A. Project Outline A1 Title the Title of the Project Is “ Feasibility Study Module for the Three Expressways in Myanmar ”

PROJECT CONCEPT PROPOSAL (1)

A. Project Outline A1 Title The title of the project is “ Feasibility Study Module for the three expressways in Myanmar ”

A2 Duration

The expected duration will be 2018-2019 (24 months). However Yangon-Mandalay Expressway Feasibility study is so urgent that it is better to be finished by early 2019.

A3 Total Budget

The estimated feasibility study module cost will be amount 9.0 million US$, and it is requested as grant assistance from KOICA

Classification Length* Budget** Period (months) Remarks (km) ( Million US$) F.S Module 1,289 9.0 2018~2019 (24)

Yangon – Mandalay 589 4.6 2018~2019 (12) Upgrade

Mandalay– 460 2.3 2018~2019 (24) New Section myitkyina Ngayokekaung – 240 2.1 2018~2019 (24) New Section Pathein - Yangon

* The expressway length is just assumed on map * * The budget includes feasibility study, capacity building and Project management

A4 Target Location

The location of three expressways is described in detail at below detail description.

A5 Beneficiaries:

The project is mainly intended for the development of behind because of poor accessibility and mobility to connect with the current road network.

A6. Objectives

The development objective is to contribute the gradual reduction of road transport costs and improve access, ease of transit, and safety along the Myanmar’s backbone expressway.

For road users, the project would lead to better riding quality and level of serviceability, avoiding or deferring costly congestions, better road safety, avoiding hazardous and savings derived from shorter travel times.

A7. Major Activities

Among the key project indicators are two high priority items:

 Reduction in transit time/ vehicle operating cost in Myanmar  Reduction in the accident prone portions to improve safety measures on the existing Yangon – Mandalay Expressway.

A8. Point of contact

U Kyaw Linn Permanent Secretary Ministry of Construction Tel: +95-67407073 Email: [email protected]

B. Project Overview B1 Project background

Based on Master plan Arterial Road Network Development Plan in Myanmar by KOICA (2015), there are three expressways in top high priority in Myanmar.

The first one is upgrading of Yangon to Mandalay Expressway The existing expressway between Yangon and Mandalay is somehow the rate of accidents is increased. Although the expressway is planned to construct and operate as an access control type, the current expressway is 4 lane divided roadway with access being controlled only in some portions. In addition, there is lack of frontage road in vicinity of expressway makes the nearby road users to go in and out the expressway to travel to their desired places with pleasure which reduces the safety of vehicles travelling on the expressway.

The second one is the extension of Mandalay-Myitkyina Expressway”

The road sector in the said area still has low connectivity and some of the roads have one lane two ways roadway with unpaved conditions and the service quality is still very low.

The third one is the extension of Mandalay-Myitkyina Expressway

The existing roadway between Pathein and Ngayokekaung starts from Pathein. It has to travel on the Pathein – Mawtinsyun road about 50 miles and then diverge to the right and travel about 17 miles to Ngayokekaung. Since Ngayokekuang area is planned to develop as economic zone of Irrawaddy Region, the existing roads cannot handle the traffic from proposed economic zone. Therefore, new expressway is proposed starting from Ngayokekaung and ending in Yangon.

B2 Project goal

The goal is to promote the transport and road sectors in areas in the said regions and to contribute in promoting poverty reduction, development and communications.

B3 Scope of the project

The scope of the project will be divided into three portions:

 The feasibility study for the upgrading of existing Yangon – Mandalay Expressway  The feasibility study for the new construction of Mandalay-Myitkyina Expressway  The feasibility study for the new construction of Ngayokekaung- Pathein -Yangon Expressway

More detail description are bellowed by each projects

B4. Inputs from host country

The project is aligned with the long-term masterplan for the development of road network. The land acquisition cost for the said project will be handled by the relevant department of the host country.

B5 Budget Estimation

The total cost for the feasibility study module is estimated about 9.0 million US. The budget includes and Project Management (10%), capacity building, etc. (5%) of each feasibility studies cost.

Attested by

Kyaw Linn

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Construction

Date: 16th November 2016

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DETAIL PROJECT CONCEPT PROPOSAL (1-1)

A. Project Outline A1. Title The title of the project is “Feasibility Study Module (1) for the improvement of Yangon- Mandalay Expressway”

A2. Duration

The expected implementation year will be 2018. The expected duration will be 2018-2019 (12 months).

A3. Total Budget

The feasibility study for the improvement will be about 4.6 million US$ and the civil works will be estimated as 508Million US$ for upgradation of existing Yangon – Mandalay Expressway. Therefore, the total project cost will be about 513 Million US$). The feasibility study of the improvement of the expressway is requested initially for KOICA’s assistance.

A4. Target Location

The project is from Yangon to Mandalay with the improvement on the existing expressway in Myanmar.

A5. Beneficiaries:

The project is mainly intended for the development of behind because of poor accessibility and mobility to connect with the current road network.

A6. Objectives

The development objective is to contribute the gradual reduction of road transport costs and improve access, ease of transit, and safety along the Myanmar’s backbone expressway.

A7. Major Activities

Among the key project indicators are two high priority items:

 Reduction in transit time/ vehicle operating cost from Yangon – Mandalay Expressway  Reduction in the accident prone portions to improve safety measures on the existing Yangon – Mandalay Expressway. A8. Point of Contact U Kyaw Linn Permanent Secretary Ministry of Construction Tel: +95-67407073 Email: [email protected]

B. Project Overview B1. Project Background

The existing expressway between Yangon and Mandalay is somehow the rate of accidents is increased. Although the expressway is planned to construct and operate as an access control type, the current expressway is 4 lane divided roadway with access being controlled only in some portions. In addition, there is lack of frontage road in vicinity of expressway makes the nearby road users to go in and out the expressway to travel to their desired places with pleasure which reduces the safety of vehicles travelling on the expressway.

The following is the list of injuries or deaths along the expressway in specific months.

Yangon-Mandalay Expressway Traffic and Accident Volume 2016

No. Of Death No. Of Injury Traffic No. Of No Month Volume Accident Male Female Total Male Female Total

1 Jaunary 616633 57 6 4 10 52 33 85

2 February 590055 47 8 1 9 45 30 75

3 March 651030 70 9 14 23 74 46 120

4 April 680928 69 11 10 21 123 118 241

5 May 626448 73 11 3 14 55 37 92

6 June 618766 59 7 2 9 71 24 95

7 July 615282 80 8 6 14 67 53 120

B2. Project Goal

The goal is to promote the transport and road sectors in areas in the said regions and to contribute in promoting poverty reduction, development and communications.

B3. Scope of the project

The scope of the project will be divided into two portions:

 The feasibility study for the improvement of the expressway.  The upgradation of the existing Yangon – Mandalay Expressway The upgradation of the existing Yangon – Mandalay Expressway includes the widening of the existing shoulder and sealed with asphalt concrete. There will be installation of fence intended for the full access controlled roadway. The estimated cost for upgradation of existing expressway is shown in the following tables.

Estimation Sr Rate/km Particular Measurement Cost Remarks No. (Million) (Million) Road 3.0m width Widening Pavement 1 2 x 311.6 km 208 129626 Construction Work 1.5m width L.H.S Shoulder 2 2 x 272 km 35 19040 Construction Work 7.62m width Asphalt Concrete 3 471 km 158 74418 Paving Work 3.75m width Frontage Road 4 2 x 322.8 km 107 69079 Construction Work 5 Fencing 2 x 272 km 30 16320 2 x 325.25 6 Road Furniture Work 2.3 2081.6 km 7 Guard Rail Fixing Work 1126 km 23.704 26690.7

Bridge 1 2 lane to 4 lane Widening Work (a) <15.24m Span Bridge 2 x 66 m 0.7 92.40 (b) Between 15.24m and 54.86m 2 x 973 m 0.83 1615.18 Span Bridge (c) >54.86m Span Bridge 2 x 2117 m 0.83 3514.22

2 Overhead Bridge Construction Work 2 x 5 Nos 2807 28070 (1US$=1300 KS) $ 285.04 Total Cost (Yangon to Naypyitaw) 370547.10 million Estimation Sr Rate/km Particular Measurement Cost Remarks No. (Million) (Million) Road 3.5m width Widening Pavement 1 2 x 256.5 km 190 97470 Construction Work 1.5m width L.H.S Shoulder 2 2 x 262.5 km 32 16800 Construction Work 7.62m width Asphalt Concrete 3 475 km 153.5 72912.5 Paving Work 3.66m width Frontage Road 4 2 x 262.5 km 107 56175 Construction Work 5 Fencing 2 x 211.5 km 32 13536 6 Road Furniture Work 2 x 264km 2.3 1214.4 7 Guard Rail Fixing Work 922.4 km 23.704 21864.5

Bridge 1 2 lane to 4 lane Widening Work

(a) <15.24m Span Bridge 2 x 89.3 m 0.7 125.02 (b) Between 15.24m and 54.86m Span Bridge 2 x 594 m 0.83 986.04 (c) >54.86m Span Bridge 2 x 2117 m 0.83 3514.22 Overhead Bridge Construction 2 Work 2 x 1 Nos 2807.00 5614.00 (1US$=1300 KS) $ 223.24 Total Cost (Naypyitaw to Mandalay) 290211.68 million $ 508.28 Total Cost (Yangon to Mandalay) 660758.78 million

The project will include the construction of paved shoulder and installation of other necessary safety furniture along the expressway. The frontage road will be provided for the nearby road users for the promoting the accessibility.

The cross section of the roadway is shown in the following figure will be the final phase of the project.

B4. Inputs from host country The project is aligned with the long-term masterplan for the development of road network. The land acquisition cost for the said project will be handled by the relevant department of the host country.

B5 Budget Estimation The total cost for the project is estimated about 508 million US$ for the civil works. It is planned to apply the loan from the developing partners for the implementation of the project after the FS.

DETAIL PROJECT CONCEPT PROPOSAL (1-2)

A. Project Outline A1. Title The title of the project is ““Feasibility Study Module (2) for the improvement of the extension of Mandalay-Myitkyina Expressway ”

A2. Duration

The expected implementation year for the extension will be 2018 with the required equipment and machineries. The expected duration will be 2018-2019 (24months).

A3. Total Budget

It is estimated to be 2458.8 Million US$ for new construction of Mandalay -Myitkyina expressway.The feasibility study for the project which is estimated about 2.3 million US$ is requested to the KOICA’s grant assistance. Furthermore, the Detailed Project Report, if possible, is also requested to KOICA.

A4. Target Location

The project is starting near Mandalay and go north passing near Shwebo and then to Myitkyina with the newly constructed expressway.

A5. Beneficiaries:

The project is mainly intended for the development of the northern regions that are left behind because of poor accessibility and mobility to connect with the current road network.

A6. Objectives

The development objective is to contribute to the gradual reduction of road transport costs and improve access, ease of transit, and safety along the northern part of Myanmar’s backbone expressway, via construction of section between Myitkyina and Mandalay.

For road users, the project would lead to better road quality and level of serviceability, avoiding or deferring costly congestions, better road safety through new alignment and town bypasses, avoiding hazardous crossing of urban areas by heavy transit traffic, and savings derived from shorter travel times.

A7. Major Activities

Among the key project indicators are three high priority items:

• Conduct Feasibility Study in the first stage • Detailed Project Report in the second stage • Implementation of the new expressway between Mandalay in the final stage. A8. Point of Contact U Kyaw Linn Permanent Secretary Ministry of Construction Tel: +95-67407073 Email: [email protected]

B. Project Overview B1. Project Background

The road sector in the said area still has low connectivity and some of the roads have one lane two ways roadway with unpaved conditions and the service quality is still very low.

B2. Project Goal

The goal is to promote the transport and road sectors in rural areas in the said regions and to contribute in promoting poverty reduction, development and communications for the ethnic minorities living in the project are.

B3. Scope of the project

The scope of the project will be divided into two portions:

• Feasibility Study of the Mandalay – Myikyina Portion and the Detailed Project Report • The construction of the expressway starting from Mandalay and extend up to Myitkyina

The proposed length of extension of expressway from Mandalay to Myitkyina will be about 460 km. It will include three sections: Mandalay – Shwebo section, Shwebo – Indaw section and Indaw – Myitkyina section. The starting point of expressway will be near the Sagaing. The estimated length for the section (Mandalay – Shwebo) is 75 km and it will be constructed with 6 lane roadway standard. The estimated cost will be 181.2 million US$. The said section is shown in the following figure.

