The World Bank. South Sudan Rural Roads Project (SSRRP) (P129000) Key Dates. Project Development Objectives. Components.

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized AFRICA South Sudan Transport & ICT Global Practice Special Financing Emergency Recovery Loan FY 2012 Seq No: 8 ARCHIVED on 28-Jun-2016 ISR23648 Implementing Agencies: Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:26-Apr-2012 Planned Mid Term Review Date:15-Sep-2014 Original Closing Date:30-Jun-2016 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:01-Aug-2012 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:05-Nov-2014 Revised Closing Date:31-Oct-2016 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To enhance all season road connectivity to agricultural services for rural communities in high agricultural potential areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component 1: Upgrading and Rehabilitation of Selected Rural Roads:(Cost $22.71 M) Public Disclosure Authorized Component 2: Maintenance and Spot Improvement of Selected Rural Roads:(Cost $11.90 M) Component 3: Institutional Development for Rural Infrastructure Management:(Cost $3.39 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions 6/28/2016 Page 1 of 10

2 Overview: This ISR is prepared based on the findings of the implementation support mission conducted from March 30 - April 7, The project activities include the rehabilitation of about 150km of roads, maintenance and spot improvement of about 300km of roads and institutional development for rural infrastructure management. There is still an on-going insecurity in Mundri and Maridi counties which has directly impacted on the progress of activities on the Amadi-Tali and Maridi-Kozi road works. These are localized conflicts between the nomadic cattle keepers and local agricultural communities of the respective counties becoming severe to the extent that these disturbances have resulted to random surprise attacks on commuters and the military, even though not directly happening on the project roads. As a precautionary measure, the contractor for the Amadi-Tali rehabilitation contract was able to mobilize security to the site and managed to continue with the works accessing the site through an alternative route through Terekeka to Tali. Meanwhile the contractors on the Maridi-Kozi (Lots 1&2) road maintenance contracts have been working despite continued disruption along the road to the project site and the works are near completion. Disbursements. As of June 7, 2016, US$ million has been disbursed since project effectiveness on August 1, This represents about 86.7% of the project allocation. The project has already committed US$37.8 million (99.47%) of the Grant in signed contracts that are under implementation. Status of Results. A summary overview of implementation of the three components is provided below. Component 1 Upgrading and Rehabilitation of Selected Rural Roads (150km): Three (3) roads were proposed for rehabilitation and include Lot 1 Magwi-Lobone (89km), Lot 2 Amadi-Tali (65km) and Lot 3 Tali-Yirol (Awerial) (55km). The rehabilitation contract for Magwi-Lobone has been completed and Amadi-Tali is in progress and close to completion. As of March 31, 2016, a total of 161 km of road length has been completed to gravel wearing course. The Tali- Yirol (Awerial) road has been dropped by the government due to shortage of funds. The average travel time on the Magwi-Lobone road has reduced from 3 hours in 2012 to 1 hour in March The rehabilitation contracts have provided employment opportunities to about 205 people. The supervision contract for the rehabilitation works is in place. The MTRB/PMT amended the contract for the Supervision Consultant to include the supervision of the Yei-New Lasu road maintenance works and dropped the procurement of the of the supervision services for the maintenance works. Component 2 Maintenance and Spot Improvement of Selected Rural Roads (300km): This component comprises roads proposed under Labor-based and mechanized maintenance. Four (4) roads under labor-based maintenance are Morobo-Panyume, Panyume-Yaribe, Yaribe-Gimunu and Panyume- Kanchu-Limbe. All 110km of the labor-based maintenance works have been completed by local contractors trained by the MTRB. The supervision services for these contracts were provided by Individual Consultants (ICs) hired by the PMT. There were three (3) roads proposed for mechanized maintenance and include Yei-New Lasu, Rasolo-Maridi and Mardi-Kozi. The works are in progress with 107km of road length has been completed. The maintenance contracts have provided employment