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Guinea, and Liberia AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP PROJECT: ROAD DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION PROGRAMME WITHIN THE MANO RIVER UNION COUNTRY: COTE D’IVOIRE, GUINEA, AND LIBERIA SUMMARY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (ESIA) Team Leader J. N. ILBOUDO, Transport Engineer OITC.1 5012 J.B. AGUMA, Transport Economist OITC.1 1956 J. P.M. KALALA , Chief Socio-Economist OITC.1 3561 N. KULEMEKA, Chief Socio-Economist SARC/ONEC.3 8452 L. M. KINANE, Environmentalist ONEC.3 2933 E. NDINYA, Environmentalist SARC/ONEC.3 1541 LRFO/OITC.1 7072 P. TAMBAH, Infrastructure Engineer Team Members Project Malick Soumare, Procurement Specialist ORPF.1/ LRFO Team M. H . SANON , Socio-Economist ONEC-3 Mose Mabe-Koofhethile, Procurement Specialist ORPF.1/ SNFO Sector Division Jean Kizito KABANGUKA OITC1 2143 Manager Sector Director Amadou OUMAROU OITC 3075 Regional Director Franck Joseph PERRAULT ORWA 4046 Director, Regional Janvier K. LITSE ONRI 4047 Integration and Trade 2 SUMMARY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Project Name : Road Development and Transport Project No.: P-Z1-DB0-103 Facilitation Programme Within the Mano River Union Countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Liberia Depart ment : OITC Division: OITC-1 Introduction This document is a Summary of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the Ivorian section of the Road Development and Transport Facilitation Programme within the Mano River Union. The summary has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines and procedures for environmental and social assessment of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Category 1 projects, as well as with the policies in force in Guinea. The project description and rationale are presented first, followed by the applicable legal and institutional framework in Guinea. A brief description of the key environmental conditions of the project area is presented for each section, in terms of its physical, biological and human components, and the variants and alternatives are compared in terms of technical, economic, environmental and social feasibility, including the concerns of the population. Then the most significant positive and negative impacts on the biophysical and human (socio-economic) environments are presented. This is followed by a presentation of proposed improvement and mitigation measures to increase the benefits and/or prevent, minimize, mitigate or offset adverse impacts, as well as the monitoring programme. The public consultations held and additional project-related initiatives are presented. Lastly, climate change concerns and adaptation and mitigation measures are identified. 1. Project Description and Rationale Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea form one of the three key fragile zones on the African continent. Unfortunately, due to the state of the roads, these regions are isolated, thus contributing to making them pockets of poverty and a breeding ground for all kinds of trafficking and armed gangs, as well as a source of destabilization of countries within the region. In addition to focusing on road infrastructure that contributes to promoting peace and strengthening security, the programme will also address obstacles to the free movement of people and goods. It will thus help to unleash the development potential in each country, foster free movement of people and goods, and regional integration of the countries, while bridging the region and the rest of ECOWAS. The project’s overall goal is to support economic recovery in the post-conflict region of the Mano River Union by improving its road infrastructure and promoting intra-Community trade. Its specific objectives are to: (i) improve transport conditions on the various project roads and thus reduce transport costs; (ii) remove obstacles to the free movement of people and goods between the three countries; and (iii) improve the living conditions of population of the project area. The project roads are included in the development programmes of the 3 countries (PND 2012- 2015 for CI; PRSP III (2013-2016) for Guinea, and PRSP II (2012-2017) for Liberia) and PACITR of ECOWAS which mainly seeks to develop and pave the missing links of 3 community roads (see map 1), as well as PIDA. They are included in the Action Plan and Priority Transport Programme of the MRU. The project is consistent with the Ten-Year Strategy 2013-2022 of the Bank (which gives priority to infrastructure) and the Strategic Framework of the Bank’s initiative for the MRU which is being finalized. Its roads are also included in the Bank‘s Regional Integration Strategy Paper for West Africa and the Bank‘s Strategy Papers for the countries concerned. The Guinean section of the programme comprises the pavement of the