Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/07/18
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Environmental and Social Assessment (ESIA) UpdateMay2024 Uganda: Roads and Bridges in the Refugee Hosting Districts/Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo Road Corridor Project (P171339)
- Lending Instrument
- Investment Project Financing
- Pages
- 508
- Product Line
- IBRD/IDA
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- UG-Uganda: Roads And Bridges In The Refugee Hosting Districts/Kobo -- P171339
- TF No/Name
- TF0B4210-BIGRS Safety Assessments in Uganda,TF0B9170-Uganda: Support for Development of a Road Maintenance Policy
- Unit Owning
- Transport-East Africa (IAET1)
- Version Type
- Final
Table of Contents
- Republic of Uganda 1
- Prepared by 1
- Uganda National Roads Authority 1
- Updated May 2024 1
- Definitions: iv 2
- 1.1 Background 1 2
- 1.2 Status of social infrastructure in west nile region 2 2
- 1.3 Influx of Refugees in Uganda 2 2
- 1.4 Link between Infrastructure and National Development/Refugee Welfare 3 2
- 1.5 Project Justification 4 2
- 1.6 Overview of The Environmental and Social Impact Study 4 2
- 2.1 Project location 6 2
- 2.2 Project Objectives 2 2
- 2.3 Project Area of Influence 3 2
- 2.4 Design Geometrics 4 2
- 2.5 project resources, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS 9 3
- 2.6 Project Activities 17 3
- 3.1 Introduction 19 3
- 4.1 National policy and legal framework 43 3
- 4.2 World Bank Environment and Social Framework 59 3
- 4.3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 67 4
- 5.1 Physical environment 70 4
- 5.2 Biological environment 102 4
- Cultivated Fields and fallow lands 110 4
- 6.1 Introduction 129 5
- 6.2 Administrative structure 129 5
- 6.3 Average Size of the Households in the project area 130 5
- 6.4 Age group in project area 130 5
- 6.5 Gender and marital status of the respondents 131 5
- 5.6 Ethnicity and Religion 132 5
- 6.6 Primary occupation of respondents 133 5
- 6.7 Access to markets 143 5
- 6.8 Health care 144 5
- 6.9 Water supply in project area 148 5
- 6.10 Energy sources 151 5
- 6.11 Education services 152 5
- 6.12 Access to education services 152 5
- 6.13 Transport and Communication services 155 5
- 6.14 Access to financial services 157 5
- 6.16 Violence against children 167 6
- 6.17 Vulnerability baseline within the project area of influence 168 6
- 6.18 Cultural heritage 173 6
- 7.1 Introduction 190 6
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- 7.6 ECONOMIC VALUE OF POTENTIAL BIODIVERSITY LOSSES Error! 6
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- 7.10 Distribution of the Environmental Benefits and Costs of the Project Error! 7
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- 9.1 Overview 235 7
- 9.3 PRe-CONSTRUCTION PHASE NEGATIVE IMPACTS 236 8
- 9.4 CONSTRUCTION PHASE positive IMPACTS 237 8
- 9.5 Operational phase positive impacts 242 8
- 9.6 Construction phase NEGATIVE IMPACTS 246 8
- 9.7 POST CONSTRUCTION PHASE negative IMPACTS 295 9
- 9.8 Environmental and social risks 298 9
- 10.1 Environmental and Social Management Plan Matrix 302 9
- 10.2 Cumulative Impacts accruing from other on-going Projects in the Vicinity 381 9
- 10.3 positive Cumulative Impacts accruing from on-going Projects in the Vicinity 386 10
- 10.4 Valued Environment and Social Components 387 10
- 10.5 Environmental and Social Monitoring Programme 388 10
- 10.6 Enhanced Implementation Support and Monitoring 396 10
- 10.7 Design Measures that will likely Enhance the Project 396 10
- 10.8 Organizational Set-Up and ESMP Implementation Mechanisms 400 10
- 10.9 Integration of E&S Aspects into Procurement Process 402 11
- 10.10 Contractor/ UNRA Management Plans 404 11
- 10.11 Approvals, Permits and Licenses 415 11
- 10.12 Indicative ESMP Implementation Costs 422 11
- 12.1 Conclusions 0 12
- Appendix IX: stakeholder identification, mapping and analysis summary matrix for koboko-yumbe-moyo 12
- Definitions: 21
- Public involvement: 21
- The Project 23
- Project justification 23
- Road Design 24
- The ESIA Process 24
- Key Baseline Features 24
- Key Impacts and Risks 27
- Management and Monitoring of Impacts and Risks 31
- Conclusion and Recommendations Conclusions 33
- Figure 1: Current status of most sections the road project 35
- Source: The Republic Of Uganda Data Collection Survey On Social Infrastructure Needs Of Refugee-Hosting Communities In Northern Uganda. Final Report, JICA July 2018. 37
- Figure 2: Locational Map of Koboko–Yumbe–Moyo Road 41
- Table 2: Relaxed Direct Impact Zones 43