opportunities to about 396 people. The government decided to drop the Rasolo-Maridi road during the Mid Term Review (MTR) due to its heavy deterioration and thick forest cover. This road was replaced by an existing high priority road section that serves as direct access from Magwi-Lobone road to the main Juba-Nimule road the only paved national road in South Sudan. Maintenance of this section Magwi-Aru junction (55km) was included in the additional works awarded to the contract for Magwi-Lobone road under ongoing supervision arrangement. As of March , the Magwi-Aru road was completed. Component 3 Institutional Development for Rural Infrastructure Management: A procurement and contract management training of two-week duration was conducted in August 2014 as a continuation from the training on procurement in April It was attended by 51 participants from the MRB and State Ministries of Physical Infrastructure (SMoPI) among which 43 are males and 8 are females. On-the-job training on procurement and contract management for five (5) MRB staff is ongoing. A staff is currently undergoing an advanced certificate training in M&E. TAs who have been recruited under safeguards management, financial management, procurement, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) continue to support the project. Financial Management: The Bank's last Financial Management (FM) supervision mission was conducted on March 10, 2015 and assessed the adequacy of the FM system of the project. The Financial Management System was assessed to be adequate for the level of the project activities. The next supervision mission has been planned for mid-april The External Audit for the year ended 30 June 2015 was completed and the report was been shared with the Bank in late December The project received an unqualified audit opinion. Procurement: The mission team reviewed the status of ongoing works contracts and noted that most of the contracts are either winding up or got completed. No new procurement activities except for the technical Assistance with UNOPS for studies on road fund, development of transport sector business plan and preparation of the road sector development program which being finalized by end of June The supervision consulting firm is demobilizing except with essentials staff to ensure the smooth completion of the remaining works. The Post procurement Review (PPR) was conducted in June and generally no adverse deficiencies noted in all the contracts reviewed. Final PPR report when completed will shared with team. The overall procurement performance was assessed and rated as Satisfactory. The risk rating however for the project remain rated as high considering the country environment. Environmental and Social Safeguards The final ESIA and ESMP was cleared by the Bank on March 11, 2014 and publicly disclosed in South Sudan on March 21, 2014 and in the Bank Info shop on March 24, There have been no major environmental or social safeguards issues identified under the project, though there are some issues that were raised during the mission. Mines: Mines. The mission was informed about the presence of mines and discovery of Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) along the Magwi-Lobone and Amadi-Tali roads. The landmines and UXOs were discovered on bridge sites and have delayed work progress as the demining agency takes up to three month to clear mines on one bridge location. Environmental issues: Environmental social management plans have been prepared for the various projects by the safeguards officers who have been hired and inducted in handling environmental and safeguards issues on the road works for all rehabilitation contracts, labour based works and the Yei New Lasu maintenance contract. The Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and special specifications conditions are being used as environmental supervision guide for monitoring compliance by the contractors. The aspects monitored include: (a) Impacts on water resources, noise and dust generation and air quality, waste generation like yard site wastes, borrow pit management that is, operation and reinstatement after exhaustion, loss of vegetation like trees, and occupational health and safety, road safety issues. Some exhausted borrow pit sites were partially reinstated on the Magwi Lobone; (b) road safety interventions sensitive and appropriate location of both temporary and permanent work place signs; (c) tidiness and safety at the worksites, use of safety equipment (PPE) and occupational safety; (d) presence of first aid kits and dispensary for workers; 6/28/2016 Page 2 of 10

