"Constructing an Inter-Municipality All-Weather Road Linking Two Municipal Towns"

  The Project Time Frame (Gantt Chart) 12 References 13 PART ONE: THE BUSINESS CASE The Project Overview This project is about constructing an inter-municipality all-weather road linking two municipal towns A and B. For that reason, the project shall be referred to as the A-B Inter-Municipality All-Weather Road Project. In other words, the all-weather road shall act as a connecting point between the two municipalities. For the longest time, towns A and B have been served by the poorest of road networks in the entire country. This has been a source of impediment to the economic development of these areas. As a result, therefore, the people living in these areas have always been left behind by their counterparts from other municipalities in terms of overall development. In view of this reason, the municipal town governments have combined their efforts and resources to ensure a proper road network does exist between them. This partnership is aimed at improving the economic development of the local residents in various respects. The approximate distance to be covered by the road shall be 25km. After the completion of the project, the management and control of the road in future shall remain a preserve of the municipal governments of the two municipalities. On completion, the A-B Road is expected to provide quite a number of benefits to not only the two municipalities, but also to the entire country. Some of these expected benefits include: 1) Provision of an all-year-round transportation link between town A and B. This will ensure quick and timely delivery of goods and services to the respective markets for both the residents of town A and town B. 2) Encourage the sharing of cultural, social, economic and recreational activities among communities living in the two municipalities 3) Reduction of the cost of offering services to the local residents both by the national government as well as the two municipal governments involved 4) Boosting of tourism since tourists will no longer have problems accessing the area. They will feel freer travelling both within and out of the two municipalities. As a result, therefore, the national government’s GDP will be expected to increase, hence a benefit to the national government too. 5) Reduction in the cost of living for the local residents. This will be attributed to the extreme savings they are bound to make by using the new A-B Road. 6) Though for the short-term, the A-B Inter-Municipality All-Weather Road Project will provide jobs for the local residents. However small the project might be, a certain percentage of people shall seek employment in the project during its running. Other employment opportunities would come from the maintenance of this road. The construction of the A-B Road will be funded partly by the national government, though the biggest portion of the project shall be propelled by the municipal town governments of the two municipalities A and B. The project shall be subdivided into 10 main tasks as outlined below. This subdivision of tasks will be essential in ensuring that each project phase is exhaustively handled. They are: 1. Project Familiarization 2. An initial survey (Documenting the conditions at hand) 3. Understanding Traffic Information 4. Final Conceptual Design 5. Quarter Improvement of Design and Submission 6. Three-Quarter of the Design Submission 7. Full Actual Design Submission 8. The Bidding Process 9. The Construction Stage 10. Engagement with the public Scope Statement Project Objective To construct a 25 km inter-municipality all-weather road between town A and town B in a span of five months at a cost of not more than $1 million. Project Deliverables A 25 km all-weather road spanning between town A and town B Proper pavements that are equally all-weather Adherence to respective agency requirements Environmental adherence permits and documentation Road design documents Project Timelines 1. Project Familiarization – by April 3 2. An initial survey (Documenting the conditions at hand) – by April 9