IEE Study for Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project
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Environmental Impact Assessment: Main Report Project No. 48289-002 October 2017 PAK: Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Prepared by Peshawar Development Authority (PDA), provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (GoKP) for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Environmental Impact Assessment Report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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 judgements as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. EIA for Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Acronyms 1 | P a g e Disclaimer This document is issued for the party, which commissioned it, and for specific purposes connected with the above-captioned project only. It should not be relied upon by any other party or used for any other purpose. We accept no responsibility for the consequences of this document being relied upon by any other party, or being used for any other purpose, or containing any error or omission which is due to an error or omission in data supplied to us by other parties EIA for Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS As of 8th Oct 2017 Currency Unit – Pak Rupees (Pak Rs.) Pak Rs 1.00 = $ 0.0093 US$1.00 = Pak Rs. 107 Acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank SPS Safeguard Policy Statement SIA Social Impact Assessment DoF Department of Forests EA Environmental Assessment EARF Environment Assessment Review Framework EAAC Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee EPA Environmental Protection Agency EIA Environment Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan PPDD Punjab Planning and Development Department EA Executing Agency IA Implementing Agency PDA Peshawar Development Authority PMU Project Management Unit SC Steering Committee AS Assistant Secretary Go KPK Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa GOP Government of Pakistan IEE Initial Environmental Examination km Kilometer tpd Tonnes per day LAA Land Acquisition Act (of 1984) LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan Leq Equivalent sound pressure level NEQS National Environmental Quality Standards NGO Non Governmental Organization O& M Operation & Maintenance PC Public consultation PAP Project Affected Person BRT Bus Rapid Transit PEPAct Pakistan Environment Protection Act 1997 RP Resettlement Plan PFS Pre-Feasibility Study Acronyms 3 | P a g e EIA for Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Content Amendment Details S/No. Version Date Summary of Revisions made 1 Revision 09-04-17 . Executive Summary has been re-written. Number 1 . Chapter 2 (Policy and Legal Framework) has been updated. Chapter 5 (Analysis of Alternatives) has been further elaborated and comparison of diesel with a wider range of fuel options has been added. Chapter 6 (Potential Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures) has been updated and Section 6.5, ‘Cumulative Impacts’ has been elaborated. Section on Community Safety, Section 6.2.13 has been updated. Chapter 7 (EMP) has been updated and costs for monitoring and implementation of mitigation measures have been revised. Chapter 10 (Conclusions and Recommendations) has been updated. Annexure P: ToRs for ‘Bala Hisar Fort Structural Assessment’ has been revised. Annexures Q and R have been added. 2 Revision 26 -7-17 . Chapter 3 (Project description) has been Number 2 updated based on detailed project design by EPCM consultants . Water quality testing data has been added to Chapter 4 (Description of Environment) . Noise modeling for both construction and operation phases of project has been revised using internationally accepted software CadnaA and corresponding impact analysis sections 6.2.2 and 6.3.2 have been revised along with the executive summary and the Annexure D ‘Noise Impact Assessment’. The baseline noise level measurement was repeated at five points along the project corridor prior to conducting this revised noise modeling activity using CadnaA. Details of public hearing for obtaining of NoC from KPK-EPA have been added as Section 8.8 . Annexure S has been added 3 Revision 7-9-17 . Bus Fuel has been revised from ‘Diesel’ to Number 3 ‘Diesel-Electric Hybrid’. All related sections of this EIA document have been revised accordingly. (Executive Summary, Table 3.1, Section 3.5.7, Section 5.4.3, Table 5.3, Table 5.4, Table 5.5, Section 5.4.4, Section 6.3.1, Table 6.6) 4 Revision 8-10-17 . ‘Climate Change Impacts’ section of Executive Number 4 Summary has been updated. Content Amendment Details 4 | P a g e . GHG emissions analysis has been updated in Section 6.3.12 ‘Climate Change Impacts’ of the EIA document. Vehicle emissions testing results have been added as Annexure T. GHG emissions analysis has been added as Annexure U. Table of Content 1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 27 1.1 Project Background .......................................................................................... 27 1.2 Environmental Category of the Project ........................................................... 27 1.3 Methodology of EIA Study ................................................................................ 28 1.4 Proponent of Project ......................................................................................... 28 1.5 Structure of the Report ..................................................................................... 29 1.6 EIA Team ........................................................................................................... 29 2 Policy and Legal Framework .................................................................. 32 2.1 General .............................................................................................................. 32 2.2 National Policy and Legal Framework ............................................................. 32 2.3 Regulations for Environmental Assessment, Pakistan EPA .......................... 32 2.4 Regulatory Clearances, KPK EPA .................................................................... 32 2.5 Guidelines for Environmental Assessment, Pakistan EPA ............................ 33 2.6 National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) 2000 ............................... 33 2.7 ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 ............................................. 33 2.8 ADB’s Public Communication Policy 2011 ...................................................... 34 2.9 ADB’s Accountability Mechanism Policy 2012 ............................................... 34 2.10 Interaction with Other Agencies ................................................................. 34 2.11 Provincial EPAs ........................................................................................... 35 2.12 Provincial Departments of Forests and Wildlife ........................................ 35 2.13 Provincial Governments ............................................................................. 35 2.14 Other Environment Related Legislations ................................................... 35 2.15 Comparison of International and Local Environmental Legislations ...... 37 2.16 Implications of national policies and regulations on proposed project .. 38 2.17 Implications of ADB policies on proposed project ................................... 39 3 Description of the Project ....................................................................... 46 3.1 Justification and Need for Project ................................................................... 46 3.2 Objectives of Project ........................................................................................ 47 3.3 Proposed Project Activities .............................................................................. 47 3.4 Technical Parameters of Main BRT Corridor .................................................. 48 3.4.1 Design Specification ................................................................................... 48 3.4.2 Dedicated Lane Structure ........................................................................... 48 3.4.3 Vehicle Specifications ................................................................................. 49 3.5 Design of BRT ................................................................................................... 49 Table of Content 6 | P a g e 3.5.1 BRT Route ................................................................................................. 49 3.5.2 Off-Corridor Bus Stops ............................................................................... 54 3.5.3 BRT Station design & Configuration ........................................................... 55 3.5.4 Sub-Stop Concept ...................................................................................... 58 3.5.5 BRT Station Types ..................................................................................... 58 3.5.6 Conceptual Design of BRT Stations ........................................................... 62 3.5.7 Vehicle design and Configuration ............................................................... 67 3.5.8 Station Access and Pedestrian Facility ......................................................