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Implementation and management of the Airport project, on the basis of agreement between the Ministry of Petroleum and Ministry of Transport and Communication, starting from 2015 the
project is transferred to the Ministry of Transport and Communication. To ensure the project implementation in 2015, a total budget of 13.0 million is required. The remaining projects were
under procurement stage and works may commence in 2015 and will require 2.0 million while 0.2 million has been allocated for the design of Water Supply in Dato Rua and DatoTolu in
2015. Of the total initial budget allocation, due to low execution of the program, CAFI approved a
reduction of 24.5 million and transferred to other IF programs in need of funds. Therefore, 0f the remaining budget of 21.8 million, 21.7 million has been disbursed by December 2014.
In summary, the Tasi Mane projects in 2015 require 35.1 million.
4.2.15. Roads Program
The road development strategy aims to support this program and provide good connectivity in terms of transport between districts and various centers of economic activities by ensuring the
existence of roads resistant to weather conditions that ensure the connection to the currently isolated areas and to improve accessibility between rural areas and major cities of the country.
Reliable roads which are in good condition are essential to economic growth, social cohesion and national security, where the high priority given by the government to road investment,
justifying the high amounts allocated to road projects in the Infrastructure Fund budget. Road transportation dominates the supply of facilities for the movement of goods and people in
Timor-Leste and recent traffic surveys indicate strong growth in traffic volumes of over 15 for motorcycles and over 10 for total motorized traffic in recent years. However, the condition of
the road network had deteriorated severely over the decade up to 2011 when the Infrastructure Fund was established leading to slow travel speeds, high transport costs and long travel times.
The impact of which has been higher prices of delivered goods and services and constraints on development, particularly in the regions.
The initial IF budget was 49.9 million for the implementation of 55 projects in 2014 and the budget was increased to 58.6 million. This excludes the additional funding of 26.0 million
available from external loans. In 2015, a budget for roads has been allocated in the amount of 54.8 million, including 29.0
million in GoTL counterpart funding for the four loans funded projects plus 70 million from external loans. However, this allocated budget was later reduced by 10.0 million during the
budget rectification in March 2015 that was taken from various projects within the road program including the government counterpart funding for projects that were still in their procurement
stages. Therefore, the final budget allocation for road program in 2015 was reset to 44.8 million.
