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Environmental Assessment Report Summary Environmental Impact Assessment Project Number: 42018 June 2009 People’s Republic of China: Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project Prepared by Anhui provincial government for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The summary environmental impact assessment 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. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 23 June 2009) Currency Unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1463 $1.00 = CNY6.8356 ABBREVIATIONS ACCDI – Anhui Communications Consulting and Design Institute ADB – Asian Development Bank AHAB – Anhui Highway Administration Bureau APCIG – Anhui Provincial Communication Investment Group APEPB – Anhui Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau dBA – A-weighted decibel EA – executing agency EIA – environmental impact assessment EMP – environmental management plan IA – implementing agency PPTA – project preparatory technical assistance PRC – People’s Republic of China NOTE In this report, “$” refers to US dollars. 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 MAP I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 1 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2 A. Physical Environment 3 B. Ecological Environment 5 C. Social and Economic Development 6 IV. ALTERNATIVES 7 A. With and Without Project Alternatives 7 B. Alternatives for the Expressway 8 C. Alternatives for Local Roads 10 V. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES 10 A. Physical Environment Impacts of the Expressway 10 B. Physical Environmental Impacts of Local Roads 17 C. Environmental Impacts of Bus Terminals and Stops 18 D. Sociocultural and Economic Development 18 E. Environmental Impacts of Jiangsu Sections 21 F. Possible Change in Alignment 21 VI. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT 21 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 22 A. Objectives 22 B. Mitigation Measures 22 C. Implementing Organization and Responsibilities 23 D. Inspection, Monitoring, and Reporting 23 E. Correction and Improvement of Mitigation Measures 24 VIII. PUBLIC CONSULATIONS AND DISCLOSURE 24 A. Two-Round Public Participation during Project Preparation 24 B. Summary of Public Consultation Results 24 C. Future Public Consultation during the Implementation. 25 IX. CONCLUSIONS 26 APPENDIXES 1. Environmental Costs 27 2. Environmental Management Plan 28 o 116o 00'E 119 00'E ANHUI INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SECTOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA S H A N D O N G N Xuzhou 0 20 40 60 80 Kilometers 34 o 00'N Huaibei Minxian 34 o 00'N 1 Bozhou Suzhou Shantou Lingbi J I A N G S U H E N A N Sixian Guzhen Xiaowei Bus Terminal 2 Bengbu Wuhe Xuyi Fuyang 3 Mingguang Tianchang Huainan 4 to Y angzho Dingyuan u Chuzhou A N H U I NANJING HEFEI Longtang Maanshan Lu'an 5 Heishidu Shucheng Chaohu Chao Lake Daoshichong Lujiang Wuhu 6 Tongcheng .) Zhongjieling Xuancheng 7 (Yangtze R Yuexi Huaining Tongling gjiang Mazusi 8 Mamiao Chan Qianshan Jingxian Yezhai H U B E I Anqing Qingyang Taihu Ducun Bus Terminal Shipai Bus Terminal Caijiaqiao Z H E J I A N G Wangjiang Dongzhi 6 o 30 o 00'N 30 00'N Qimen Local Roads 1 Shantou--Minxian Bainitang Tunxi 2 Wuhe--Guzhen 3 Mingguang--Jiangsu Border Provincial Capital Other Road 4 J I A N G X I Jiangsu Border--Tianchang City/Town Railway 5 Longtang--Chaohu Project Expressway River 6 Daoshichong--Zhongjieling Existing Expressway Provincial Boundary 7 Yuexi--Mamiao Planned Expressway Boundaries are not necessarily authoritative. 8 Mazusi--Yezhai Project Local Road 6 Dongzhi--Bainitang 116o 00'E 119o 00'E 09-1750 HR I. INTRODUCTION 1. This summary environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project (the Project) is based on (i) full EIAs for the proposed Xuzhou–Mingguang (hereinafter, “Xu–Ming”) Expressway and two local roads (S105 and S312)1 prepared by the Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute (SSSI), (ii) full EIAs for local road X052 and six rehabilitation roads prepared by the Anhui Provincial Academy of Environmental Sciences (APAES), 2 (iii) project feasibility studies 3 prepared by the Anhui Communications Consulting and Design Institute (ACCDI), (iv) field surveys and public consultations from project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA),4 and (v) work5 completed by the technical assistance team under the PPTA. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 2. The overall objective of the Project is to enhance the transport sector in Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China (PRC) through the selective construction of new roads; the upgrading, maintenance, and provision of safety measures on existing roads; and improvements to local bus services in poor counties. The Project has three components: (i) constructing the new, 137.35-kilometer (km), four-lane Xu–Ming Expressway; (ii) upgrading three local roads and rehabilitating six local roads; and (iii) improving rural transport services through the upgrading and construction of three township bus terminals or bus stops. 