Institutional Reform Plan for the Chisinau Municipality
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Modernization of Local Public Services in the Republic of Moldova Regional Planning and Programming Sectoral Regional Program Development of the Infrastructure of Regional and Local Roads in the Development Region of ATU Gagauzia (2018-2025) 2018 1 Developped with the support of: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Registered office: Bonn and Eschborn, Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40 53113 Bonn, Germany T +49 228 44 60-0 F +49 228 44 60-17 66 Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn, Germany T +49 61 96 79-0 F +49 61 96 79-11 15 E [email protected] www.giz.de Authors: Andrei Cuculescu, Sergiu Bejan, Genadie Ivascenco, Mihai Driga Developed by: Consortium GFA – Consulting Group – BCI Business Consulting Institute - MM Mott Macdonald Developed within: The project ‘Modernization of Local Public Services in the Republic of Moldova’ is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova with the financial support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Union, the Government of Switzerland, the Government of Romania and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Key partners: Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova North, South, Center and Gagauzia ATU Regional Development Agencies The opinion of the authors do not necessarily reflects the views of GIZ, BMZ, the Government of Romania and the SDC. Comrat - Chisinau, 2018 2 CONTENTS: SUMMARY 5 1 INTRODUCTION 8 2 ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION 9 2.1 LEGISLATIVE AND STRATEGIC BASIS 9 2.2 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS 15 2.3 SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE REGION 17 2.4 CURRENT CONDITION OF THE ROADS 22 2.5 FUNDING OF THE SECTOR 41 2.6 SOCIAL AND GENDER ASPECTS 46 2.7 CONCLUSIONS (SWOT ANALYSIS) 49 3 VISION AND STRATEGICAL DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT 2025 50 3.1 VISION 50 3.2 PRIORITIES 50 3.3 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 52 3.4 MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 54 4 ACTION PLAN 56 5 ANNEXES 59 5.1 ANNEX: KEY INDICATORS OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE SETTLEMENTS IN THE REGION (2016) 60 5.2 ANNEX: TECHNICAL CONDITION OF THE ROADS 64 5.3 ANNEX: MAP OF THE TRAFFIC INTENSITY ON THE MAIN ROADS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 84 Distribution of the forecasted traffic intensity in Moldova in 2022 84 5.4 ANNEX: FORECAST OF TRAFFIC INTENSITY TILL 2027 85 5.5 ANNEX: SCHEME OF ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR ROAD WORKS 90 5.6 ANNEX: SHEETS OF CORRIDORS 92 5.7 ANNEX: REPORT ON PRIORITIZATION OF THE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS (PROPOSAL OF THE EXPERTS) 98 3 ABBREVIATIONS: GIZ - German Agency for International Cooperation MDL - National currency, Moldovan leu TIKA - Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency RDA - Regional Development Agency ATU - Autonomous Territorial Unit MTBF - Medium Term Budget Forecast WB - World Bank GDP - Gross domestic product SRA State Road Administration SS - State standard RF Road Fund EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EIB - European Investment Bank EU - European Union LPA - Local Public Administration MARDE - Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment MF - Ministry of Finance MEI - Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure NBS - National Bureau of Statistics NDS - National Development Strategy ‘Moldova 2020’ NFRD - National Fund for Regional Development RM - Republic of Moldova NDR - North Development Region CDR - Center Development Region SDR - South Development Region SRP - Sectoral Regional Program CN&R - Construction Norms and Rules TUM - Technical University of Moldova FS - Feasibility study CPA - Central public administration 4 SUMMARY The road network of ATU Gagauzia is well incorporated into the national road network of Moldova and the network of international transport corridors, and consists of 1,039.1 km of roads, including 284.11 km of national roads, 154.57 km of local roads and 600.42 km of public roads and streets. The density of the motorway network is 239 km per 1000 km2 and 2.82 km per 1000 inhabitants, which is below the average value in the Republic of Moldova (304 km and 2.6 km accordingly). All settlements of Gagauzia may be reached though hard-surfaced motorways. Table 1: Structure and condition of the regional road network # Category of roads Length, Condition of roads km Excellent Good Satisfactory Bad Very bad 1 Highways 62.0 38% 25% 7% 25% 5% 2 Republican motorways 128.55 5.90% 15.80% 26.50% 32.30% 19.40% 3 Regional motorways 93.56 6.90% 10.70% 39.40% 36.40% 6.60% 4 Local motorways 154.57 3.6% 18.7% 50.7% 25.1% 1.9% 5 Public motorways and streets 600.42 Total (national, local