The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Construction Department of Highways

Meeting On Safe and Seamless Transport Connectivity along the Asian Highway Network during and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presented by - Kyaw Myo Htut - Director - Department of Highways - Ministry of Construction

1 Total Road Length in Myanmar (in km)

No Organization AC Concrete Bituminous Metal Gravel Earth Mule Total

1 Ministry of Construction(2018)

Department of Highways 1543.16 1840.49 25567.90 3225.48 4569.08 4844.13 259.1 41849.34

Department of Rural Road - 1572.80 3585.25 12387.09 7841.66 52566.23 11357.73 89310.76 Development

2 Ministry of Livestock, - 705.68 3025.89 11806.63 - 50062.91 - 65601.11 Fisheries and Rural Development(2015)

3 Ministry of Defense(2015) - 393.47 703.97 1340.95 170.59 8722.31 - 11330.29

4 Ministry of Electricity & 92.34 88.50 542.13 97.97 303.15 - 1124.10 Energy(2015)

City Development Committees(2015)

5 Yangon - 1916.27 1440.52 - - 1121.48 - 4478.27

6 Mandalay - 39.14 753.67 121.74 - 237.4 - 1151.95

7 Naypyitaw - 770.83 204.93 98.41 556.69 176.47 - 1807.33

Grand Total 1543.16 7331.02 35370.63 29522.43 13235.99 118034.1 11616.83 216653.15

2 Designated Weight (Vehicles + Cargo) According to number of Axel and Wheels

3 Designated Weight (Vehicle+Cargo) According to number of axel and wheels

4 Remark : Allow According to ASEAN Standard Starting from December, 2015 Current Status of ASIAN Highways

Total Below Class Route Class I Class II Class III Itinerary Length III No (km) (km) (km) (km) (km)

AH1 Tamu-Mandalay-Meiktila-Yangon- 1553 368 638 543 4 Bago- Payagyi-Thaton-Myawaddy

AH2 Meiktila-Loilim-Kengtung- 790 73 21 534 162 Tachileik

AH3 Minelar-Kengtung 88 - - 88 -

AH14 Mandalay-Hsipaw-Muse 449 193 46 210 -

Total 2880 634 705 1375 166

5 ASIAN Highways

Sr. Route Length Directly No. names ( Km) Connect to

1 AH 1 1533 India , Thailand

2 AH 2 790 Thailand (Lao)

3 AH 3 88 China

4 AH 14 449 China

Total 2880

6 (1) Tamu-Mandalay-Meiktila-Yangon-Bago-Payargyi-Thaton-Myawaddy (AH1) (1582 km)

Sr Road Segment Length Remark in km 1 Tamu-Kyigone-Kalay 131 Being implemented by Indian Assistance

2 Kalay-Gangaw-Pale- 296 DOH Budget 3 Lingadaw-Chaung 171 Upgraded by BOT Oo- Mandalay (National Private (Myinge) Company)

4 Mandalay(Myinge)- 844 Upgraded by BOT Yangon(Highway)- (National Private Payargyi-Thaton- Company) Eindu 5 Eindu-Kawkareik 66 Currently implemented by ADB Loan 6 Kawkareik-Myawady 45 Upgrading complemented (by Thailand Assistance) Total 1553

7 (2) Meiktila-Loilem-Namsang-Kengtung-Tachileik (AH2) (790km)

Sr Road Segment Length Remark in km 1 Meiktila-Loilem- 303 Upgraded by Namsang BOT (National Private Company)

2 Namsang-Kengtung 330 DOH, Government Budget 3 Kengtung-Tachileik 157 Upgraded by BOT (National Private Company)

Total 790

8 (3) Minelar –Kengtung (AH3) (88km)

Sr Road Segment Length in Remark km 1 Minelar - Kengtung 88 DOH, Governme nt Budget

9 (4) Mandalay-Hsipaw-Muse (AH14) (449km)

Sr Road Segment Length in Remark km 1 Mandalay-Hsipaw- 449 Upgraded by Muse BOT (National Private Company)

10 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) for AH14

7000 6000 5000 4000 2019 (AADT) 3000 2020(AADT) 2000 1000 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May

➢ COVID-19 Case (1) patient found in 23rd March,2020

➢ Only small and Medium size vehicles (Private-Owned, Public –Owned) decreased

➢ Most of the vehicles are running along the road corridors

➢ Although the number of traffic volume decreased, the number of cargo trucks not

decreased significantly, the toll revenues are not severely affected. 11 COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan

Goal 2: Ease the Impact on the Private Sector through Improvement to Investment, Trade and Banking Sectors 2.1 Ease the impact on Private Sectors Action Taken 2.1.3 Tax/Fees Deferral or Waive or reduce toll fees for cargo Toll Fees are reduced by Waiver trucks on major road and bridges 50% in (86) toll collection (Fiscal Stimulus) points across the nation (From June to November) 2.3 Promote Investment 2.3.1 Expedite the Expedite solicitation of Strategic Some projects already listed Solicitation Process to Infrastructure projects in Project Bank Develop Strategic PPP Projects for Entry into the project Bank 2.3.3 Prioritize Ready, Prioritize a ready and high impact On going process High Impact Public public investment pipeline for Investments (Expedite recovery and resilience with a focus Government Spending) on healthcare, key economic infrastructure and other strategic and ready projects listed within the

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