3. Xu–Ming Expressway Component. The Xu–Ming Expressway will link two existing expressways: the Xuzhou–Huai’an Expressway in Jiangsu Province in the north and the Bengbu–Nanjing Expressway (i.e., Bengning Expressway near Mingguang) in the south. The Xu–Ming Expressway will be parallel to—and west of—existing national highway G104 and provide improved connectivity northeast of Anhui Province. A 6-km section between the Anhui–Jiangsu border and Huai’an Expressway lies outside of the project area, and the Jiangsu provincial government will construct this section before the Project is completed. 4. The Xu–Ming Expressway begins near Liangzhuang, north of Lingbi County at the provincial border between Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and ends connecting to the Bengning Expressway near Jigang. The expressway will have dual two-lane carriageways, constructed on a formation width of 28 meters (m). Four intermediate junctions will connect with local roads S302, S303, and S306, as well as the new East–West Expressway. The total cost is estimated at around CNY6,788.2 million ($995.4million), with a per km cost of $7.25 million. 1 Shanghai Ship and Shipping Insitute (SSSI). 2009. Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Xu–Ming Expressway. Shanghai; SSSI. 2009. Environmental Impact Assessment Report for S105 Highwa., Shanghai; and SSSI. 2009. Environmental Impact Assessment report for S312 highway. Shanghai. The EIAs was approved in May. 2 Anhui Provincial Academy of Environmental Sciences (APAES). 2009. Environmental Impact Assessment for X056 Highway. Hefei Anhui; and APAES. 2009. Environmental Impact Assessment for the Six Rehabilitation Roads. Hefei, Anhui. 3 Anhui Communications Consulting and Design Institute (ACCDI). 2009. Feasibility Study for the Xu–Ming Expressway. Hefei, Anhui; ACCDI. 2009. Feasibility Study for S105 highway. Hefei, Anhui; ACCDI. 2009. Feasibility Study for S312 highway. Hefei, Anhui; ACCDI. 2009. Feasibility Study for X056 highway. Hefei Anhui; and ACCDI. 2009. Feasibility Study for the Six Rehabilitation Roads. Hefei Anhui. 4 Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2008. Technical Assistance to the People’s Republic of China for Preparing Anhui Roads Development Project. Manila (TA No. 7119-PRC). 5 ADB. 2009. Technical Assistance Consultant’s Final Report for Anhui Roads Development Project. Consultant’s Report, Manila (TA No. 7119-PRC). 2 5. Local Road Network Improvement Component. This component will focus on upgrading three local roads and rehabilitating six local roads. A brief description of each is presented in Table 1. Table 1: Local Road Network Improvement Program Estimated Road Length No. Start-End Point Upgrading or Rehabilitation Works Costs Number (km) (CNY million) 1. S105 Longtang–Chaohu 50.34 Upgrade class II to I, and realign three 982 sections, totaling 15.34 km 2. S312 Jiangsu Border– 15.64 Upgrade class II to I, and realign one 268 Tianchang section with a length of 2.7 km 3. X056 Shantou– Minxian 106.36 Upgrade class III to II 346 4. S318 Heishidu– 32.63 Rehabilitation (class II/III) 84 Zhongjieling 5. S209 Yuexi–Mamiao 73.53 Rehabilitation (class III) 263 6. S309 Xuyi–Dingyuan 34.50 Rehabilitation (class II) 88 7. S304 Wuhe–Guzhen 60.90 Rehabilitation (class II) 148 8. X044 Mazusi–Yezhai 16.00 Safety improvements only 10 9. G206 Dongzhi–Bainitang 62.56 Safety improvements only 62 Total 452.47 2,251 km = kilometer. Sources: Anhui Communications Consulting and Design Institute (ACCDI). 2009. Feasibility Study for S105 highway. Anhui; ACCDI. 2009. Feasibility Study for S312 highway, Hefei Anhui; ACCDI. 2009. Feasibility Study for X056 highway. Hefei Anhui; and ACCDI. 2009. Feasibility Study for the Six Rehabilitation Roads. Hefei Anhui. 6. Two subcomponents involve improving key sections of the provincial highway network from class II to class I standards (S105 and S312), and the third will raise a county-level road (X056) from class III to class II standards. The first two sections are heavily trafficked and are important commercial and industrial corridors, while upgrading the X056 is part of a strategy to improve access in the north of the province and to link a series of rural townships. 7. The six rehabilitation subcomponents, with a total length of 280 km, will provide a simple overlay to the existing pavement within the right-of-way and with no significant change to the alignment (except for sections of S209, which involve construction to adjust the horizontal alignment and vertical profile). 8. Rural Transport Services Improvement Component. This component will focus on regulatory changes derived from recommendations of an earlier Asian Development Bank (ADB) study on rural bus operations in the PRC.6 Two existing rural bus terminals will be upgraded (Xiaowei in Wuhe County and Duchun in Qingyang County), and one will be built (Shipai in Haining County).