AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP PROJECT : TRANSPORT SECTOR SUPPORT PROGRAMME PHASE 2 : REHABILITATION OF YAOUNDE-BAFOUSSAM- BAMENDA ROAD – DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRAND ZAMBI-KRIBI ROAD – DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAROUA-BOGO-POUSS ROAD COUNTRY : REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON SUMMARY FULL RESETTLEMENT PLAN (FRP) Team Leader J. K. NGUESSAN, Chief Transport Engineer OITC.1 P. MEGNE, Transport Economist OITC.1 P.H. SANON, Socio-Economist ONEC.3 M. KINANE, Environmentalist ONEC.3 S. MBA, Senior Transport Engineer OITC.1 T. DIALLO, Financial Management Expert ORPF.2 C. DJEUFO, Procurement Specialist ORPF.1 Appraisal Team O. Cheick SID, Consultant OITC.1 Sector Director A. OUMAROU OITC Regional Director M. KANGA ORCE Resident CMFO R. KANE Representative Sector Division OITC.1 J.K. KABANGUKA Manager 1 Project Name : Transport Sector Support Programme Phase 2 SAP Code: P-CM-DB0-015 Country : Cameroon Department : OITC Division : OITC-1 1. INTRODUCTION This document is a summary of the Abbreviated Resettlement Plan (ARP) of the Transport Sector Support Programme Phase 2. The ARP was prepared in accordance with AfDB requirements as the project will affect less than 200 people. It is an annex to the Yaounde- Bafoussam-Babadjou road section ESIA summary which was prepared in accordance with AfDB’s and Cameroon’s environmental and social assessment guidelines and procedures for Category 1 projects. 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION, LOCATION AND IMPACT AREA 2.1.1 Location The Yaounde-Bafoussam-Bamenda road covers National Road 4 (RN4) and sections of National Road 1 (RN1) and National Road 6 (RN6) (Figure 1). The section to be rehabilitated is 238 kilometres long. Figure 1: Project Location Source: NCP (2015) 2 2.2 Project Description and Rationale The Yaounde-Bafoussam-Bamenda (RN1-RN4-RN6) road, which was commissioned in the 1980s, is in an advanced state of degradation (except for a few recently paved sections between Yaounde and Ebebda, Tonga and Banganté and Bafoussam-Mbouda-Babadjou). This road accounts for about 11% of accidents and 16% of deaths recorded on Cameroonian roads. By time blocks, 35% of accidents occur between 6.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. The project has a multidimensional importance to Cameroon. The project’s overall objective is to help extend and modernize Cameroon’s road network in order to support economic diversification. The specific project objective is to provide a qualitative and quantitative database that will enable the State of Cameroon to mobilize the financial resources needed for compensation and possible resettlement after identifying and verifying the legitimate owners of property and other developed assets affected by the project. The project cost, which will be financed by the Bank, the World Bank and the State of Cameroon, is estimated at UA 348.93 million, or CFAF 286.495 billion. World Bank financing, which is parallel to the Bank’s financing, will cover the 48-kilometre long Babadjou-Bamenda section. The project consists of the components presented in the table below. Table Project Components Component Name and Amount in UA Million Description ROAD WORKS 1.1. Rehabilitation of the 190-kilometre long degraded Yaounde-Bafoussam interurban section; (212.787) 1.2. Construction of an interchange at the Obala junction; 1.3. Development of the urban sections of the towns crossed by the road (Ombessa, Bafia, Makénéné, Bafoussam and Mbouda) into dual carriageways; 1.4. Building of infrastructure, weighing and load control devices in locations to be determined between Yaounde and Babadjou; 1.5. Routine and periodic maintenance of the Yaounde-Bafoussam road over a ten-year period using the Road Maintenance Management Service by Level (GENIS) method; 1.6. Sensitization on environmental protection and road safety; 1.7. Works control and supervision. RELATED WORKS Rehabilitation and/or building of basic socio-economic infrastructure; (5.352) Support to the specific activities of women’s associations (CPF, multi-purpose platforms, etc.); Rehabilitation of rural roadside markets; Control and supervision of related works. ROAD SECTOR STUDIES Technical assistance to build the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Public Works AND INSTITUTIONAL (MINTP) in road project monitoring and coordination; SUPPORT Technical assistance to the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Finance to evaluate (1.443) and overhaul the road network protection mechanism in view of the transition of Cameroon’s Road Fund to a Second Generation Fund; Detailed engineering study of the bypass of the town of Bafoussam; Detailed engineering studies for the widening of the northern dual carriageway into Yaounde and the north-south dual carriageway into Bafoussam. