Completion Report Project Number: 40625-013 Loan Number: 2601 December 2020 People’s Republic of China: Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project This document is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB's Access to Information Policy. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency unit – yuan (CNY) At Appraisal At Project Completion 10 November 2009 15 July 2019 CNY1.00 = $0.1465 $0.1453 $1.00 = CNY6.827 CNY6.881 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank ADG – Anning district government ATCS – advanced traffic control system BRT – bus rapid transit CDM – Clean Development Mechanism CO2 – carbon dioxide EIRR – economic internal rate of return EMP – environmental management plan ITDP – Institute for Transport and Development Policy km – kilometer km/h – kilometer per hour LAR – land acquisition and resettlement LMG – Lanzhou municipal government LRT – light rail transit MOT – Ministry of Transport NMT – non-motorized transport O&M – operation and maintenance PMO – project management office PRC – People’s Republic of China TDM – traffic demand management UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change NOTE In this report, “$” refers to United States dollars. Vice-President Ahmed M. Saeed, Operations 2 Director General James P. Lynch, East Asia Department (EARD) Director Sujata Gupta, Sustainable Infrastructure Division (EASI), EARD Team leader Anders Pettersson, Principal Portfolio Management Specialist, Portfolio, Results, Safeguards and Gender Unit, Central and West Asia Department Team members Czareana M. Dello, Associate Project Analyst, EASI, EARD Gloria P. Gerilla-Teknomo, Senior Transport Sector Officer, EASI, EARD Ma. Concepcion Jea D. Macrohon, Project Analyst, EASI, EARD Mark Allister U. Robis, Senior Financial Management Officer, Office of the Director General, EARD Yun Zhou, Senior Environment Specialist, EASI, EARD In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. CONTENTS Page BASIC DATA i MAP v I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 II. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 2 A. Project Design and Formulation 2 B. Project Outputs 3 C. Project Costs and Financing 4 D. Disbursements 4 E. Project Schedule 4 F. Implementation Arrangements 5 G. Technical Assistance 5 H. Consultant Recruitment and Procurement 5 I. Safeguards 6 J. Monitoring and Reporting 7 III. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE 7 A. Relevance 7 B. Effectiveness 9 C. Efficiency 9 D. Sustainability 10 E. Development Impact 11 F. Performance of the Borrower and the Executing Agency 12 G. Performance of the Asian Development Bank 13 H. Overall Assessment 13 IV. ISSUES, LESSONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 A. Issues and Lessons 14 B. Recommendations 15 APPENDIXES 1. Design and Monitoring Framework 16 2. Project Cost at Appraisal and Actual / Financing Plan at Appraisal and Actual 19 3. Project Cost by Financier at Appraisal and Actual 20 4. Disbursement Of ADB Loan Proceeds 22 5. Chronology of Main Events 23 6. Implementation Schedule 26 7. Organization Structure 28 8. Contract Awards of ADB Loan 29 9. Contract Packages Financed by The Asian Development Bank 30 10. Status of Compliance with Loan Covenants 33 11. Amendment Agreement Relating to The Cerpa Agreement 40 12. Economic Reevaluation 45 13. Financial Reevaluation 50 14. Environmental Impact Analysis 53 15. Land Acquisition and Resettlement Analysis 58 BASIC DATA A. Loan Identification 1. Country People’s Republic of China 2. Loan number and financing source 2601, ordinary capital resources 3. Project title Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project 4. Borrower People’s Republic of China 5. Executing agency Lanzhou Municipal Government 6. Amount of loan $150 million 7. Financing modality Project Loan B. Loan Data 1. Appraisal – Date started 6 July 2009 – Date completed 14 July 2009 2. Loan negotiations – Date started 21 October 2009 – Date completed 22 October 2009 3. Date of Board approval 11 December 2009 4. Date of loan agreement 30 March 2010 5. Date of loan effectiveness – In loan agreement 28 June 2010 – Actual 14 July 2010 – Number of extensions 0 6. Project completion date – Appraisal 31 December 2014 – Actual 31 December 2018 7. Loan closing date – In loan agreement 30 June 2015 – Actual 31 December 2018 – Number of extensions 3 8. Financial closing date – Actual 15 July 2019 9. Terms of loan – Interest rate LIBOR + 0.6% less credit of 0.4% – Maturity (number of years) 25 – Grace period (number of years) 5 10. Terms of relending (if any) Not Applicable – Interest rate – Maturity (number of years) – Grace period (number of years) – Second-step borrower ii 11. Disbursements a. Dates Initial Disbursement Final Disbursement Time Interval 9 June 2011 29 November 2018 91 months Effective Date Actual Closing Date Time Interval 14 July 2010 31 December 2018 103 months b. Amount ($ million) Increased Cancelled Original during during Last Revised Amount Undisbursed Allocation Implementation Implementation Allocation Disbursed Balance Category (1) (2) (3) (4=1+2–3) (5) (6 = 4–5) 01A (i) Works-New 51.18 0.00 20.65 30.53 29.47 1.06 Roads (A01- A06) 01A(ii) Works-New 12.20 4.22 0.00 16.42 16.42 0.00 Road (A07- A10)a 01C Works– 55.22 0.00 15.78 39.44 39.37 0.07 Reconstruct ed Roads 02A Equipment- 11.10 28.41 0.00 39.51 39.50 0.01 BRT Station & Onboard Equipment 02B Equipment- 18.18 5.59 0.00 23.77 23.65 0.12 Advanced Traffic Control System 02C Equipment- 0.74 0.00 0.