- Table 3: Terrain Classification on Koboko-Yumbe –Moyo Road 45
- Table 4: Design Speed 46
- Table 5: Design Speed and Passing distances 47
- Table 6: Intersections, Junctions and Roundabout 47
- Table 7: Cross Drainage Structures 49
- Figure 3: A cross-section of typical road construction equipment 50
- Purposive sampling 60
- Simple random sampling of Household Heads 61
- Figure 4: District Consultation meetings 65
- Figure 7: Meetings documentation during ESIA study 70
- Information Disclosure 71
- Table 10: Details of noise investigation areas 75
- Figure 8: Sampled sites along Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo Road 77
- Figure 9: Monitoring of Air quality at Likidobo village 78
- Figure 10: Set up for noise measurements 80
- Figure 11: Field measurements for vibrations 80
- Table 11: Details of sites for water in situ measurements 81
- Table 12: Criteria for determining impact significance 84
- Table 13: Summary of Policies and Legislations Applicable to the Road Project 86
- Table 14: Summary of project categorization based on ESF 2017 102
- Resource efficiency issues 104
- Pollution Prevention and Management issues 105
- Community Health and Safety 105
- Table 15: Relevant institutions for proposed road rehabilitation and upgrade 109
- Figure 13: Topography of the Project Areas 113
- Figure 14: Geological Formations of the Project Area. 115
- Figure 15: Soils of the Project Area 117
- Figure 16: Mean monthly rainfall amount for Recorded at Arua (2000-2009) 118
- Figure 17: Mean Daily Maximum and Minimum temperatures for Arua (2013) 119
- Table 16: Temperature and Humidity Measurements at Selected Location 119
- Figure 18: Variation of Temp and Humidity with time at Mindrabe Primary School 121
- Figure 19: Variation of Temp and Humidity with time at Mindrabe Primary School 121
- Figure 20: Variation of Temp and Relative Humidity at Yumbe HC IV 122
- Figure 21: Drainage Map of the project area. 123
- Figure 22: Air Quality Monitoring 124
- Table 17: Concentration of Particulate Matter at selected air monitoring points 124
- Figure 23: Vehicles that are responsible for resuspension of dust in Kuru Trading Center 126
- Figure 25: Graphs showing variation of PM10 and PM2.5 with time of the day at Lokopoi Hills Technical Institute. 127
- Table 18: Concentration of gases at Sensitive Receptors. 127
- Figure 26: Open cooking in Likidobo village emitting smoke containing Carbon Monoxide 129
- Figure 27: Variation of different gases with time at selected monitoring locations 130
- Figure 28: Noise measurements using the Casella CEL-633B Sound Meter 131
- Table 19: Summary of Baseline Noise levels at selected monitoring points 133
- Table 20: Eria Church Noise Levels 134
- Figure 29: Relationship between parameters at Eria Church 135
- Figure 30: LAeq at Eria Church 135
- Figure 31: LAFmax at Eria Church 136
- Figure 32: LAeq at Kuru Trading Centre 136
- Figure 34: Relationship of different noise parameters at Mindrabe Primary School 137
- Figure 35: LAeq at Mindrabe Primary School 138
- Figure 37: LAeq at Yumbe HC IV 139
- Figure 38: LAFmax at Yumbe HC IV 139
- Table 24: Vibration Measurements at Selected Receptors 139
- Figure 39: Variation of PPV with time of the day at Yumbe HC IV 140
- Gborokolongo Health Center III 141
- Figure 41: Vibration Measurements at Gborokolongo Health Center III 141
- Figure 44: Vibration Measurements at Eria Catholic Church 143
- Table 25: Water quality Measurements at Selected Receptors 143
- Central Forest Reserves 144
- Table 26: Summary of CFRs Plant Species 145
- Figure 45: Road scenes through the CFR 146
- Woodlands 149
- Figure 49: Road through open woodlands 150
- Figure 50: Part of open grasslands 150
- Riverbanks and Seasonal Wetlands 151
- Figure 51: Typical riverine vegetation 152
- Figure 52: Roadside trees in areas of Lodonga Village, Yumbe District 152
- Species Richness 155
- Table 28: Number Butterfly Species recorded in the project area 155
- Species Richness 158
- Table 30: Amphibian species richness by families and genera 158
- Species Richness 160
- Table 33: Reptile species recorded along Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo road 160
- Figure 59: Some of the Reptiles species encountered during the survey 162
- Table 35: Shannon Wiener Diversity Indices for Reptile fauna A long KYM Road 162
- Table 36: Bird species List encountered during the survey 163
- Figure 60: Some of the Bird species encountered during the survey 167
- Table 37: Shannon Wiener Diversity Index for Bird fauna A long KYM Road 167
- Table 38: Mammal Species recorded during the survey 169
