Environment Impact Statement
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED UPGRADING FOR THE GREATER KAMPALA ROADS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (GKRIP) Environment Impact Statement Submitted to: Prepared for UNRA by: National Environment Management Rwenzo – Green Associates Ltd Authority, NEMA House, Jinja Road P. O. Box 22255 Kampala – Uganda March 2014 ESIA Environment Impact Statement for the Detailed Engineering Design for the Greater Kampala Roads Improvement Project (GKRIP) List of Acronyms ADT Average Daily Traffic AfDB African Development Bank AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome APP Air Pollution Potential ARAP Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan BAT Best Available Technologies BEP Best Environmental Practices BOD Biological Oxygen Demand BRT Bus Rapid Transit CBD City Business District CBD Convention on Biodiversity CBR Centre for Basic Research CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CSO Civil Society Organizations CO2 Carbon Dioxide dB Deci bels DBH Diameter at Breast Height DDP District Development Plan DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DWRM Directorate of Water Resources Management EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environment Management Plan EMS Environment management Statement ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMP Environment and Social management Plan EU European Union GDP Gross Domestic Product GHG Green House Gases GIS Geographic Information System GoU Government of Uganda GPS Global Positioning System GKRIP Greater Kampala Roads Improvement Project (GKRIP) GKMA Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area HIV Human Immune Virus JI Joint Implementation JICA Japanese International Corporation Agency KCCA Kampala Capital City Authority LA Lead Agency LC Local Councils MCA Multi – Criteria Analysis MATA Metropolitan Area Transport Authority MEAs Multilateral Environment Agreements MTRA Multi-Sect oral Transport Regulatory Authority (MTRA). MLGSD Ministry of Labour, Gender and Social Development ESIA Environment Impact Statement for the Detailed Engineering Design for the Greater Kampala Roads Improvement Project (GKRIP) MoH Ministry of Health MoLHUD Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development MoWE Ministry of Water and Environment MoWT Ministry of Works and Transport MoWE Ministry of Water and Environment NDP National Development Plan NEMA National Environment Management Authority NFA National Forestry Authority NFTP National Forest and Tree Planting NMT Non Motorized Lanes NOX Nitrous Oxides NRSC National Road Safety Council NWSC National Water and Sewerage Corporation UBOS Uganda Bureau of Statistics UETCL Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited OHS Occupational Health Safety PAP Project Affected People PCRs Physical Cultural Resources PEAP Poverty Eradication Action Plan RAP Resettlement Action Plan RCC Resident City Commissioner RF Road Fund ROW Right of Way RSDP Road Sector Development Plan SAICM Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management RSPM Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter SPM Suspended Particulate Matter TORs Terms of Reference ULC Uganda Land Commission UMI Uganda management Institute UNFCC United nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNRA Uganda National Roads Authority UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization URC Uganda Railways Corporation VES Visual Encounter Survey WB World Bank ZOI Zone of Influence ESIA Environment Impact Statement for the Detailed Engineering Design for the Greater Kampala Roads Improvement Project (GKRIP) ESIA Environment Impact Statement for the Detailed Engineering Design for the Greater Kampala Roads Improvement Project (GKRIP) Table of Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................... 2 LIST OF KEY PERSONNEL .....................................................................ERROR! 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I 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA .......................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area ............................................................................................ 1 1.2.2 Kampala Capital City Authority .................................................................................................... 2 2 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................... 2 2.1 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................. 2 2.1.1 Details of the Developer .............................................................................................................. 5 2.1.2 Objectives of the Road project ..................................................................................................... 5 2.1.3 Justification for road project........................................................................................................ 6 2.2 LIMITS OF THE PROJECT AND STUDY AREAS ....................................................................................... 9 2.3 PROJECT AREAS OF INFLUENCE ......................................................................................................... 9 2.4 OTHER ON-GOING PLANS AND PROJECTS THAT WILL SUPPLEMENT / IMPACT ON THE FLYOVER PROJECT 9 2.4.1 Policies and Plans ..................................................................................................................... 10 2.4.2 Concerned Projects ................................................................................................................... 14 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 17 3.1 PROJECT SUMMARY........................................................................................................................ 17 3.2 CLOCK TOWER FLYOVER (FO) ........................................................................................................ 17 3.2.1 Section A: Straight section on Queensway .................................................................................. 19 3.2.2 Section B: Curve Section at Clock Tower Junction ..................................................................... 20 3.2.3 Section C: Straight section along Nsambya Road ....................................................................... 21 3.3 KITGUM HOUSE FO ........................................................................................................................ 21 3.3.1 Section D: Straight section on Mukwano Road ........................................................................... 23 3.3.2 Section E: Curve section on Mukwano Junction ......................................................................... 24 3.3.3 Section F: Transition section on Access Road ............................................................................ 25 3.3.4 Section G: Curve section at Kitgum House Junction ................................................................... 26 3.3.5 Section H : Transition Curve Section between Kitgum House Junction and Hotel Africana Junction ................................................................................................................................................. 27 3.3.6 Section I: Straight Section above Hotel Africana Junction .......................................................... 28 3.4 NSAMBYA UNDERPASS ................................................................................................................... 28 3.5 PROJECT EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL, ACTIVITIES, FACILITIES AND INSTALLATIONS ............................. 29 3.5.1 Project Equipment ..................................................................................................................... 29 3.5.2 Project personnel and working conditions .................................................................................. 29 3.5.3 Project Activities ....................................................................................................................... 29 3.5.4 Materials Testing/Investigations ................................................................................................ 32 3.5.5 Water for the Project ................................................................................................................. 32 ESIA Environment Impact Statement for the Detailed Engineering Design for the Greater Kampala Roads Improvement Project (GKRIP) 4 POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK................................................................................. 33 4.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 33 4.1.1 Uganda Vision 2040 .................................................................................................................. 33 4.2 POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................................................