The Road Maintenance Project for Paraguay will establish a sustainable road management strategy that ensures the upgrading and maintenance of the road network through a rational and balanced use of scarce resources. The closing date for the project will be extended from June 30, 2012 to February 28, 2014. The extension is necessary to enable the completion of the Project activities, and to compensate for the initially slow start of the Project after Board Approval. The Borrower has shown strong interest in implementing and completing the Project carrying on with actions on all the major components (including road management system, road inventory, traffic counts system, road toll system, road rehabilitation and maintenance contracts; and assorted consultancy and non-consultancy services). The Borrower has an action plan in place to implement the Project; a timeframe has been set under the auspices of the Improved Governance Framework Action Plan (IGAP). The IGAP is currently being strengthened for the better risk and progress monitoring. The major ongoing procurement scheduling will ensure that there is sufficient time to implement the institutional strengthening and infrastructure interventions. This is the first extension of the Project for a total of 20 months.

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