3 (e) adequate protection of water sources; the Bank team was informed that there have been no cases of water contamination on the project sites in rivers or streams; (f) Tree planting;1,000 trees have been replanted under the management of the community member and supervised by the Contractor on Magwi Lobone road, and will be handed over at the end of defects liability period. 500 trees are being replanted along the Yei-New Lasu and 100 trees along the Amadi-Tali road. The project is being implemented in accordance with the ESMP and no major environmental issues have arisen to date. Key issues raised during the mission include: (a) Borrow pit management goes well in all sections and those in areas where works have been completed are being reinstated; (b) Tree planting program, which is ambitious and important, is underway and is expected to gear up further in the coming months when the rainy seasons starts. It is important for the project to ensure that the tree planting schemes are fully followed through with by the contractors; (c) Road Safety is a key issue for continued attention, particularly during the construction phase, with signage being improved, particularly for culverts and other diversion points. Social Issues: (i) HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns have been done for Magwi-Lobone and planned for Amadi-Tali and Maridi Kozi but due to insecurity the Bank team was informed that all works have been put on hold; (ii) there were new cultural significant sites identified on Amadi Tali road with sacred tree shrine within the borrow pit at Km (RHS). Cultural rites were performed and the symbolic graves located at Agymitala at km 33 were relocated; (iii) Community social Mitigation plans have been prepared and so far based on community consultation meetings on their needs, the Magwi-Lobone road project has fifteen (15) agricultural extension officers trained (iv) community cooperative warehouses have been completed and handed over to facilitate food security among the farmers groups; and (v) the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan has trained and organized farmers to increase their organization in cooperatives groups formation so as to improve marketing ability and status of the farmers by linking up with bulk buyers like agents/suppliers of WFP (World Food Programme). On the Yei-New Lasu road project, outcome of the consultation meetings noted that the community need was Model Market at Mitika and renovation of Youth/community resource centre. The devaluation of the South Sudanese currency affected the renovation of these facilities; (vi) Grievance redress mechanism (GRM) has been established on Magwi-Lobone and is functional. GRM establishment for the remaining roads projects has been completed to facilitate cordial relationship between Community along the roads and the contractors as linked by a liaison officer especially for the Yei-New Lasu and Amadi Tali. On the Yei Lasu road, roads committee informally operational has been tasked to handle road construction related issues and concerns between the community and the contractor after getting formal induction training. For Maridi Kozi project liaison officer has been appointed to mediate between the Contractors and the community. Monitoring and Evaluation: Four (4) senior staff of the MTRB and the South Sudan Roads Authority (SSRA) attended a Senior Roads Executives Training Program organized by the University of Birmingham in June 2015 as part of the capacity building of senior staff directly involved in road sector planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation. The mission was informed that the project continues to monitor the activities on contractors at site. Furthermore, as part of the M&E development the PMT continues to provide (i) Quarterly reports that includes updating the results framework indicators and Financial Progress summaries; (ii) data collection tools have been developed for the project; (iv) the M&E framework plan has been developed and presented to PMT staff during the training conducted on September 25, The PMT has finalized an M&E manual for the rural road project to simplify the monitoring work for the project staff. The Project Implementation Manual (PIM) has been updated as well as the projects results framework focusing on both ongoing activities as well as restructuring of the project. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- High High 6/28/2016 Page 3 of 10

4 Sector Strategies and Policies -- High High Technical Design of Project or Program -- High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Substantial Substantial Fiduciary -- High High Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other Overall -- High High Results Project Development Objective Indicators Roads in good and fair condition as a share of total classified roads (Percentage, Core) Value Size of the total classified network (Kilometers, Core Supplement) Value Share of rural population with access to an all-season road (Percentage, Core) Value /28/2016 Page 4 of 10

5 Number of rural people with access to an all-season road (Number, Core Supplement) Value Reduction of travel time on roads targeted by the project (Minutes, Custom) Value Number of agricultural production centers connected to all season roads (Number, Custom) Value Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Value Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) 6/28/2016 Page 5 of 10

6 Value Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Strategy for road maintenance financing adopted (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y Employment generated under spot improvement and maintenance contracts (Number, Custom) Value Roads improved, rural roads (Kilometers, Custom) Value /28/2016 Page 6 of 10

7 Roads rehabilitated, Rural (Kilometers, Core) Value Travel time on Magwi-Labone road (Hours, Custom) Value Employment generated under rehabilitation contracts (Number, Custom) Value Travel time on Yei-New Lasu road (Hours, Custom) Value /28/2016 Page 7 of 10

8 Business plan for rural roads development prepared. (Number, Custom) Value Date Apr Apr Jun-2017 Staff from states trained (Number, Custom) Value Staff from Ministry of Roads and Bridges trained (Number, Custom) Value Road Sector Development Program prepared (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance 6/28/2016 Page 8 of 10

9 Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P TF Effective USD % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P TF Effective 18-May May Aug Jun Oct-2016 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 30-May-2016 Related Project(s) P South Sudan Rural Road Project - First Additional Finance 6/28/2016 Page 9 of 10

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