Mandate and Function

Mandate

The mandate of the State Department for Roads is to oversee development, rehabilitation, maintenance and overall management of the public road network in the country. It also includes the provision of technical advice to other Government Ministries and Agencies as well as the general public on road related issues. 

The State Department is responsible for the formulation, review and implementation of the Road policy that includes management, development and maintenance of the Road network. These policies include; Corridor management (protection of reserves and axle load control) development and maintenance, standards (geometric and pavement designs), Guidelines (Risk management, traffic toolkit, feasibility studies, contract management, etc). It is responsible for national roads development policy, the development, standardization and maintenance of national road infrastructure, materials, testing and advice on the usage, protection of road reserves and maintenance of security roads

Functions