The second section which is between Shwebo and Indaw is estimated length of 205 km and estimated direct construction cost of 719.2 US$ in millions. The following is the figure showing the planned route.

The final section is about 180 km between Indaw and Myitkyina with the direct construction cost of 967.9 US$ millions.

B5. Budget Estimation The total cost for the project is estimated about 1869.2 million US$ for the civil works without including FS and DPR. It is planned to apply the loan from the developing partners for the implementation of the project. Even though the project may not be feasible on economic analysis, the expressway development, however, is greatly important in political and social terms of the country. It means that the expressway development is expected to contribute to achieving country's national development goals pursued by the government such as national unification, peace, and balanced regional development. Further, it will play a great role to facilitate a regional and industrial development along the project corridor. In order to achieve poverty reduction and economic growth along the expressway corridor, it needs to maximize positive impacts and to create synergy effects of the expressway development by introducing comprehensive development strategies such as industrial complex development nearby the expressway. At the same time with the expressway development, it also needs to consider non-economic aspects such as population movement, educational condition development, poverty and health, regional balanced development, etc.

DETAIL PROJECT CONCEPT PROPOSAL (1-3)

A. Project Outline A1. Title The title of the project is “Feasibility Study Module (3) for the improvement of the extension of Ngayokekaung - Pathein – Yangon Expressway.”

A2. Duration

The expected implementation year for the whole project will be 2018 with the required equipment and machineries. The expected duration will be 2018-2019 (24 months).

A3. Total Budget

The estimated cost for the Feasibility Study of the said project is estimated about 2.1 million US$ and it is requested as grant assistance from KOICA.

A4. Target Location

The project is starting from Ngayokekaung, the industrial zone in the Irrawaddy Region, passing near Pathein and then to Yangon to link with Thilawa SEZ as well as the extension of GMS East – West Economic Corridor.

A5. Beneficiaries:

The project is mainly intended for the development of the coastal areas in the delta region that are left behind because of poor accessibility and mobility to connect with the current road network.

A6. Objectives

The development objective is to contribute to the gradual reduction of road transport costs and improve access, ease of transit, and safety along the delta region via construction of section between Ngayokekaung and Yangon.

A7. Major Activities

Among the key project indicators are two high priority items:

• Reduction in transit time/ vehicle operating cost from Ngayokekaung – Pathein to Yangon. • Construction of new expressway connecting the said areas as the existing highway has nearly reached its capacity and poor level of service in many sections. A8. Point of Contact U Kyaw Linn Permanent Secretary Ministry of Construction Tel: +95-67407073 Email: [email protected]

B. Project Overview B1.Project Background

The road sector in the said area still has low connectivity and some of the roads have one lane two way with unpaved conditions and the service quality is still very low.

The existing highway between Yangon and Pathein is two lane roadway in most of the length and it is somehow the rate of accidents is increased. In addition, the increasing number of seasonal vehicles and passing through towns made the traffic become congested in such areas. Therefore, the proposed expressway will be constructed within 16 km from the south of existing highway in most of the section so that the road users can have ease of access to it.

B2. Project Goal

The goal is to promote the transport and road sectors in rural areas in the delta region and to contribute in promoting poverty reduction, development and communications.

B3. Scope of the project

The scope of the project will be divided into two portions:

• The feasibility study of the Ngayokekaung – Pathein – Yangon Expressway • The construction of the expressway starting from Ngayokekaung, then to Pathein and after that connects with the proposed outer ring road of Yangon which can be used as evacuation route for disasters and storm surges.

The project will include the construction of four lane divided roadway with elevated structures in some sections.

B5. Budget Estimation The whole project is planned to apply the loan from the developing partners for the implementation of the project. Further, it will play a great role to facilitate a regional and industrial development along the project corridor. In order to achieve poverty reduction and economic growth along the expressway corridor, it needs to maximize positive impacts and to create synergy effects of the expressway development by introducing comprehensive development strategies such as industrial complex development nearby the expressway.