Provincial Public Expenditure on Roads Western & Uva Province Sri Lanka FINAL REPORT Report Submitted to the World Bank, Colombo Amal S. Kumarage University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka [email protected] 20 th May 2009 Contents 1 Provincial Profile ................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Geographic and Demographic ....................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 Uva Province .......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Socio-economic ............................................................................................................. 1-3 1.2.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 1-3 1.2.2 Uva Province .......................................................................................................... 1-4 1.3 Road Sector Classification & Institutional Arrangement .............................................. 1-5 1.3.1 National Roads ....................................................................................................... 1-6 1.3.2 Provincial Roads .................................................................................................... 1-6 1.3.3 Local Authority Roads: .......................................................................................... 1-7 1.3.4 Roads maintained by other Institutions: ................................................................ 1-7 1.3.5 Roads not maintained by any Institution: .............................................................. 1-7 1.4 Provincial Road Network .............................................................................................. 1-8 1.4.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 1-8 1.4.2 Uva Province ........................................................................................................ 1-12 1.5 Vehicle Fleet & Traffic Levels.................................................................................... 1-16 1.5.1 Western Province ................................................................................................. 1-16 1.5.2 Uva Province ........................................................................................................ 1-17 1.6 Road Transport Regulation and Industry .................................................................... 1-18 1.6.1 Western Province ................................................................................................. 1-18 1.6.2 Uva Province ........................................................................................................ 1-19 2 Organizational Structure of Road Sector Agencies ............................................................. 2-1 2.1 Road Development Authority ....................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Structure and Execution Procedures ...................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Capacity ................................................................................................................. 2-6 2.2 Provincial Road Development Authority-Western Province ........................................ 2-6 2.2.1 Structure and Execution Procedures ...................................................................... 2-6 2.2.2 Capacity ................................................................................................................. 2-8 2.3 Provincial Road Development Department-Uva Province ........................................... 2-8 2.3.1 Structure and Execution Procedures ...................................................................... 2-8 i 2.3.2 Capacity ............................................................................................................... 2-11 2.4 Local Governments ..................................................................................................... 2-12 2.4.1 Structure and Execution Procedures .................................................................... 2-12 2.4.2 Capacity ............................................................................................................... 2-13 3 Sources and Procedures of Funding Roads .......................................................................... 2-1 3.1 National Roads .............................................................................................................. 3-3 3.2 Provincial Roads ........................................................................................................... 3-6 3.2.1 Sources & Procedures of Maintenance Funding .................................................... 3-6 3.2.2 Sources & Procedures of Capital Funding ............................................................. 3-7 3.3 Local Authority Roads ................................................................................................ 3-10 3.3.1 Sources and Procedures of Capital Funding ........................................................ 3-10 3.3.2 Sources and Procedures of Maintenance Funding ............................................... 3-13 4 Capital Expenditure for Roads (2004-2007) ........................................................................ 4-1 4.1 National Roads .............................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 Uva Province .......................................................................................................... 4-3 4.2 Provincial Roads ........................................................................................................... 4-4 4.2.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 4-5 4.2.2 Uva Province .......................................................................................................... 4-7 4.3 Local Authority Roads .................................................................................................. 4-8 4.3.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 4-8 4.3.2 Uva Province ........................................................................................................ 4-12 5 Maintenance Expenditure for Roads (2004-2007) ............................................................... 5-1 5.1 National Roads .............................................................................................................. 5-1 5.1.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1.2 Uva Province .......................................................................................................... 5-2 5.2 Provincial Roads ........................................................................................................... 5-2 5.2.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 5-3 5.2.2 Uva Province .......................................................................................................... 5-4 5.3 Local Authority Roads .................................................................................................. 5-5 5.3.1 Western Province ................................................................................................... 5-5 5.3.2 Uva Province .......................................................................................................... 5-9 6 Analysis of Expenditure ....................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Trends (2004-2007) ....................................................................................................... 6-1 ii 6.2 Analysis of Maintenance Expenditure .......................................................................... 6-3 6.2.1 National Roads ....................................................................................................... 6-3 6.2.2 Provincial Roads .................................................................................................... 6-4 6.2.3 Local Authority Roads ........................................................................................... 6-5 6.3 Analysis of Capital Expenditure ................................................................................... 6-6 6.3.1 National Roads ....................................................................................................... 6-6 6.3.2 Provincial Roads .................................................................................................... 6-6 6.3.3 Local Authority Road ............................................................................................ 6-7 iii List of Tables Table 1-1: Geographic and Demographic Details of Western Province___________________ 1-2 Table 1-2: Geographic and Demographic Details of Uva Province ______________________ 1-3 Table 1-3: Socio-economic Details of Western Province