and public) motorways 1039.1 A detailed visual analysis showed that, as a whole, the network of national and local motorways of Gagauzia is in satisfactory and bad condition. In particular, more than 50% of the length of the republican roads, about 40% of the regional roads and 27% of the local roads are in bad and very bad condition. Also, about 30% of the length of the M3 highway are still in bad or very bad condition (these sections are under reconstruction and major repairs). This causes significant losses to motorway users, worsens the road traffic safety and the environmental situation in the road impact area. The high-speed motorway M3 (Chisinau – Comrat – Giurgiulesti – the border with Romania) crosses the entire territory of Gagauzia from north to south and handles the main transit and local traffic flows in this direction. The sections: km 72.16 - km 124.06 and km 160.26 - 178.36 are located within Gagauzia. The road section km 72.16 - 74.06 is in good and excellent condition. Major repairs were carried out in 2007-2009, then medium repairs (surface treatment) were carried out. After the winter period of 2017-2018 pits appeared in some places suggesting the need for patching and restoration of the wearing surface (surface treatment). The section km 74.06 - 91.40 is a bypass road of Comrat town, which consists of the section of new construction km 74.06 – km 80.06 and the reconstruction section km 80.06 – 91.40 of the existing road. To ensure smooth traffic flow, construction of three new intersections at different levels along the bypass road is planned, and the existing intersection with the motorway R29 (Comrat – Ceadir-Lunga – the border of Ukraine) was reconstructed. The construction works are put up for tender now. Commissioning is expected in 2021. The section km 91.40 – 124.06 is in the final phase of the major repairs. The works are planned to be completed in 2018. At the moment, the section is in good and excellent condition. As long as the construction works are not completed, the motor vehicles move on the existing roads and streets within Comrat municipality, which are in satisfactory and bad condition. Construction of a bypass road of Vulcanesti town is envisaged on the section km 169.06 - 177.76, and negotiations are currently underway to determine the sources of funding. Over 50% (74.7 km) of the length of the republican motorways are in bad and very bad condition, 26.5% (38.3 km) are in satisfactory condition and only 21.7% (31.5 km) are in good and excellent condition. The motorways R29 (Comrat - Ceadir- Lunga - the border with Ukraine), R29.1 (R29 - the border with Ukraine), R36 (Basarabeasca - Ceadir-Lunga - R29), R37 (Ceadir-Lunga - Taraclia - R32) and R32 (M3 - Vulcanesti - Cahul - Taraclia) entered the phase of accelerated destruction. This is due to the failure to carry out in the last 15 - 20 years the necessary works for major and medium repairs. Only routine repairs were (patching was) carried out and only separate sections with a length of a few hundred meters were covered with asphalt concrete layer. It should be noted that the sections in very bad condition do not allow the speed to exceed 30-40 km/h, which negatively affects the transportation costs, the road traffic safety conditions and the environment. As the inspection results show, 55.03 km (43%) of the carriageway of the regional motorways are in bad and very bad condition, 50.55 km (40%) are in satisfactory condition and only 22.58 km (17%) are in good and excellent condition. There are also problems related to drainage, especially in settlements, the condition of roadsides and artificial structures, availability of traffic management means. Thus, 55 km of the regional motorways urgently need major repairs, 50 km need major repairs in the medium term (3 - 5 years) and 9 km need medium repairs (restoration of the wearing surface). The local motorways connect the settlements with the national road network, the regional centers, railway stations, as well as with other villages. There are 34 local motorways in Gagauzia with a total length of 154.57 km1. 55% of the local roads are 1 According to the list of local motorways approved by the Government Decision 1468 of 30.12.2016. 5 surfaced with asphalt concrete, 17% with crushed stone and gravel and 28% do not have a hard surface (43.7 km2). The assessment results show that about 27% of the local hard-surfaced roads are in bad and very bad condition, 50.7% are in satisfactory condition and only 22.3% are in excellent and good condition. This means that 20 km need urgent major repairs, and other 38 km need major repairs in the medium term (3-5 years). A major problem of the local motorways is the difficult drainage. It is a particularly pressing problem in the settlements, where inhabitants make earth rampart from the side of their gardens, which contributes to the accumulation of water on the road surface.