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Client: Department for International Development
Scope: To provide technical assistance and management support to the project implementation unit
The objective of the Ekiti Rural Access Programme was to improve rural access in 6 local government areas in Ekiti State covering over 600km of rural roads. The programme was designed to do this through 5 complimentary and inter-related activities centering on:
Infrastructure - maintaining and rehabilitating the existing network
Institutional strengthening - installing sustainable institutional mechanisms and systems for routine road maintenance including appropriate organisational frameworks
Capacity building - mainstreaming project interventions at LGA and state levels and also developing community awareness and inculcation of a maintenance culture
Mobility - promoting increased ownership and/or use of alternative transport technologies
Planning - introducing systematic maintenance and rural access planning
Roughton provided technical assistance and management support including: