E2191 V5 Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Medium Cities Urban Transport Project Environmental Impact Statement Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Environmental Science Institute 2009-6-1 Public Disclosure Authorized Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1 General................................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.1Evaluation Purpose And Guiding Concept 2 1.2Evaluation Basis 2 1.3Evaluation Grade Of Environmental Impacts 6 1.4Evaluation Range 7 1.5Environmental Protection Target 8 1.6Evaluation Standard And Evaluation Period 19 2 Project Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 26 2.1Basic Project Construction 26 3. Environmental And Social Status................................................................................................................... 40 3.1 Natural Environment ......................................................................................................................40 3.2 Social Environment ........................................................................................................................45 3.3 Relativity Of Overall Planning Of Project Cities ...........................................................................48 3.4 Evaluation And Management Of The Atmospheric Environment..................................................50 3.5 Evaluation On Noise Environment.................................................................................................52 3.6 All Conservation Zones, Scenic Areas And Cultural Relics...........................................................52 3.7 Quality And Management Of Surface Water Environment ............................................................53 4.Evaluation On Environmental Impacts.......................................................................................................... 58 4.1 Analysis On Environmental Impacts During Construction Period.................................................58 4.2 Analysis On Environmental Impacts During Operation Period .....................................................66 4.3 Analysis Of Impacts Of Projects On Cultural Relics And Scenic Spots ........................................73 4.4 Analysis Of Impacts Of Project On Removal And Settlement.......................................................75 4.5 Analysis On Environmental Risks..................................................................................................77 5. Plan Comparison And Selection..................................................................................................................... 87 5.1with/Without Project Comparison ...................................................................................................87 5.2 Comparison Of Road Lines ............................................................................................................90 5.3 Comparison And Selection Of Project Works ................................................................................92 5.4 Selection Of Road Surface Material...............................................................................................98 6. Environmental Management And Monitoring Plan................................................................................... 100 6.1 Target............................................................................................................................................100 6.2 Environmental Management And Supervision.............................................................................101 6.3 Mitigative Measures ...................................................................................................................102 6.4 Environmental Monitoring Plan ...................................................................................................112 6.5 Training Of Environmental Protection Personnel.........................................................................117 7. Public Consultation And Public Notification Of Information ................................................................... 119 7.1 Target And Significance................................................................................................................119 7.2 Survey Scope And Method...........................................................................................................119 7.3 Survey Statistic Results ................................................................................................................130 7.4 Analysis On Results Of Public Survey.........................................................................................134 Preface Lu’an, Wuhu, Huaibei and Anqing are four prefecture-level cities in Anhui province. With the development of economy, the traffic mobility in such four cities is in the trend of rapid growth. However, the traffic congestion and blocking is very serious in cities so the traffic condition is very bad. The construction of road infrastructures lags behind the city economic development and cannot satisfy the sustainable economic development and improve living level in such four cities and their surrounding areas. Therefore, it is urgently to perfect urban traffic network under strategic guideline of general development of urban transportation and improve the operation efficiency of urban traffic system in aspects of perfection and public transportation of established road networks so as to adapt the development of such four cities and their surrounding areas. Lu’an, Wuhu, Huaibei and Anqing plan to apply loans from World Bank for newly construction and reconstruction of urban roads. In April of 2007, the World Bank agreed to arrange a loan of USD0.1 billion to support Anhui provincial urban transportation in the loan planning discussion with National Development & Reform Committee, and planned that this project would be approved by the World Bank in its fiscal year 2010 (i.e. July 01, 2009 to June 30, 2010). The World Bank Investigation Team visited Hefei on April 22, 2008 and made primary study and discussion on the bank’s planning to support the transportation project of medium- sized cities of Anhui province. 1 1 General 1.1 Evaluation Purpose and Guiding Concept Evaluation Purpose This evaluation on environmental impacts combines urban social investigation and current environmental supervision of all sub-projects, makes an overall and systemic analysis on the positive and negative impacts brought about by natural environment and social environment in cities during the construction and operation period of this project based on features of urban road construction, puts forward mitigative and compensation measures for unfavorable impacts of the construction project on natural and social environment based on public opinions, clarifies whether the project construction is practical at the aspect of environmental protection and confirms the environmental protection management and environmental monitoring plan of this project. Guiding Concept The guiding concept of this evaluation is to properly confirm the evaluation scope and monitoring items by making full use of current basic information and reference to relevant evaluation results of road construction projects in accordance with requirements in Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment (HJ/T2.1-93, HJ/T2.3-93, HJ/T2.2- 2008, HJ/T2.4-1995, HJ/T19-1997) and Specifications for Environmental Impact Assessment of Highways (On Trial) (JTJ 005-96) on the basis of detailed engineering analysis on the project, select representative monitoring points, monitoring factors and forecast model according to project features and ensure to be scientific, objective, just, explicit and creditable. 1.2 Evaluation Basis Approval Files for Loan Project (1) Ministry of Finance of Anhui Province transmitted CJH[2007] No.1194 Notice of Department of International Affairs of Ministry of Finance on 2008-2010 Fiscal Year Planning of World Bank Loans (Dec. 24, 2007). 2 Feasibility Study Data of Loan Project (1) Traffic Projects of Anhui Medium-Sized Cities – Feasibility Study Report on Construction of Urban Roads and Public transit depots of Lu’an City (By Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute Anhui Branch in May of 2009); (2) Feasibility Study Report on Newly-Built Projects in The 3rd Ring Road (Limin Road – Wunan Road) and Improvement Projects of Traffic Facilities in Jiuhua Road and Yijiang Road of Wuhu City (By Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University in May of 2009); (3) Traffic Projects of Anhui Medium-Sized Cities – Feasibility Study Report on Construction of Urban Roads, Public transit depots and Transportation Management Facilities of Anqing City (By Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University in May of 2009); (4) Traffic Projects of Anhui Medium-Sized Cities – Feasibility Study Report on Construction of Urban Roads and Public transit depots of Huaibei City (By Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University in May of 2009); Miscellaneous National Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations (1) Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic