude, low temperatures during winter and frozen ground beneath the project road resulted in the appearance of frost heave cracks. Cracks have been filled in with bitumen but will reappear after each winter. The cracking issue needs to be monitored on an ongoing basis with cracks filled in as they appear. To minimize risk of further cracking, snow needs to be removed entirely from the roadbed and not merely left on shoulders, and weight limits for goods vehicles need to be strictly enforced to ensure undue stress is not placed on the project road.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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Construction on the proposed facility has not yet started. The inspection facility is planned to be delivered using alternative financing sources. Cross- border facilities such as this require both expert inputs from, and coordination between, various government agencies. This can be difficult to achieve in a timely manner. In addition, specialist skills are needed for designing and implementing such projects.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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Despite the safety features (e.g., barriers) built into the project, the increased speeds resulting from the new road will likely have an impact on both the frequency and severity of road traffic collisions. Collisions on the project road will need to be monitored carefully by MOTC (Ministry of Transport and Communications) during 2015 - 2020 in coordination with the police force and, if and when collisions start to occur, timely and appropriate remedial engineering measures may need to be put in place to counteract any increased risk.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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During construction of At-Bashy road, some disputes arose between the contractor and the local population, causing late completion of minor but essential works e.g. sidewalks and drainage. Information on these incidents was not promptly reported to all parties concerned. Not being fully aware of the situation, IPIG (Investment Projects Implementation Group) initially advised ADB that there was no need to extend the loan and grant closing period. However, when the extent of remaining works to be completed became apparent, an extension was provided. This issue was swiftly resolved.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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There is a need to ensure an appropriate level of public consultation during project development to enable the local population to have an input into project design and ensure greater'buy-in', which would likely result in fewer disputes between the contractor and local population.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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The final approval for constructing the At-Bashy access road was not provided until May 2013. The late addition of this component was part of the reason that the grant and loan closing date needed to be extended. Additional works of this magnitude should be identified, appraised, and approved at an earlier project stage to ensure completion of all works within the allotted period.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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Originally a total of $0.5 million was allocated to the capacity development component, but only $0.01 million was actually spent. Additional attention could have been given at appraisal to properly identify and cost each part of the capacity development component.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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In order to sustain project benefits it is critical that the project road is appropriately maintained. The frost heave cracking issue needs to be monitored by MOTC (Ministry of Transport and Communications) on an annual basis and, in order to prevent further widening, cracks must be filled as they appear. Whilst maintenance budgets have increased, MOTC needs to allocate further resources to protect the substantial investment in road infrastructure that has occurred on this road corridor over the last decade.

Project Number: 42399-013
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 2
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Road safety and road asset management. Road safety and road asset management components should be included in all future transport projects because they are essential to the sustainability of projects and to their effectiveness. As road safety involves various agencies, the design and implementation arrangements for this component should be based on extensive discussions with all related agencies and policy dialogue with high-level government bodies.

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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Performance-based maintenance (PBM). Implementing PBM contracts requires sufficient preparation and time for transition. More attention should be given to PBM readiness and to such important factors as allocating proper budgets, developing institutional frameworks, establishing legislation and procedures, recruiting qualified consultants, mitigating negative effects on road maintenance units, and fostering local private contractors. In both countries, the PBM pilot testing was delayed mainly because of the lack of experience and knowledge of the executing agencies.

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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Border infrastructure improvement. The benefits of good infrastructure at border crossings can be fully realized only when countries on both sides of a border fund complementary investments and when their border control agencies cooperate. Projects should support the construction and renovation of border-crossing points in a country where investments to upgrade complementary facilities on the other side of the border have been completed or are nearing completion. [Main text, para. 53]

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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To avoid potential cost overruns during the project implementation period, the engineering design of roads at the project preparation stage should be based on the most reliable traffic forecasts and sufficient geological and climate surveys to enable the preparation of realistic designs without the need to amend them later. Road safety issues should be identified during the project design period in consultation with local communities, and features that enhance road safety, including on sidewalks and at bus shelters, should be adequately reflected in the project design. [Main text, para.

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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Regional project. This project was designed as a regional project including two countries. A joint effect was observed by executing the two countries' projects simultaneously, yet different institutional frameworks and different effective procedures were required in the two countries. Thus, full agreement among stakeholders is necessary in designing future regional projects. [Main text, para. 56]

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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