Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized I. Basic Information Date prepared/updated: 05/09/2011 1. Basic Project Data Original Project ID: P092837 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: AC5807 Original Project Name: UGANDA TRANSPORT SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Country: Uganda Project ID: P121097 Project Name: Uganda Transport Sector Project - Additional Financing Task Team Leader: Labite Victorio Ocaya Estimated Appraisal Date: March 18, 2011 Estimated Board Date: June 16, 2011 Managing Unit: AFTTR Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Roads and highways (89%);Public administration- Transportation (11%) Theme: Rural services and infrastructure (45%);Other urban development (37%);Infrastructure services for private sector development (14%);Export development and competitiveness (4%) IBRD Amount (US$m.): 0.00 IDA Amount (US$m.): 75.00 GEF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0.00 Other financing amounts by source: BORROWER/RECIPIENT 0.00 0.00 Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment Repeater [] Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies) [ ] No [] 2. Project Objectives The project s development objective is to improve the connectivity and efficiency of the transport sector through: (i) improved condition of national road network, (ii) improved capacity for road safety management; and (iii) improved transport sector and national road management. The initial Project Development Objective remains relevant and there are no changes to it under the Additional Financing (AF). 3. Project Description The TSDP and the proposed AF are intended to support a five and half year time slice (July 2010 to January 2016) of Uganda s Road Sector Development Program. It consists of five components: (a) Upgrading of 160 km of gravel roads to paved standard (Gulu- Atiak; Vurra-Arua-Oraba and Kamwenge-Fort Portal roads). (b) Improve road safety through the creation of a Road Safety Authority and the establishment of a crash data base. (c) Preparation of Kampala Urban Transport Project inclusive of preparation of
bidding documents for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) infrastructure, procurement of bus operators and fare collector services and legislation for establishment of a Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (MATA; (d) Strengthen Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) through the provision of TA, the financing of studies, the provision of training and equipment, and the financing of project related operating costs. (e) Strengthen Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) through the provision of TA, the financing of studies, the provision of training and equipment, and the financing of project related operating costs. The proposed additional Credit would help finance: (i) the paving works and the associated supervision services of the Kamwenge-Fort Portal road (length 66 kilometers) and (ii) technical assistance for strengthening the internal audit functions of the Uganda National Roads Authority for technical audits of road projects. The activities to be funded out of the additional financing will require an extension to the credit closing date by about 19 months from June 30, 2014 to a revised date of January 31, 2016. 4. Project Location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis The Kamwenge-Fort Portal Road (length 66 kilometers) being financed under the additional financing forms part of the national road Nyakahita-Kazo-Ibanda-Kamwenge- Fort Portal road (length 209 kilometers). This road connects western Uganda to the Northern Corridor and the Trans African Highway and has a traffic volume of 574 vehicles per day (1569, inclusive of motor cycles). Composition of the traffic is mainly light vehicles, with medium to heavy vehicles forming 15 percent of the traffic.. It passes through a rural area of high agricultural potential for production of food, cash crops and farm animals, except for the 13.3 km section that crosses Kibale Forest National Park, a tropical high forest that is a habitat to a habituated population of chimpanzee and several other primate species. The road will be upgraded from gravel to a paved (bituminous) standard with a 6.0 m wide carriageway and sealed 1.5 m wide shoulders except for the 13.3 km long section that passes through the Kibale Forest National Park where the total width including carriageway, shoulder and drainage infrastructure will be limited to remain within the existing (narrower) footprint of the existing road. Traffic signs and speed control measures (speed humps) will be installed as well. Physical works will include local sourcing of construction material (gravel, rock, murram), earth works, reinstatement of abandoned murram borrow pits (that will no longer be needed to maintain a paved road), establishment of workers camps and machinery maintenance yards, clearing and reinstating vegetation, establishment and reinstatement of diversions, installation and upgrade of culverts and roadside drainage ditches, etc. Except limited earth works and improvements to road drainage, the above activities will be excluded from the Kibale Forest National Park section of the road. The widening and re-alignment of the roads will also result into land taking. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Mr Martin Fodor (AFTEN)
Ms Mary C.K. Bitekerezo (AFTCS) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered No Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) Forests (OP/BP 4.36) Pest Management (OP 4.09) Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11) Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10) Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37) Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP 7.50) Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP 7.60) II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: The key safeguards issues stem from potential impacts associated with physical works and sourcing of construction materials necessary for upgrading the target road from murram surface to paved (bituminous) surface, operation of temporary workers camps, land taking, and road safety issues associated with increased travel speed and traffic volume. The physical works include earth works, widening of the roads according to the national standard, improvements to road drainage infrastructure, operation of road construction machinery, establishment of temporary workers camps, diversions and traffic disruptions during road construction, opening and rehabilitation of borrow pits and quarries, removal and reinstatement of vegetation. For the 13.3 km section of the road passing through the Kibale Forest National Park, the key issue is associated with avoidance of potential adverse impacts of road upgrading on the forest and its population of chimpanzees and other species. Social safeguards issues are associated with land taking in semi urban and agricultural dependent areas as a result of widening and re-alignment of the roads. Other social interferences stem from the establishment of temporary road workers camps. Based on the EIA and RAP and the mitigation measures prescribed therein, the potential adverse impacts are not anticipated to be large scale or irreversible. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: Project area is forecasted to increase traffic 15% annually. Potential indirect and long term impacts are those associated with rural development in the project area # partly induced by improvement of the road, and road safety issues which are chronic in Uganda (on average, 10 people die and 40 people are injured daily on Uganda#s roads).
