Xi'an Urban Road Network Improvement Project
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Social Monitoring Report Semestral Report September 2017 PRC: Xi’an Urban Road Network Improvement Project Prepared by Xi’an Municipal Government for People’s Republic of China and the Asian Development Bank. NOTE This social monitoring 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. 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. Xi’an Urban Road Network Improvement Project External Monitoring and Evaluation Report for RP Implementation (Phase V) Shaanxi River Engineering Technology Research Center September 2017 Contents I. OVERALL PROGRESS............................................................................................................................................... 3 II. IMPACT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND DEMOLITION ................................................................................... 7 III. MONITORING OF LAND ACQUISITION AND DEMOLITION .................................................................... 10 1. MONITORING SCOPE .................................................................................................................................................. 10 2. MONITORING METHOD .............................................................................................................................................. 11 3. MONITORING PROCESS .............................................................................................................................................. 11 4. MONITORING INFORMATION AND DATA ANALYSIS .................................................................................................... 12 IV. LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION AND RESETTLEMENT .................................................................... 16 1. PROGRESS OF LAND ACQUISITION ............................................................................................................................. 16 2. PROGRESS OF HOUSE DEMOLITION ........................................................................................................................ 21 V. EXECUTION OF RESETTLEMENT POLICY .................................................................................................... 32 1. LAND ACQUISITION ................................................................................................................................................... 32 2. HOUSING ACQUISITION ............................................................................................................................................. 37 3. OTHER FACILITIES ..................................................................................................................................................... 46 4. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FEE ............................................................................................................................. 46 VI. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ................................................................................................................................... 48 VII. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .............................................................................................................. 61 1. CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 61 2. SUGGESTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 62 List of Tables TABLE 1 DISTRIBUTION OF THE AFFECTED AREA ................................................................................................................ 1 TABLE 2 SUMMARIZATION OF UPDATE DATA AND PLANNING DATA OF LAND ACQUISITION AND DEMOLITION IMPACT ... 4 TABLE 3 STATISTICS OF AFFECTED ATTACHMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURES OF EACH SUBPROJECT ..................................... 8 TABLE 4 QUESTIONNAIRE ON BASIC INFORMATION OF 950 AFFECTED SAMPLING HOUSEHOLDS ........................................ 15 TABLE 5 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR LAND ACQUISITION (BY THE END OF AUGUST 2017) ..................................... 18 TABLE 6-1 IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ACQUISITION (UP TO THE END OF AUGUST 2017) ...... 24 TABLE 6-2 IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS OF HOUSING ACQUISITION OF ENTERPRISE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTION (UP TO THE END OF AUGUST 2017) ............................................................................................................................................. 28 TABLE 7 ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION STANDARD FOR LAND ACQUISITION ......................................................................... 33 TABLE 8 ACTUAL EXECUTIVE STANDARDS OF HOUSING ACQUISITION ............................................................................... 37 TABLE 9 COMPENSATION STANDARD TABLE FOR AUXILIARY FACILITIES .......................................................................... 46 TABLE 10 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ............................................................................................................................... 49 TABLE 11 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF RELOCATION AND RESETTLEMENT .......................................................................... 52 List of Figures FIGURE 1 LOCATION PLAN FOR THE SUBPROJECTS ............................................................................................................... 2 FIGURE 2 FUND FLOW DIAGRAM ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Xi’an Urban Road Network Improvement Project Funded by the ADB Loan External Monitoring Report for Resettlement Xi’an serves as the capital as well as the political, economic and cultural center of Shaanxi Province. As one of the most important growth poles in West China, Xi’an realized average annual growth rate of population of 1.85% and annual growth rate of GDP of 13.5% from 2000 to 2007. Between 2003 and 2007, the annual growth rate for total number of registered vehicles was 12.2%. An effective urban road network is essential for the development of a city and can ensure that all the functions of the city are performed efficiently and social and economic development is facilitated. In recent years, the construction level, service level and operation efficiency of urban infrastructure in Xi’an have been improved greatly, but there are still some problems. For example, the road network is not very efficient, the links among different roads are limited, and some roads have too much traffic; urban entrance and exit have traffic jams, and it is difficult to connect with the expressways; east-west and south-north arterial roads in old urban area are faced with big pressures; there are less pedestrian crossing facilities, and pedestrians, vehicles and non-motor vehicles intermingle in a manner that impacts all three adversely; lack of parking facilities force vehicles to park on the side of the road, exacerbating traffic congestion. To build an efficient, convenient, and environmentally advantageous modern traffic system, perfect urban infrastructure system, and comprehensively improve urban service functions, Xi’an plans to make use of an ADB loan for the improvement of Xi’an Urban Road Network, and attempts to promote the construction and systematic management of urban integrated transportation system by an all-round and overall scheme, thus facilitating the sustainable development of urban economy. The project will build connecting lines for urban road, interchanges, develop bus priority, construct non-motor vehicles roads, improve pedestrian safety, construct comprehensive transportation hub, enhance traffic management, and control traffic emission. In January 2012, Xi’an and ADB signed an agreement on loan of US$ 150 million. In order to better solve the urban traffic problems, relieve traffic jam, improve road safety, enhance the urban carrier function and ensure a rapid, sound and ordered development of the city, Xi’an Municipal People’s Government uses the loan of Asian Development Bank (ADB for short) to initiate the urban road network improvement and public facilities construction project in Xi’an, including (i) road and bridge improvement; (ii) pedestrian safety; (iii) comprehensive transportation facilities; (iv) intelligent transport system (ITS) and safety education for drivers; (v) environment protection enhancement. Besides, the project provides EA/IA with consulting service for project management and capacity building. See Figure 1-1 for the location plan of road network improvement subprojects. 1 Figure 1 Location plan for the subprojects Sketch map for the location of road network Fengcheng 8th Road-Beichen Avenue Interchange Zhuhong Road-Fengcheng 4th Road Interchange Zhuhong Road-North 2nd Ring Interchange Hongmiaopo Interchange Xinghuo Road Interchange E’pang 1st Road Overpass Bridge Kunming Road Dazhai Road Keji 2nd Road Only subprojects 1 and 3 in this project involve resettlement. In 2011, the resettlement plan was prepared. In September 2012, the IA confirmed the first five subprojects (east section of Kunming Road, Zhuhong Road-North