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Document of g v The World Bank 0 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Public Disclosure Authorized Report No. 3623b-HA Public Disclosure Authorized STAFF APPRAISALREPORT SIXTH HIGHWAY PROJECT HAITI March 8, 1982 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Projects Department Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization. Currency Equivalents US$1 = 0 5.00 ¢ 1.0 = US$0.20 ¢ 1 million = US$200,000 Weights and Measures: Metric Metric British/US Equivalent 1 meter (m) = 3.28 feet (ft) 1 kilometer (km) 2 0.62 mile (mi) 1 square kilometer (km ) 0.386 square mile (sq mi) 1 metric ton (m ton) = 2,205 pounds (lb) 1 cubic meter (m3) = 1.3 cubic yards (cu yd) Fiscal Year: October 1 to September 30 Abbreviations and Acronyms AAN - National Airport Authority (formerly AAIPP) AAIPP - International Airport Authority of Port-au-Prince (now AAN) AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials APN - National Port Authority BRH - Bank of the Republic of Haiti CEBTP - Centre d'Etude du Batiment et des Travaux Publics (France) FAC - Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation (French Bilateral Aid) HASCO - Haitian American Sugar Company IDA - International Development Association IDB - Inter-American Development Bank KfW - Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau LNBTP - National Laboratory for Buildings and Public Works NTS - National Transport Study ODN - Northern Regional Development Agency SAT - Autonomous Transport Department (TPTC) SCS - Construction and Works Supervision Department (TPTC) SEPRRN - National Permanent Road Maintenance Department (TPTC) TPTC - Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications UNDP - United National Development Program USAID - United States Agency for International Development FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT SIXTH HIGHWAY PROJECT HAITI TABLE OF CONTENTS ! Page No. I. THE TRANSPORT SECTOR ..................................... 1 A. Background . .................. ...... ...... ..... 1 B. Sectoral Development and Priorities ................ 2 C. Institutional Framework ............. ........... 3 II. THE ROAD SUBSECTOR . ........................ .............. 4 A. Road Network .................. 0.............. ....... 4 B. Characteristics of the Vehicle Fleet and Traffic .... 5 C. Road Transport Industry .................... ........ 5 D. Administration .................................................oo..... 7 E. Planning and Engineering .......................... 8 F. Feeder Road Development ............................8 G. Construction and Construction Industry 9.........9 H. Supervision of Construction ......................... 10 I. Maintenance .............................. ....... 10 J. Financing and Energy Pricing ........... ............13 III. PAST AND ONGOING IDA ASSISTANCE TO THE ROAD SUBSECTOR..... 14 A. Past Projects ....................................... 14 B. Ongoing Project . ..................... .. .... ...........15 IV. THE PROPOSED PROJECT .................................... 15 A. Objectives and General Description ........ ..........15 B. Maintenance Component . .... ........ .... ........... 16 C. Bridges and Other Drainage Structures Component ...... 18 D. Road Rehabilitation Component ... o ................... 18 E. Technical Assistance Component ..................... 20 F. Cost Estimates, Financing and Disbursement .......... 21 G. Execution and Procurement ........o..... ............ 23 H. Monitoring ........ ..................................25 This report is based on the findings of an appraisal mission which visited Haiti in May 1981. The mission comprised Messrs. Adhemar Byl (Economist), Zbigniew Kowalski and Ernesto Henriod (Engineers) and Alain Barbu (Financial Analyst). The report has been edited by Miss Virginia Foster. This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization. - li - TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page No. V. ECONOMIC kVALUATION.......... ............... 26 At General 26 B. Road Maintenance Compcient 26 26 C. Bridges and Other Drainage StructuresComponent..n.t. 26 D. Road RehabilitationComponent 27 Es Risks .......... 28 VI. AGREEMENTS REACHED AND RECOMMENDATION .......... t....sees. 28 TABLES 2.1 Current and Projected Highway Network, 1981-1986 ............. 30 2.2 Vehicle Registration, 1975-1980 ...... ........................ 31 2.3 Vehicle Imports, 1970-1980 ....... .......... ............ 32 2.4 SEPRRN's Maintenance Expenditures, FY1977-1986 ............... 33 2.5 Classificationand Distributionof SLPRRN's Maintenance Brigades 34 2.6 SEPRRN: Assignment of Maintenance Equipmen;. 