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 Environment al Monitoring System 03 Consulting 1.00 0.00 0.84 0.16 0.16 0.00 Services 04 Capacity 0.38 0.00 0.21 0.17 0.12 0.05 Building Total 150.00 38.22 38.22 150.00 148.69 1.31 a 01A(ii) was encoded as 01B in the Loan Financial Information System. C. Project Data 1. Financing plan ($ million) Cost Appraisal Estimate Actual Implementation cost Borrower financed 40.52 239.71 ADB financed 150.00 148.68 Other external financing 240.31 0.00 Total implementation cost 430.83 388.39 Interest during construction costs Borrower financed 49.44 28.79 ADB financed 0.00 0.00 Other external financing 0.00 0.00 Total interest during construction cost 49.44 28.79 iii 2. Cost breakdown by project component ($ million) Component Appraisal Estimate Actual A. Base Cost 1. Civil Works Components 151.66 165.55 a. New Roads 96.44 119.58 b. Reconstructed Roads 55.22 45.96 2. Equipment 58.27 64.17 a. Bus Rapid Transit 11.10 39.76 b. Advanced Traffic Control System 18.18 23.65 c. Environmental Monitoring System 0.74 0.76 d. Utility Equipmenta 28.25 0.00 3. Consulting Services for Implementation 13.93 11.68 a. Design, Supervision, Monitoring 12.93 11.42 b. Technical Advisory Services 1.00 0.26 4. Capacity Building 0.50 0.21 5. Taxes and Duties 21.42 5.66 6. Resettlement and Compensation 138.32 139.31 7. Project Administration Cost 0.47 1.81 Subtotal (A) 384.57 388.39 B. Contingencies 46.26 0.00 C. Financing Charges During Implementation 49.44 28.79 Total 480.27 417.18 a Actual cost was included in the Category 1A-new roads component. 3. Project schedule Item Appraisal Estimate Actual Civil works contract Date of award 2010 20 Jan 2010 Completion of work 2015 31 Dec 2017 Equipment and supplies First procurement 2011 23 Dec 2011 Last procurement 2014 20 Dec 2014 Completion of equipment installation 2015 Nov 2018 Start of operations 2012 Jun 2017 4. Project performance report ratings Ratings Implementation Period Impact and Outcome Implementation Progress From 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2010 Satisfactory Satisfactory Single Project Ratinga From 1 April 2011 to 30 June 2011 Potential problem From 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2015 On track From 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2015 Potential problem From 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2019 On track a Q1 2011 rating is not available in ADB’s eOperations System. iv D. Data on Asian Development Bank Missions No. of No. of Specialization of Name of Mission Date Persons Person-Days Membersa Fact-finding 27 Apr–7 May 2009 13 156 a1, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l Appraisal 6–14 July 2009 8 72 a1, b, d, h, i, j2, l, m Inception 30 Aug–3 Sep 2010 5 25 a1, g, l2, m, n Loan Review 1 13–15 Sep 2011 4 12 a1, l2 (2), o Loan Review 2 27–29 Nov 2012 4 12 a1, m, p, q Loan Review 3 4–6 Sep 2013 3 9 a2, p, q Midterm Review 25–26 Sep 2014 4 8 a1, n, p, q Loan Review 4 (consultation) 18–19 Oct 2015 2 3 n, o Loan Review 5 9–10 Dec 2015 4 8 a2, n, p, q Loan Review 6 12–13 Oct 2016 3 6 a1, n, q Loan Review 7 17–20 Jul 2017 3 12 n, o, v Loan Review 8 30 May–1 Jun 2018 3 9 n, o, r, Project completion review 8–15 Oct 2019 6 48 o, r, s, t, u, w a a1 = transport specialist and mission leader; a2 = senior transport specialist and mission leader; b = lead professional (counsel); c = senior social development specialist (resettlement); d = senior transport economist; e = senior financial analysis specialist; f = transport specialist (road); g = transport specialist; h = young professional (transport); i = senior energy and carbon finance expert; j1 = procurement officer; j2 = procurement specialist; k = control officer; l1 = staff consultant; l2 = resettlement specialist (staff consultant); m = clean development mechanism specialist; n = associate project analyst; o = head, project administration unit; p = environment specialist; q = safeguards specialist; r = senior environment specialist; s = project analyst; t = senior financial officer; u = resettlement and social development specialist (staff consultant); v = principal transport specialist; w = translator.