SCOTT WILSON BUSINESS CONSULTANCY M5 Motorway Phase III Hungary: Environmental Impact Assessment Update Volume I - REPORT Scott Wilson Business Consultancy We work with clients to develop, implement and evaluate projects, programmes and change initiatives to improve performance and reduce risk. M5 Motorway Phase III Hungary: Environmental Update Report February 2005 Collated and Rachael Bailey edited by: Environmental Specialist Reviewed by: Tracey Ryan Project Manager Approved by: Alan Brookes Director Scott Wilson Business Consultancy Greencoat House 15 Francis Street London SW1P 1DH Tel: +44 (0)20 7798 5200 Fax: +44 (0)20 7798 5201 Email: [email protected] M5 MOTORWAY HUNGARY: Phase III Environmental Impact Assessment Update Report TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY OF TERMS _______________________________ 5 List of Abbreviations _________________________________ 7 1 Introduction __________________________________ 8 1.1 Background and Objectives of the Assignment ___________8 1.1.1 Principal changes required to update the Uvaterv EIA (1999)_______ 8 1.1.2 Relevant previous assignments _______________________________ 9 1.2 Operational Framework _______________________________9 1.3 The Site and Project History ___________________________9 1.4 Analysis of Alternatives ______________________________10 1.5 Recommendations from Gap Analysis Report____________10 1.6 Structure of the Report_______________________________11 2 Project Description ___________________________ 12 2.1 Overview __________________________________________12 2.2 Key Design Features_________________________________12 3 Environmental Legislation and Permitting________ 14 3.1 Legal and Institutional Framework _____________________14 3.2 Environmental Legislation ____________________________14 3.3 Environmental Permitting and Licensing ________________14 3.3.1 Construction Permit _______________________________________ 15 3.3.2 Water Permits_____________________________________________ 15 3.3.3 Borrow Pit Licences _______________________________________ 15 3.3.4 Emergency Response ______________________________________ 15 4 Phase III Environmental Issues _________________ 16 4.1 Assessment Methodology ____________________________16 4.2 Traffic _____________________________________________17 4.3 Land Use and Soil ___________________________________18 4.3.1 Baseline Information _______________________________________ 18 4.3.2 Impacts Assessment _______________________________________ 18 4.3.3 Mitigation ________________________________________________ 19 4.3.4 Monitoring _______________________________________________ 19 4.4 Water Quality _______________________________________20 4.4.1 Background ______________________________________________ 20 4.4.2 Baseline _________________________________________________ 20 Scott Wilson Business Consultancy 1 M5 MOTORWAY HUNGARY: Phase III Environmental Impact Assessment Update Report 4.4.3 Impact Assessment ________________________________________ 20 4.4.4 Mitigation ________________________________________________ 22 4.4.5 Monitoring _______________________________________________ 22 4.5 Air Quality _________________________________________23 4.5.1 Background ______________________________________________ 23 4.5.2 Baseline Information _______________________________________ 23 4.5.3 Impact Assessment ________________________________________ 23 4.5.4 Mitigation ________________________________________________ 24 4.5.5 Monitoring _______________________________________________ 24 4.5.6 Summary_________________________________________________ 25 4.6 Noise and Vibration__________________________________26 4.6.1 Background ______________________________________________ 26 4.6.2 Baseline Information _______________________________________ 26 4.6.3 Impact Assessment ________________________________________ 27 4.6.4 Mitigation ________________________________________________ 28 4.6.5 Summary_________________________________________________ 28 4.7 Landscape _________________________________________29 4.7.1 Baseline Information _______________________________________ 29 4.7.2 Impact Assessment ________________________________________ 29 4.7.3 Mitigation ________________________________________________ 30 4.7.4 Monitoring _______________________________________________ 31 4.7.5 Summary_________________________________________________ 31 4.8 Natural Environment and Ecology______________________32 4.8.1 Background ______________________________________________ 32 4.8.2 Baseline Information _______________________________________ 32 4.8.3 Impact Assessment ________________________________________ 33 Construction Impacts _____________________________________________ 33 4.8.4 Mitigation ________________________________________________ 34 4.8.5 