The program is funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US government foreign aid agency which was created to help fight against global poverty. The MCC is working with the Government of Nepal to support the transport sector on both infrastructure activities and activities related to policy, legal regulatory and institutional reform.

The key aims of the MCC in Nepal are to provide investment in:

1. Improving road maintenance (road condition and safety)
2. Reducing trucking association related costs
3. Reducing border friction and cross border trade inefficiencies.

Nepal’s geography and weather conditions make road improvements challenging. The mountainous terrain, monsoon affected climate and seismic risk means that bridges, structures and geotechnical solutions are crucial. Rendel’s work will be focused on the improvements to rural and feeder roads, geotechnical solutions for the extensive areas of landslide and other geotechnical defects as well as on giving institutional advices to the Government of Nepal.

Rendel is acting as a sub-consultant to IMC Worldwide providing expertise in MIS, road maintenance and geotechnics.

The project started in July 2016 and is due for completion in 2019.

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