35 2.7 Current and Capital Expenditures for Roads, FY 1976-1981..... 36 2.8 Revenue from Road UYser Charges FY 1974-1980 ....... .............37 2.9 Petroleum Consumption by Economic Sectors, 1978-1979 ,.........438 2.10 Evolutionof Retail Prices for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel, 1974-1981............................................. 39 2.11 PetroleumProducts-Estimated Price Structure as of May 1981 .. 40 4.1 SEPRRN Replacementand AdditionalEquipment Requirement 1982-1986 ....... ...... * ........................... 41 4.2 Program for Construction,Rehabilitation and Repair of Bridges, Box Culverts and Concrete Fords (2 pages) .9.999999 42-43 4.3 Bridges, Box Culverts and Concrete Fords to be Designed Only Under the Project .... .. .... ...... 44 4.4 Project Cost Estimate by Disbursement Category ............. 45 4.5 IDA DisbursementSchedule 1982-19842.............. 46 5.1 Bridges and Other Drainage StructuresComponent - Results of Benefit-Cost Analysis ............ 47 5.2 Bridges and Other Drainage StructuresComponent - Vehicle OperatingCosts per km on Different Road Surfaceswith Nine Representative Vehicles . ................... 48 5.3 Bridges and Other Drainage StructuresComponent - Present and ProjectedFuture State of Road Structures and their Access Roads (2 pages) ........... ... ............ 49-50 5.4 Bridges and Other Drainage Structures Component- ResuLts of Sensitivity Analysis . ... ............... 51 5.5 Road RehabilitationComponent - Variations in Vehicle Operating Costs with Changing Roughness ... 52 - iii - TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page No. ANNEXES 1. Outline of Work Program for SAT ............................. 53 2. Outline Terms of Reference for TechnicalAssistance for the ComplementaryStudy of the Domestic ConstructionIndustry.. 54 3. Outline Terms of Reference for TechnicalAssistance for Final Design and Supervisionof the Bridges and Other Drainage StructuresComponent .... ..................59 4. OutlineTerms of Reference for Technical Assistance for Final EngineeringDesign and Supervisionof the Paved Road Rehabilitation Component ........ .. ............... 63 5. Outline Terms of Reference for TechnicalAssistance for the Study of Road Maintenance Technology ....... 67 6. Scope of Work for the Annual External Audit of Project Accounts ............... ... 68 7. Selected Documents and Data Available in the Project File .... 69 CHARTS I. Proposed Organizationof the Ministry of Public Works, Transportand Communications .. 70 II. SEPRRN Organization Chart ...... 71 III. SEPRRN Main Workshop Organization Chart . 72 IV. ImplementationSchedule 1981-1984 ..... ......................73 MAP IBRD 15894R - Haiti - Sixth Highway Project i I. THE TRANSPORT SECTOR A. Background 1.01 Haiti is a comparatively small country covering the western third of the island of Hispaniola, an area of approximately 27,750 km2. The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island. Haiti extends from north to south over almost 200 km and from east to west at the southern peninsula, over 250 km. The country has a long and rugged shoreline of 1,530 km, amounting to more than 1 km per 20 km2 of land area. The interior of the country is mountainous, with about 40% of the land being above 500 m. Only one-third is suitable for cropping, 18% consists of pasture and 9% of forests. The rest is arid wasteland with steep slopes. In 1981, the total population is estimated at approximately 5.1 million, of which 75-80% live in rural areas. With an average population density of more than 180 inhabitants per km2 and a 1980 per capita income of about US$285, Haiti is one of the most densely populated and one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and, indeed, in the world. 1.02 One of Haiti's major problems is the rapid migration of the popula- tion toward the urban centers, particularly to Port-au-Prince, the capital's metropolitan area, where 900,000 people, more than 70% of the total urban population, are now concentrated. Besides Port-au-Prince, there are seven provincial centers, ranging in size from 20,000 to 60,000 inhabitants, and 61 smaller towns, many of which are poorly served by the existing transport system. 1.03 The characteristics which determine Haiti's transport system are the country's island location, its rugged terrain and long coastline, and the dispersion and low productivity of its agricultural sector, as well as the dominance of its capital city. Agriculture accounts for about 40% of the GDP. 1.04 More than 98% of Haiti's external trade is moved by sea and the balance by air or overland to the Dominican Republic. Although Cap Haitien, the second port, located in the north, is important for