Client: Ministry of Transport
A new Ministry of Transport has been established in Tonga to provide policy and regulation to all transport sectors. The Ministry is operating but a major issue that still needs to be addressed is the establishment of appropriate institutional arrangements to develop a sustainable capacity for road maintenance.
Roughton was appointed by the new ministry to develop a framework for a sustainable road maintenance programme for Tonga. The following activities and deliverables were required:
- A long-term strategy for road maintenance management and delivery, implementation plan
- Analysis of the current institutional arrangements
- A blueprint for future institutional arrangements for road asset and contract management
- Recommendations for short term transitional arrangements
- A sustainable funding mechanism for road maintenance
- Scope out an appropriate and sustainable road asset management system
- Assessment of the capacity and constraints facing domestic contractors to engage in future road maintenance programmes
- Initial training/orientation of interested private sector firms and individuals