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Support to the Project Monitoring and Coordination Unit; (1.142) Socio-economic and environmental impact monitoring and evaluation; Project accounting and financial audit; Project technical audit. Source: NCP, July 2015 version. Demography 3 The project area spans three of Cameroon’s ten regions, namely; the Centre (from Yaounde to just before Tonga), West (from Tonga to Babadjou) and North-West (from Santa) Regions. It crosses Mfoundi, Lékié, Mbam-et-Inoubou Divisions in the Centre Region, Ndé, Kung Khi, MiFi and Bamboutos Divisions in the West Region, and Mezam Division in the North-West Region. The Yaounde-Bafoussam-Bamenda road, which crosses some twenty administrative units, serves more than 4 million people spread over almost 50,000 square kilometres with major agricultural basins. The direct impact area comprises buildings and assets found in the road right-of-way which now consists of farms, houses, stores, etc. These socio-economic facilities will experience various disturbances during works implementation. Access to Basic Infrastructure and Social Services The situation of the project impact area in terms of access to basic infrastructure and social services is very worrying, as shown by the following presentation: Drinking Water: access to drinking water remains a problem for the PAPs in Obala. There is an acute shortage of drinking water. Despite the existence of the conventional network of the Cameroon Water Company (CDE), drinking water supply is irregular. The numerous water points developed do not provide good quality water at all times, or function at irregular intervals or completely breakdown, and the population is obliged to fetch water from nearby rivers. Electricity: several types of energy are used by the population along the project road, namely electric power, cooking gas, kerosene, wood, charcoal, etc. In localities without electric power supply, kerosene is used for lighting. Kerosene is also used in urban areas during power outages. In rural areas in general, wood is the only source of energy used for cooking. There is a need to sensitize the population along the road on the use of improved stoves to reduce pressure on wood resources. Education: many schools are located along the project road, posing a serious problem of road safety as school children move to and from these schools. Most of the schools located along the road often lack teaching aids and benches. The densely populated areas along the road have overcrowded classrooms. Health: the existing health centres in most of the rural areas along the road lack technical and operation equipment. Though the hospitals in towns and urban areas (Yaounde, Bafia, Bafoussam and Mbouda) have the required minimum facilities (radiology, theatres, laboratories, etc.), rural health facilities (sub- divisional medical centres, integrated health centres and denominational or secular private health centres) lack or have inadequate equipment. The common diseases enumerated by the population and health workers interviewed are malaria, faecal peril diseases (dysentery, typhoid fever, diarrhoea, etc.), STIs/AIDS, respiratory tract infections and filariasis. There are occasional cases of malnutrition among children and youths. 4 Organization and Management of Local Affairs In addition to administrative organization, there is traditional and customary authority based on social entities defined in space. Socially, the population is organized into chiefdoms which are further divided into sub-chiefdoms, neighbourhoods and/or blocks. Family heads are responsible for land management. Land-related conflicts are generally resolved amicably between family heads. Cases that are not resolved at this level are reported to the village chief or a notable. However, it should be noted that increasingly, land issues are brought before the courts, especially in the West Region. Socio-economic Activities Field investigations helped to establish that the labour force in the villages located along the project road is mainly composed of farmers, backyard flock breeders, artisans and other petty traders. The secondary sector comprises bricklayers, carpenters, drivers, saw millers, mechanics, stone breakers, etc. Like elsewhere, youths (15-35 years old) make up more than 50% of the population of the villages located along the road. Most of the population is engaged in farming which is the main activity carried out using traditional techniques and the main source of household income. The data collected shows that agriculture employs about 70% of the labour force in the villages located along the project road and is the source of livelihood for more than 95% of the total population. The crops cultivated are plantain, cocoyam, groundnuts, beans, cassava, maize, and perennial crops (fruit trees: plum, mango, avocado, orange, grapefruit,