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Who We Are

The National Road Fund mobilizes and administers financing for road and bridge maintenance across Liberia, under the National Road Fund Act of 2016.

Mission

Our mission

To ensure the financing of roads and bridges maintenance and its directly associated programming, planning, and management activities.

Vision

Our vision

To ensure the quality of Liberia's roads and bridges assets through regular program maintenance that improves safety through the utilization of climate-resilient technologies, while securing and effectively managing funds for national, sub-national, and feeder roads, bridges, and associated planning and programs.

Background

Establishment & the NRFO

On December 12, 2016, the National Road Fund Act was enacted and published on January 26, 2017.

The National Road Fund Office (NRFO) is located between 9th and 10th Street, Payne Avenue, Sinkor, Monrovia. The NRFO is responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the National Road Fund and is headed by the National Road Fund Manager, Republic of Liberia.

Purposes

Purposes of the National Road Fund

  1. A National Road Fund for the purpose of financing road and bridge maintenance works and directly associated planning, programming, and management activities.
  2. The governance and oversight of the Road Fund, including the approval of the Annual Road Maintenance Expenditure Program submitted by agencies authorized to undertake road and bridge works in Liberia.
  3. An administrative structure capable of undertaking the core functions associated with collecting, managing, and disbursing funds to and on behalf of agencies authorized to undertake road and bridge works in Liberia.

Objectives

Objectives

  1. To ensure that road assets are sustained and that sufficient funds for both periodic and routine maintenance are allocated for this purpose.
  2. To ensure that each of the categories of national, sub-national, and feeder roads have a sufficient share of the total budget such that these roads can operate as an integrated network.
  3. To defray the costs of loans approved by Government to extend the length of maintainable roads.
  4. To ensure that the needs of road users and those impacted by roads are considered in terms of safety, security, and environment.

Programs & financing

How NRF resources are used

National Road Fund monies collected are exclusively devoted to periodic and routine maintenance of roads, bridges, and directly associated facilities throughout the Republic of Liberia. Emergency works are limited to a maximum of 7% of annual expenditures on road maintenance by the Fund. Rehabilitation and improvement works—including paving of roads—are limited to a maximum of 40% of annual revenue, only through servicing of long-term loans for improvement of strategic roads. The road maintenance program is managed by the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) / Infrastructure Implementation Unit (IIU). In 2016, the Government introduced a fuel levy of 25 cents per gallon to resource the NRF. The National Budget Law for FY2018/2019 factored 30 cents per gallon of fuel. The Government of Liberia, through the National Road Fund Office and the Infrastructure Implementation Unit at MPW, collaborates with partners including the World Bank, Millennium Challenge Account Liberia, Millennium Challenge Corporation, African Development Bank, GIZ, the Swedish Government, and the European Union in implementing the Annual Road Maintenance Expenditure Program throughout Liberia.

Collaboration

Partners & collaborators