Environmental and Social Impact

SFG1757 REV ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR KAMPALA INFRASTRUCTURE AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized PHASE 2 (KIIDP-II) Batch 1ROADS AND JUNCTIONS Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared By: MBW Consulting Ltd in association with PEC with Public Disclosure Authorized CONSULTING TEAM An interdisciplinary team of consultants under Environmental Assessment Consult (Uganda) Limited (EACL) carried out the assessment i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is mandated to plan, develop and maintain the city infrastructure. Good Infrastructure is fundamental in stimulating economic growth and generally, poverty reduction. For long, the City’s infrastructure has received inadequate attention due to limited funding, which has resulted into its stagnation and dilapidation. However, the population and demand for services has been steadily growing. Overall, Kampala has approximately 1,218 km of roads, of which about 38.4% are paved (bituminized) and 61.6% are unpaved (earth or gravel). A significant portion of the unpaved road network is heavily trafficked with over 500 vehicles per day. With the ever increasing traffic volumes, maintenance of unpaved roads has become very expensive and certainly unsustainable. Almost 80% of the bitumen roads and 99% of the unpaved roads are in a fair-to-poor condition due to a heavy maintenance backlog. Some roads bear potholes, surface irregularities, and cracks, that adversely impact transport system. Localized repairs have become expensive and uneconomical due to frequent break breaking down of repaired road patchworks. This ESIA report has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Uganda. The guidelines require that any developer seeking to carry out a development of the nature and category described under Schedule 3 of The National Environment Act, Cap 153 carries out an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). The proposed project is of the nature and category described under Schedule 3 (Section 3) of The National Environment Act, Cap 153, and therefore requires that an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment is undertaken. The scope of this project includes upgrading by dualling of Roads (approximately 8.5km) and Improvement of Junctions to be designed under KIIDP Phase 2, the construction of temporary construction camp, a diesel supply storage facility, vehicle/equipment servicing workshop. Environmental and social baseline studies were undertaken and stakeholder and public consultations conducted to effectively guide identification and assessment of environmental and social impact assessment. In addition, impact identification was benchmarked against industry best practice and operating guidelines from international charters and/or bodies such as, OGP, IPECA etc. The impacts of road construction activities include: impacts on geology; biological resources; alteration of the visual and aesthetic impression/scenery of the project sites; water quality and hydrology; air quality baseline conditions; noise baseline conditions; spread of communicable diseases; waste management; safety of contractor workers; and socio - economic impacts. Pre-construction Impacts Creation of job opportunities: The project is likely to create employment opportunities during the planning and design phase. Potential beneficiaries will include people who will be recruited to undertake the surveys and geotechnical investigations to inform the project designs. Overall, the ii surveys will include engineering, valuation, land survey, geotechnical, and hydrological and other environmental and socio-economic surveys, among others. Impact enhancement measures . Only trained and professional drivers should be allowed to drive the investigation teams. First Aid kits should be carried around by the investigation teams during the surveys. The investigation team should be observant of any pits within their areas of investigations . Training of workers of any development is key to their safety. All workers should be inducted on safety issues before they commence their investigations . Project workers and communities are inducted and sensitized on protection of children and criminal effects of sexual engagement with children including street kids as a result of the road project Occupational Health and Safety Impact: Human accidents during the planning and design phase may occur as a result of careless driving, bites from poisonous fauna such as snakes or from slips and falls as the investigation crew walks through the wild and along steep slopes in search for murram and other material sources. Mitigation measures All people carrying out investigations by the road side should wear high visibility vests. Only trained and professional drivers should be allowed to drive the investigation teams. First Aid kits should be carried around by the investigation teams during the surveys. The investigation team should be observant of any pits within their areas of investigations Training of workers of any development is key to their safety. All workers should be inducted on safety issues before they commence their investigations Loss of Land/Property and Resettlement: The most significant wealth distribution mechanism resulting from the proposed roads and junctions will likely stem from permanent and temporary land take for borrow pits and quarries, diversions and equipment storage areas. The Land Act 1998 requires that any undertaker executing public works on land shall promptly pay compensation to any person having an interest in the land, for any damage caused to crops or buildings, and for the land and materials taken or used for the works. Generally, no new borrow pits and stone quarries will be opened for this particular project as the materials (gravel, aggregate, hard-core, etc.) are to be sourced from commercial sources. Physical due diligence for some of potential commercial sources has already been undertaken as an integral part of this study to ascertain levels of compliance with statutory requirements as shown in Table 3-2 and Table 3-3. Further due diligence will be undertaken if the Contractor identifies commercial sources other than those that have been covered in this report. In the event that there is need to open up a new borrow pit or a quarry, and therefore land take, an abbreviated RAP will be prepared and relevant environmental statutory approvals shall be obtained before opening up and operating such facilities. Mitigation measures iii Compensation shall be paid for land required for the construction of the proposed roads. Compensation will be provided in accordance with Ugandan laws, including the Constitution of 1995 and the Land Act of 1998, among others and the World Bank Safeguard Policy OP 4.12 Involuntary Resettlement. Where necessary, a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) shall be undertaken to quantify affected acreage, persons and property and describe compensation entitlements. Establish a functional complaint handling system with a clear hierarchy to manage emerging complaints from the workers and PAPs Construction phase Creation of employment opportunities and improvement in livelihoods: Project implementation during the construction phase will avail job opportunities to both the skilled and unskilled personnel. There is already much anticipation among the project area communities and local leaders that the local population will be employed on the road project, for whatever task will be found to lie within their capabilities. Several of the local population will be considered for unskilled positions such as casual laborers, drivers and masons. These skills are readily available within the ZOI. Impact enhancement measures To prevent conflicts and bad attitudes towards the contractors and their workers, it is strategic that the contractors give priority for employment to the local people. There should be affirmative action taken to employ disadvantaged groups of people in the ZOI especially the youth and women. Occupational and community health and safety: Health and safety aspects of the project encompass the Workers (occupational), the general public (road users) and the host communities. The issues associated with Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) are likely to result from inappropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as hard hats, gloves, safety shoes, goggles, etc., by the workers at the project sites. Limited use of PPE may compromise the health and safety especially through reduced eye protection, injury, hearing protection and others. More safety concerns for workers and communities around the project areas may result from reckless driving and, if improperly covered, spillage of construction waste on the road to the waste disposal site. While the influx of migrant job seekers is likely to be of moderate intensity because the project area is already urbanized, the relative increase in the human population and traffic at the project sites where noise and dust emissions could be an issue, may result in health/social risks. Lack of standard warning and guiding signs at the project sites could also result in the collision of vehicles along the project sites. Mitigation measures Provide appropriate and adequate protective wear such as reflectors, safety shoes, ear muffs, gloves, goggles, and others to ensure optimum safety for the workers. Attach speed limits to vehicles that will use the road iv Incorporate speed control devices

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