Lola-Cote d’Ivoire Boarder road of 39,75 km long. Components Description of Components In CI : (1) paving of the Danané-Guinea border road (47.6 km), including reservations for optical fibre; (ii) paving of the Bloléquin-Toulépleu-Liberian border road (65 km), including reservations for optical fibre; (iii) Road paving of the Taboo-Liberia border road (28 km), including reservations for optical fibre; (iv) raising public development awareness of road safety, HIV /AIDS and environmental protection; and (v) works control/ supervision . and mitigation In Guinea : (i) paving of the Lola-Ivorian border road (39.75 km), including reservations for optical fibre; (ii) of negative raising public awareness of road safety, HIV/AIDS and environmental protection; and (iii) works environmental control/supervision. impacts In Liberia: (i) paving of the Karloken-Fishtown (80 km) and Harper-Cavally roads (CI border post: 16 km), including works control / supervision and implementation of the ESMP and reservations for optical fibre. In CI : (i) support for women war victim groups (drop-in and integration centre, market gardening equipment, Ancillary works MIT , boreholes); (ii) rehabilitation of 50 km of rural roads (iii) rehabilitation of schools and health centres; and measures (iv) development of 2 km of urban roads in Danané; (v) rehabilitation of a bus terminal in Danané and 2 for women roadside markets (Danané and Gbapleu); and (vi) works control/supervision. In Guinea: (i) development of 5 km of roads in Lola; (ii) rehabilitation of a market and a bus terminal in Lola; (iii) rehabilitation of social infrastructure (schools, health centres); (iv) development of 20 km of prefectural and community roads connected to the Lola-CI border road; and (v) works control/supervision; and In Liberia: (i) development of two roadside markets. In CI/Guinea : (i) construction and equipment of the JCP, including weighing/toll station; (ii) control and supervision of construction of the JCP; (iii) sensitization of road users, frontier public officials on inter-State Transport transport facilitation measures. facilitation In CI/Liberia: (i) construction and equipment 2 JCPs, including weighing/toll station; (ii) construction of the bridge over River Cavally; (iii) works control and supervision; and (iv) sensitization of road users, frontier public officials on inter-State transport facilitation measures. Institutional In CI : (i) Study on preparation of the National Road Safety Policy; (ii) study on strategic environmental support and assessment in the transport sector; environmental In Guinea: (i) integrated management of transboundary forests (GEF). protection In Liberia : (i) integrated management of transboundary forests (GEF). In CI : (i) monitoring and evaluation of the socio-economic impact of the project; (ii) financial and accounts audit; (iii) operating costs of the Delegated Contracting Authority Project In Guinea : (i) monitoring and evaluation of the socio-economic impact of the project; (ii) material and Management logistical support to the Project Management bodies; (iii) financial and accounts audit; (iv) technical audit of the project; and (v) technical assistance. In Liberia: (i) monitoring and evaluation of the socio-economic impact of the project; (ii) support for the project coordinating body; (iii) financial and accounts audit; (iv) technical audit of the project. The project cost, exclusive of taxes and customs duties and including contingencies, is estimated at UA 228.46 million. 2. Policy, Legal and Administrative Framework 2.1 Laws and Regulations Any development and asphalting of roads is subject to the orders No. 045 / PRG / 87 and No. 022 / PRG / 89 on the Code of Environmental Protection. This law consists of all the definitions and general principles for the preservation of the environment in the Republic of Guinea. The other most relevant legislation in relation to the context of this study are: • Decree No. 199 / PRG /soc /89 of 8 November 1989 governing the impact studies; • Act / 99/013/AN of 22 June 1999 adopting and promulgating the Law on Forestry Code; • The Act/97/038/AN of 9 December 1997 adopting and enacting the Code of protection of wildlife and hunting regulations; • Ordonance O / 92/019 / PRG / soc / 92 of 30 March 1992 concerning land code; • The Act / 94/005 / CTRN 14 February 1994 on the Water Code; • Law No. / 020 / AN / 1997 of 19 June 1997 on the Code of Public Health. 2.2 Institutional framework At the institutional level, the Ministry of Public Works is the Contracting Authority. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development has is, among other things, the protection of the environment against all forms of degradation. The conduct of the ESIA is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment through the Guinean Bureau of Studies
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