Monitoring _______________________________________________ 36 4.9 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage _____________________37 4.9.1 Background ______________________________________________ 37 4.9.2 Baseline Information _______________________________________ 37 4.9.3 Impact Assessment ________________________________________ 37 4.9.4 Mitigation ________________________________________________ 38 4.9.5 Monitoring _______________________________________________ 38 4.10 Social and Community _____________________________39 4.10.1 Community and Stakeholder ________________________________ 39 4.10.2 Involuntary Resettlement ___________________________________ 39 4.10.3 Compensation Procedures __________________________________ 43 4.10.4 Vulnerable Groups_________________________________________ 44 4.10.5 Forced and Child (Under 18) Labour __________________________ 44 Scott Wilson Business Consultancy 2 M5 MOTORWAY HUNGARY: Phase III Environmental Impact Assessment Update Report 4.10.6 Road safety_______________________________________________ 45 4.10.7 Social Impacts of Noise and Air Pollution______________________ 45 4.10.8 Social Monitoring__________________________________________ 45 4.11 Borrow Pits _______________________________________46 5 Public Information and Consultation ____________ 47 5.1 Original Consultation for the M5 Motorway ______________47 5.1.1 Consultation during Phase II: Modified Design for Approval ______ 48 5.1.2 Previous Consultation for Phase II EIA Update and Environmental Review Meeting __________________________________________________ 48 5.1.3 Consultation for Phase III EIA Update and Environmental Review Meeting __________________________________________________ 49 5.1.4 Consultation following the Public Meeting – Household Survey ___ 50 5.1.5 Dissemination of Information to the Public_____________________ 51 5.1.6 Recommended consultation during Construction _______________ 51 5.1.7 Household Survey Responses Summary ______________________ 52 6 Proposed Mitigation Measures _________________ 54 7 Recommendations for Monitoring Plan __________ 58 7.1 Water Quality _______________________________________58 7.2 Air Quality _________________________________________58 7.3 Noise and Vibration__________________________________58 7.4 Landscape _________________________________________59 7.5 Natural Environment and Ecology______________________59 7.6 Socio-Economic ____________________________________59 7.7 Monitoring by the Banks _____________________________60 8 Management Plan ____________________________ 61 9 Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) _________________________________________ 68 9.1 Water Quality _______________________________________68 9.2 Landscape _________________________________________69 9.3 Noise and Vibration__________________________________69 9.4 Natural Environment and Ecology______________________70 9.5 Archaeology _______________________________________70 9.6 Social _____________________________________________70 10 Non Technical Summary ______________________ 72 10.1 Screening Category and Rationale for Classification_____72 10.2 Introduction ______________________________________72 10.3 Method __________________________________________72 Scott Wilson Business Consultancy 3 M5 MOTORWAY HUNGARY: Phase III Environmental Impact Assessment Update Report 10.4 Description of the Scheme __________________________72 10.5 Key issues _______________________________________73 10.5.1 Land Use and Soil _________________________________________ 73 10.5.2 Water quality _____________________________________________ 74 10.5.3 Air quality ________________________________________________ 74 10.5.4 Noise and Vibration ________________________________________ 74 10.5.5 Landscape _______________________________________________ 75 10.5.6 Natural Environment and Ecology ____________________________ 75 10.5.7 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage ___________________________ 75 10.5.8 Social and Community _____________________________________ 76 10.5.9 Borrow Pits_______________________________________________ 76 10.5.10 Monitoring______________________________________________ 76 10.5.11 Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) ________ 76 Scott Wilson Business Consultancy 4 M5 MOTORWAY HUNGARY: Phase III Environmental Impact Assessment Update Report GLOSSARY OF TERMS AKA Project sponsors (concessionaire) also responsible for the commissioning of the environmental permit and construction permit reviews. A Weighted Decibel Internationally accepted unit for the most frequently used noise measurement. Borrow Pit Area used to obtain materials i.e. sand for construction. CEMP A manual which defines the approach to environmental management during construction.