Jamaica North Coast Development Project External Evaluator: Hajime Onishi (Padeco Co., Ltd.) Field Survey: December 2005 1. Project Profile and Japan’S ODA Loan
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Jamaica North Coast Development Project External Evaluator: Hajime Onishi (Padeco Co., Ltd.) Field Survey: December 2005 1. Project Profile and Japan’s ODA Loan (Clockwise from upper left) A waste Map of project area stabilization pond, the Northern Highway, a waste water settling tank, and Ocho Rios Port 1.1 Background Back in the year 1987 Jamaica’s tourism industry was the country’s most important industry, bringing in roughly 40% of its foreign currency revenue. All of Jamaica’s major tourist spots, such as Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Negril are located in the country’s northern region. Lodging establishments like hotels have been steadily installed, yet conversely the level of development for infrastructure like roads and water supply and sewerage is extremely low within this region. This has been seen as the greatest factor threatening the ongoing growth of the tourism industry. Starting from such a situation, in 1990 a Special Assistance for Project Formation (SAPROF) study was conducted and five sub-projects were selected to promote tourism and protect tourist attractions within the northern region1 . In addition, this project was implemented as a joint financing project with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)2 . 1.2 Objective This project will develop and improve infrastructure such as water supply and 1 The five sub-projects are: (1) the Montego Bay Sewerage, (2) the Lucea/Negril Water Supply System, (3) the Northern Highway Improvement, (4) the Montego Bay Drainage and Flood Control, and (5) the Ocho Rios Port Expansion. 2 A portion of the operating costs for the Project Management Unit (PMU) and the implementation expenses for the Montego Bay Environmental Monitoring Program (carried out for five years from 1992-1996), among others, were funded through financing from USAID. 1 sewerage, roads, drainage channels, and ports with a focus on regions of Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Negril3 and other areas which comprise Jamaica’s major tourist spots. By doing so it aims to both increase the number of tourists and handle issues arising from this increase, thereby contributing to advancing the economic activities of the region and improving the living environment of its residents. Fig.1 Jamaican Parishes and Project Site Locations Northern Coastal Highway Project site for the Montego Improvement Bay Drainage and Flood Project site for the Ocho Project Control Project Rios Port Expansion Project Montego Bay Lucea Ocho Rios Trelawny St.Mary Port Antonio St.Ann Hanover St.James Portland Westmorland St.Andrew Negril Kingston St.Thomas St.Catherine St.Elizabeth Clarendon Project site for the Manchester Lucea – Negril Water Supply System Project Project site for the Major cities Montego Bay Sewerage Project ※Parishes are indicated in italics 1.3 Borrower/Executing Agency Government of Jamaica/National Water Commission (NWC), National Works Agency (NWA)4 , Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) 3 Jamaica is comprised of 14 parishes, with the site for this project distributed over St. James Parish and three other parishes. The total surface area for these four parishes is 3,065 km2 and their overall population is 548,000 people. The magnitude for this is roughly equivalent to the surface area of Toyama Prefecture (2,802 km2), and to approximately half of this prefecture’s population (1.12 million people). 4 The loan agreement was signed with the Ministry of Construction (Works). However, in 2001 the NWA was created as part of public sector reforms, and this project was passed on to it. 2 1.4 Outline of Loan Agreement Loan Amount 8,606 million yen/8,599 million yen Disbursed Amount Exchange of Notes October 1991 Loan Agreement October 1991 Terms and Conditions - Interest Rate 3.0% - Repayment Period 25 years (Grace Period) (7 years) - Procurement General untied Final Disbursement September 2002 Main Agreements Rizzani De Eccher (Italy), SOGEA-SATOM (France), others Consulting Agreements DHV International UK (United Kingdom), Stanley Consultants (United States), Wallace Evan Ltd. (local enterprise), others Feasibility Study (F/S), etc. 1990 SAPROF 2. Evaluation Results 2.1 Relevance 2.1.1 Relevance at the time of appraisal Through the Public Sector Investment Program (1990-1994) from out of production sectors such as the agriculture industry, the mining industry, the manufacturing industry, and tourism, the largest investment (approximately US$200 million) was diverted to the tourism sector, as it was planned that greater economic growth could be achieved through the tourism industry. At the time in 1987, 40% of Jamaica’s foreign currency tourism revenue came from major tourist spots like Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Negril. Items pointed out within the Tourism Development Program (1990-1994) include: (1) the necessity of improving roads to promote tourism, (2) the necessity of improving sewerage in the Montego Bay area to protect tourist attractions, and (3) the necessity of improving facilities to eliminate inadequacies in water supply in the Negril area. As such, at the time of appraisal the inadequate infrastructure in the northern region was recognized as the greatest bottleneck to increasing revenue from tourism. The importance of this project in promoting economic growth through developing tourism and improving the living environment of residents was 3 exceptionally high. 2.1.2 Relevance at the time of evaluation In the Medium Term Socioeconomic Policy Framework (2004-2007)5 , which indicates short- and medium-term policy objectives, the health and sanitation field was designated as one of the prioritized spending sectors of the medium term fiscal expenditure program. In addition, this framework advocated priority investment to the water supply and sewerage sector and the transportation sector as part of the Public Sector Investment Program. Looking at just the tourism sector, in the Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism Development (2000-2010) the three areas of Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Negril were designated as the three most important areas for developing tourism, and priority investment was stipulated for improving public infrastructure (water supply and sewerage, roads, ports, airports, waste disposal sites, etc.) in these areas. The various types of facilities improved through this project currently function as an important infrastructural foundation (stable supply of running water, sewage processing, continuous port calls by large-scale passenger cruise ships, etc.) and still remain extremely important now. This foundation contributes to sustainable economic growth and to sustaining the living environment in the three areas mentioned above where the number of tourists is increasing by developing tourism. 2.2. Efficiency 2.2.1. Outputs In Table 1 the original plan and actual performance for each of the sub-projects are displayed. The NWC, which was the project’s executing agency, believes that the additional drainage pipe extension for the Montego Bay Sewerage was “due to incomplete entry to the original plan, and the document failed to include the small diameter secondary drainage pipes (extensions totaling approximately 23km) at the time of appraisal. The extension length of the drainage pipes per se did not have any major alterations.” Additionally, there were changes when the detailed design was submitted, and accordingly the number of pumps was increased, the treatment capacity was changed, and the construction of a sludge treatment facility was cancelled6 . The facility capacity and differences in the extension of water 5 Created by the joint efforts of the Ministry of Finance and Planning, the Planning Institute of Jamaica, and the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) through assistance by the European Commission (EC), and was based upon the National Industrial Policy that was formulated in 1996. 6 The planned construction of the sludge treatment facility was altered after nine alternative proposals were offered by consultants at the time of the detailed design, still including the sludge treatment facility as one option. However, the determination was made that “treatment by waste stabilization ponds would be best” from the point of view of economical and other reasons. 4 distribution pipes in the sub-project for the Lucea/Negril water supply system were also brought about by the design alterations from the time of the detailed design7 . For each of the other projects; 3), 4), and 5), improvements to facilities and similar installations generally went as planned. Table 1. Output Comparison Sub-Project Name (Agency in Charge) Planned Actual Performance and Items (1) Montego Bay Sewerage (NWC) Construction of drainage pipes Drainage pipe extension: 33.6km in total (recovery system) 7.9km in total Construction of pump facility Number of pumps: 2 5 Treatment capacity: 7.2 10.0 imgd Construction of central treatment 8 facility imgd Construction of a sludge treatment To be constructed within the Cancelled, changed facility central treatment facility to a stabilization pond (2) Lucea/Negril Water Supply(NWC) Construction of water intake and Facility capacity: 5.0 imgd 7.5 imgd purification facility Construction of water distribution Extension of water 27.1km in total facility distribution pipes: 21.2km in total (3) Northern Highway Improvement (NWA)9 Improvement of the highway Total extension: 73.3km 71.2km between Negril and Montego Bay (4) Montego Bay Drainage and Flood Control (NWA) Construction of drainage channels, Total extension: 1,127m 1,073 m10 drains, settling tanks, etc. 7 The facility for this project was newly constructed adjacent to the previous facility (water supply capacity of around 3.5 imgd). The water intake sources for the new facility are a spring water source called the Blue Hole and river surface water (from the Orange River). From among these the acceptable water intake amount from the Blue Hole, which was also the water intake source for the previous facility, was revised, thereby altering the facility’s capacity to 7.5 imgd. While the previous facility was closed after the new facility went into operation there are some plans to reuse portions of this facility (according to the NWC).