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Ankara-Nigde Motorway Project Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Study Non-Technical Summary (NTS) ERG Otoyol Yatırım ve Isletme A.S. April 2018 Ankara-Nigde Motorway Project Quality information Prepared by Checked by Verified by Approved by AECOM AECOM Burcu Yazgan Kayabali, Dr. Hande Yukseler ESIA and ESDD Section Environment End Market Manager (EM) Director Turkey Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position 01 30.04.2018 Final Draft 30.04.2018 Dr. Hande Environment EM Yukseler Director Turkey Distribution List # Hard Copies PDF Required Association / Company Name 0 1 Project Company, Lenders Prepared for: ERG Otoyol Yatırım ve Isletme A.S. AECOM 2 Ankara-Nigde Motorway Project Prepared for: ERG Otoyol Yatırım ve Isletme A.S. Prepared by: Aecom Turkey Danışmanlık ve Mühendislik Ltd. 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Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 What is the Ankara-Nigde Motorway Project? .................................................................................. 7 1.2 Who is developing the Project .......................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Where is the Project located and how the land required for the Project will be acquired? ................ 7 2. Project Background...................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Why is the Project needed? .............................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Which standards apply to the Project? ............................................................................................. 8 2.3 What has been done according to the Turkish EIA Regulation? ....................................................... 8 2.4 What is the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Process? ................................... 8 2.5 Who has undertaken the ESIA Process? .......................................................................................... 9 2.6 What are the key limitations and uncertainties of the ESIA studies? ................................................ 9 2.7 What alternatives were considered? ............................................................................................... 10 2.8 What permits and licenses are required for the Project implementation? ....................................... 10 3. Project Description ..................................................................................................................................... 11 3.1 What are the main components of the ANM Project? ..................................................................... 11 3.2 What are the temporary construction facilities? .............................................................................. 12 3.3 What are main Project activities? ................................................................................................... 12 3.4 What is the construction workforce needed for Project implementation?........................................ 13 3.5 What is the Project implementation program? ................................................................................ 13 4. Stakeholder Engagement .......................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Who takes an interest in the ANM Project? .................................................................................... 14 4.2 Which engagement activities have been undertaken? ................................................................... 14 4.3 What are the planned stakeholder engagement activities? ............................................................ 14 4.4 How to participate in the Stakeholder Engagement Process? ........................................................ 15 5. Potential Environmental and Social Impacts & Mitigation .......................................................................... 16 5.1 What methodology is applied to the impact assessment? .............................................................. 16 5.2 How will the Project impact land use and soils along the Motorway Route and how this will be managed? .................................................................................................................................. 16 5.3 Which geological-geotechnical studies have been conducted for the Project and how geotechnical risks and structural safety will be managed in the Project? ....................................... 16 5.4 What will be the noise impact of the Project and how this will be managed? ................................. 17 5.5 What is the vibration impact of the Project and how this will be managed? .................................... 17 5.6 Will the Project have impact on air quality and how this will be managed? .................................... 18 5.7 How much the Project will contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? ................................. 18 5.8 What will be Project’s potential impact on water resources and how this will be managed? .......... 19 5.9 How will hazardous and non-hazardous waste be managed? ........................................................ 20 5.10 Are there any protected areas along the Motorway Route? ............................................................ 21 5.11 What are the potential impacts on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity features? ............................ 21 5.12 How is the landscape character defined along the Motorway Route and what are the landscape and visual impacts of the ANM Project? ........................................................................ 22 5.13 What are Project’s potential impacts on cultural heritage and how will these be managed? .......... 23 5.14 What impacts will there be on socio-economic features? ............................................................... 24 5.15 What are the labor management strategies? .................................................................................. 25 5.16 What are the Project-related occupational health and safety risks? ............................................... 25 5.17 What are Project-related community health and safety risks? ........................................................ 26 5.18 What are potential cumulative impacts? ......................................................................................... 27 6. Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) .......................................................................... 28 6.1 How is the ESMS structured? ......................................................................................................... 28 6.2 What are the management plans to be implemented? ................................................................... 28 6.3 How will Project Company meet its commitments through the Project ESIA and ESMS? .............. 29 6.4 What will the Project Company do in case of an emergency? ........................................................ 29 6.5 How can stakeholders be involved and relay comments or complaints about the Project? ............ 29 Prepared for: ERG Otoyol Yatırım ve Isletme A.S. AECOM 4 Ankara-Nigde Motorway Project 1. Introduction The Ankara-Nigde Motorway (hereafter referred to as the ANM or ANM Project) is a key national transportation project planned and developed by the General Directorate of Highways (KGM) of Turkey, a governmental organization operating under the body of the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications. The ANM is one of the complementary sections of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Trans-European Motorway (TEM) Project, which is a regional transportation infrastructure project established in 1977 with the initial financial support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). TEM Project starts in Poland and reaches Asia via Turkey, also running across some of the Middle Eastern and South- eastern European countries. Turkey is one of the full members of the Project together with other 14 member countries. The ANM, being one of the core sections of the TEM, constitutes the missing section of the TEM network in southern Turkey. The planning studies of the ANM Project dates back to 1990’s. Due to financial difficulties, the Project could not be put out to tender and was put on hold during that period. In 2015 the Project was revitalized with the High Planning Council’s decision authorizing the KGM