3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. For the entire section of the project road, regravelling the existing road with murram was considered but rejected due to the need for frequent and costly maintenance. For the Kibale Forest National Park (KFNP) section of the road, additional alternatives were evaluated. These included: (a) Upgrade to Class II Bitument Standard (including upgrade of surface, width and speed parameters). This alternative was rejected as such an upgrade would entail widening of the road and selective removal of roadside trees or vegetation considered an important part of a known chimpanzee habitat. (b) No upgrade of the KFNP section except regravelling with murram. This alternative was rejected due to need for frequent (every 15 months) regravelling, and frequency of buses and other vehicles getting stuck within the park during the wet season, with corresponding damage to vegetation during efforts to unstuck vehicles, exposure of wildlife to travelers and littering in the park during the unstuck efforts. (c) Upgrade using concrete pavers and labor-intensive construction methods. This alternative was considered and rejected due to high noise from traffic over concrete pavers, risks to wildlife from a large labor force in the park during road construction, and risks of damage to pavers from overloaded trucks. (d) Upgrade the road surface to bitumen while confining the upgrade works to the footprint of the existing murram road, limit travel speed to 40 km/hr recommended by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), through installation of speed humps, and prohibit activities with potential adverse impacts, including workers camps, borrow pits, vegetation clearance, material disposal, traffic diversions, and heavy vehicle turning in the park. This alternative was selected as it combines advantages of a bitumen road surface with avoidance of potential impacts associated with road widening or travel speed increase. 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. (a) The Borrower prepared and disclosed in-country and at the InfoShop, the Environmental Assessments and Resettlement Action Plans for the proposed 66 km road upgrade, updating and refining the due diligence documentation prepared for the entire 209 km road between Nyakahita and Fort Portal. In addition to drawing on the broad consultation with stakeholders, the Borrower carried out a targeted consultation with conservation NGOs, UWA, Makerere University Biological Field Station in Kibale Forest, and the local community development foundation with respect to the upgrade of the road through the Kibale Forest National Park. To assess potential impacts on physical cultural resources, the Borrower carried out an archaeological survey along the road corridor.
(b) The implementing agency --Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) -- has permanent environmental and social staff experienced with implementing World Bank projects. UNRA will retain consultants for the implementation of the RAPs while maintaining its responsibility to monitor the progress and report to IDA quarterly. In addition, UNRA committed to work closely with UWA and conservation stakeholders (e.g. the Makerere University Field Station) to oversee the road upgrade through the national park and monitor its impacts. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. The key stakeholders in this project are: Uganda National Roads Agency (UNRA), Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT), Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the local governments and communities benefiting from the target road, and conservation community. Consultations with stakeholders were carried out through face to face meetings in the project area during the preparation of the relevant safeguard policy instruments, i.e. EIAs and RAPs, and will continue throughout their implementation. In addition, targeted consultation with conservation stakeholders were carried out during the EIA update regarding the Kibale Forest National Park section of the road. Safeguards instruments were disclosed following standard procedures in Uganda (in the capital city, in the project area, and through public media). B. Disclosure Requirements Date Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other: Date of receipt by the Bank 02/07/2011 Date of "in-country" disclosure 02/15/2011 Date of submission to InfoShop 02/09/2011 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process: Date of receipt by the Bank 02/01/2011 Date of "in-country" disclosure 02/15/2011 Date of submission to InfoShop 02/09/2011 Indigenous Peoples Plan/Planning Framework: Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop Pest Management Plan: Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop
* If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources, the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/Audit/or EMP. If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level (to be filled in when the ISDS is finalized by the project decision meeting) OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report? If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Sector Manager (SM) review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the credit/loan? OP/BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats Would the project result in any significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats? If the project would result in significant conversion or degradation of other (non-critical) natural habitats, does the project include mitigation measures acceptable to the Bank? OP/BP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources Does the EA include adequate measures related to cultural property? Does the credit/loan incorporate mechanisms to mitigate the potential adverse impacts on cultural property? OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/process framework (as appropriate) been prepared? If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Sector Manager review the plan? OP/BP 4.36 - Forests Has the sector-wide analysis of policy and institutional issues and constraints been carried out? Does the project design include satisfactory measures to overcome these constraints? Does the project finance commercial harvesting, and if so, does it include provisions for certification system? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank s Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? All Safeguard Policies No
Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? D. Approvals Signed and submitted by: Name Date Task Team Leader: Mr Labite Victorio Ocaya 05/03/2011 Environmental Specialist: Mr Martin Fodor 05/03/2011 Social Development Specialist Ms Mary C.K. Bitekerezo 05/03/2011 Additional Environmental and/or Social Development Specialist(s): Approved by: Regional Safeguards Coordinator: Ms Alexandra C. Bezeredi 05/05/2011 Comments: Sector Manager: Ms Supee Teravaninthorn 05/05/2011 Comments: