July 2009

$3,700,000

Completed

Nuristan

RC-East

Project Description

Design and construction of a 22km gravel road

Project Goals

Reason for Project: The construction of a 22km road from Gondalabuk to Doab will open up trade, education, and future reconstruction opportunities for residents in and around the area. It will allow access to several valleys that were not able to be accessed before. Nurgram and Doab districts medical facilities and commerce can be more readily accessible to residents of this area.

 

Desired Effects: The construction of primary roads is consistent with Pillar III under Economic and Social Development and has been identified by the Afghan National Development Strategy as key to improving rural livelihoods and reducing poverty and vulnerability in rural areas. Additionally, better rural roads will improve market access and opportunities for rural households.

 

Measurable Effects: Villages and communities located in the more inaccessible regions of Afghanistan, lacking reliable trade routes, have little interest in the cultivation of cash crops and typically suffer from greater-than-average percentages of poverty, illness, and ignorance. The development of primary and "farm-to-market" roads in these areas typically provide an 80% irease in market accessibility, trade opportunities and create incentive to produce growth-market goods for export and trade resulting in economic "micro-booms". Post-construction the average household experiences a 50% bp in income within the first two years and, with proper encouragement, a 200% irease within five to ten. In time this economic prosperity can generate a four-fold increase in general trade opportunities and results in significant reductions in poverty, poverty-related illnesses and secondary-school dropout rates.\

Results

Project is 100% cmplete and roadway is open for use providing corridor for travel to thousands of Afghans.

Updates

Contractor Name: Tariq Omar Production Company

Funding Fiscal Year: 2009

17 Oct 2011/Lt Adamson - Project was transferred to PRT Laghman with the relocation of PRT Nuristan in summer of 2011. Project is 100% cmplete and all closure documents at the PRT level have been signed. RCC-E has been forwarded all documents for final payment and closure. Aerial recon was conducted on 7 Oct 11 and all works were completed in accordance with the SOW and no deficiencies were sited. Please see media files for closure documents.

23 Dec 11/ Final payment complete and ODS closure memo uploaded to media files.

12 Jan 12: Uploaded PPO delegation letter to media files