PAD - LGED

‘mainstream’ LGED units, under the responsibility there of the relevant senior LGED line
manager(s). There will be close monitoring of expected outputs and results by the LGED and the
Bank, including with regard to sustainability of capacity / performance improvements in LGED
operations beyond the Project-funded support.
12. The overall assistance via this Sub-component will comprise (i) specialist technical
assistance (TA) and consultancy services (approximately US$4.75 million); (ii) goods, materials
and/or software licenses/IP (approximately US$2.95 million); and (iii) funding of equipment
research and training/seminar/workshop fees and delivery costs (approximately US$1.20
million).
C. Rural Transport Safety Component (US$3.5 million):
13. Under RTIP-I, a Rural Transport Safety (RTS) ‘pilot’ was implemented in three districts
of Bangladesh. The pilot’s success has provided a basis for scaling up these interventions in the
26 RTIP-II project districts. In parallel, LGED requires significant capacity building in road
safety engineering, monitoring and management to play a more effective ‘sector leadership’ role
in the improvement of rural road safety in Bangladesh. This Component will therefore support a
combination of interventions and initiatives in the following fields.
Technical assistance support for integrating road safety engineering measures and
awareness building and education along project roads.
14. It is important to ensure safety of roads that will be improved and maintained under the
Accessibility Improvement Component of the Project. The component will include road safety
audits of the designs of the project roads under the guidance and training of the road safety
advisor. As a result it is expected that a set of road safety measures appropriate for these types of
rural roads will be identified and properly incorporated in the designs, standard layouts and
technical specifications will be prepared as guidance to the design teams, with specific attention
to the safety of vulnerable roads users and implementing safety measures at at-grade rail
crossings, to be funded under this Project, and a comprehensive training program and subsequent
on-the-job training in Road Safety Audit will be conducted for a selected group of LGED
engineers and staff of the Road Safety Unit of the LGED. Significant importance should be
placed for improving safety during civil works. Costs associated with integration of road safety
engineering measures such as signs, markings, street lights, pedestrian facilities, etc. will be
included as part of civil works under the first component of the project.
15. Project support under this Component will also facilitate scaling-up the awareness and
education activities piloted under RTIP-I and mainstreaming in 26 project districts. Training will
be provided to participating Local Government Institutions (LGIs), community leaders and
members of the Road Safety Committees at Upazila and District levels. As the Upazila (LGED)
engineers are required to do ‘public awareness’ activities as part of their functions, a Train-the-
Trainer program on rural road safety awareness building and road safety education will be
developed for LGED field staff (to be offered by the LGED central and regional Training Units),
and public awareness campaigns will be prepared and launched. Stakeholder consultation on
rural transport safety priorities and challenges will be conducted as part of these road safety
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