The objectives of the Project are to assist the Recipient in increasing its road transport infrastructure and improving the reliability thereof, strengthening the capacity for road construction, management and maintenance and enhancing the financing program in relation thereto in order to ensure sustainability, and creating conditions conducive to private sector participation in the road transport sector. These objectives are to be achieved through: (a) construction, rehabilitation, upgrading and preserving the priority federal road network;(b) strengthened ERA reform program;(c) improved resource mobilization, allocation and use for road maintenance and strengthened Road Fund Administration; and(d)developing the capacity in program implementation.