Meeting On Safe and Seamless Transport Connectivity along the

Asian Highway Network

during and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Ministry of Construction

Department of Highways

Presented by - Kyaw Myo Htut

- Director

- Department of Highways

- Ministry of Construction

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

Development

- 1572.80 3585.25 12387.09 7841.66 52566.23 11357.7389310.76

2 Ministry of Livestock,

Fisheries and Rural

Development(2015)

- 705.68 3025.89 11806.63 - 50062.91 - 65601.11

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

4 Ministry of Electricity &

Energy(2015)

92.34 88.50 542.13 97.97 303.15 - 1124.10

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

Total Road Length in Myanmar (in km)

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

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

Remark : Allow According to ASEAN Standard Starting from December, 20154

RouteItinerary

Total

LengthClass I Class II Class III

Below Class

III

No (km) (km) (km) (km) (km)

AH1 Tamu-Mandalay-Meiktila-Yangon-

Bago-1553 368 638 543 4

Payagyi-Thaton-Myawaddy

AH2 Meiktila-Loilim-Kengtung-

Tachileik790 73 21 534 162

AH3 Minelar-Kengtung 88 - - 88 -

AH14 Mandalay-Hsipaw-Muse 449 193 46 210 -

Total 2880 634 705 1375 166

Current Status of ASIAN Highways

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Sr.

No.

Route

names

Length

( Km)

Directly

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

ASIAN Highways

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

Sr Road Segment Length

in km

Remark

1 Tamu-Kyigone-Kalay 131 Being implemented

by Indian Assistance

2 Kalay-Gangaw-Pale- 296 DOH Budget

3 Lingadaw-Chaung

Oo- Mandalay

(Myinge)

171 Upgraded by BOT

(National Private

Company)

4 Mandalay(Myinge)-

Yangon(Highway)-

Payargyi-Thaton-

Eindu

844 Upgraded by BOT

(National Private

Company)

5 Eindu-Kawkareik 66 Currently

implemented by

ADB Loan

6 Kawkareik-Myawady 45 Upgrading

complemented (by

Thailand Assistance)

Total 1553

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

Sr Road Segment Length

in km

Remark

1 Meiktila-Loilem-

Namsang

303 Upgraded by

BOT

(National

Private

Company)

2 Namsang-Kengtung 330 DOH,

Government

Budget

3 Kengtung-Tachileik 157 Upgraded by

BOT

(National

Private

Company)

Total 790

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(3) Minelar –Kengtung (AH3) (88km)

Sr Road Segment Length in

km

Remark

1 Minelar - Kengtung 88 DOH,

Governme

nt Budget

9

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

Sr Road Segment Length in

km

Remark

1 Mandalay-Hsipaw-

Muse

449 Upgraded by

BOT

(National

Private

Company)

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Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) for AH14

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1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

2019 (AADT)

2020(AADT)

➢ 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.

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

Waiver

(Fiscal Stimulus)

Waive or reduce toll fees for cargo

trucks on major road and bridgesToll Fees are reduced by

50% in (86) toll collection

points across the nation

(From June to November)

2.3 Promote Investment

2.3.1 Expedite the

Solicitation Process to

Develop Strategic PPP

Projects for Entry into the

project Bank

Expedite solicitation of Strategic

Infrastructure projectsSome projects already listed

in Project Bank

2.3.3 Prioritize Ready,

High Impact Public

Investments (Expedite

Government Spending)

Prioritize a ready and high impact

public investment pipeline for

recovery and resilience with a focus

on healthcare, key economic

infrastructure and other strategic

and ready projects listed within the

project bank

On going process

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