ABSTRACT
According to the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RDTL), Timor-Leste has a relatively dense road network, with a total estimated length of 6,036 km. It includes 1,426 km of national roads, 869 km of district roads, 716 km of urban roads, and 3,025 km of unpaved rural roads. Overall, the road network is in a bad condition. A recently completed study funded by the European Commission surveyed 730 km of rural roads accessible by vehicle and found about 69% of these to be in a bad or very bad condition. It is, therefore, estimated that 90% of the total rural roads
network is in a bad or very bad condition. National and district roads are also in a poor condition.