- Table 39: Genera and number of species represented by each mammal families 169
- Table 40: Shannon Wiener Diversity Index for Mammal fauna A long KYM Road 170
- Table 41: Local Government Structure in Uganda 171
- Table 42: Average number of people living within the household 172
- Table 43: Age group of respondents 172
- Table 44: Gender and Marital Status 173
- Table 45: Number of spouses 174
- Table 46: Tribes in the project area 174
- Table 47: Religious beliefs of the affected people 175
- Table 48: Religious beliefs of the affected people 175
- Figure 61: Typical crop grown in the project area Table 49: Typically grown crops in the districts 176
- Table 50: Animals reared in the project areas 177
- Table 51: Typically grown trees 177
- Figure 62: One of the boda-boda stage in Sub-county 178
- Table 52: Women groups carrying out roadside business along the KYM road 179
- Table 53: Distance to markets 186
- Table 54: Access to health care 186
- Table 55: Distance to Health facility 187
- Table 56: Some of the common diseases 187
- Table 57: Ways of contracting HIV/AIDS 188
- Table 58: Channels of communication 188
- Table 59: Knowledge on Hepatitis B 189
- Table 60: Health Facilities along the KYM road 189
- Figure 66: Kochi HC III and Lefori HC III 190
- Table 61: Sources of water for Communities in the project area 190
- Table 62: Challenges from water sources 190
- Figure 67: Water sources within project area 192
- Table 63: Distance to water sources 192
- Table 64: Likely impacts on water 192
- Table 65: Sources of energy 193
- Table 66: Education levels of Household heads 194
- Table 67: Distance to nearest Primary School 194
- Table 68: Distance to nearest Secondary School 195
- Table 69: Schools located along the 105km KYM Road 195
- Table 70: Types of roads 198
- Table 71: Commonly used means of transport used in project area 198
- Table 72: Reason for travel 198
- Table 73: Cost of transport 199
- Table 74: Impact of on transport needs. 199
- Table 75: Forms of saving in the project area 200
- Table 76: Source of credit 200
- Table 77: Reasons for accessing credit 201
- Table 78: Decisions women make 202
- Figure 68: Land Ownership in project area 204
- Table 80: Initiating physical violence 208
- Table 81: Institutions/persons for assistance 209
- Table 82: Gender statistics for the project area 209
- Table 83: Vulnerability Assessment for Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo Road Upgrade. 210
- Table 84: Cultural Heritage Sites along the Alignment 216
- Table 88: Summary of the Public Consultations Process 233
- Figure 69: Pictorial evidence of consultations during the Scoping Phase 235
- Table 90: Stakeholder Groups Reached 243
- Figure 70: Pictorial evidence of consultations during ESIA studies 246
- Table 91: Key issues from Koboko, Yumbe and Moyo District Local Government 248
- Table 92: Key Community concerns 257
- Table 93: Key issues/concerns raised by relevant stakeholders 261
- Table 94: Ecosystem services and values in the road corridor 270
- Table 95: Comparative Evaluation of alternatives 273
- Project Alternative Options Considered in the Economic Analysis 276
- Enhancement 279
- Mitigation 280
- Mitigation 280
- Impact enhancement 281
- Impact enhancement 282
- Impact enhancement: 283
- Impact enhancement 284
- Impact Enhancement 284
- Impact enhancement 285
- Impact enhancement 289
- Mitigation 290
- Residual Impact 290
- Impact management 290
- Table 96: Location of potential Borrow Areas 292
- Impact management 294
- Ground vibration – 294
- Table 97: Vibrations standards for Republic of Ireland 295
- Mitigations 296
- Mitigations for dust nuisance 299
- Mitigations for general air quality 299
- Mitigations 302
- Mitigation 304
- Impact management: 304
- Mitigation 305
- Impact management 306
- Impact Mitigation 307
- Mitigation 308
- Impact management 308
- Mitigation 309
- Mitigation 310
- Mitigation 311
- Mitigation 312
- Impact Management 312
- Mitigation 313
- moderate. 315
- Mitigation 316
- Impact management 317
- Mitigation 318
- Crime, drug abuse and prostitution 320
- HIV/AIDS Risk 320
- Sexual Harrasment 320
- Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 320
- Gender based violence at the community level 321
- Mitigation 321
- Impact management 322
- Impact mitigation 324
- Table 98: Personal Protective Equipment According to Hazard 325
- Mitigation 326
- Residual Impact 326
- Mitigation 327
- Residual Impact 328
- Impact mitigation 328
- Impact Management 329
- Mitigation Measures 330
- Impact management 331
- Mitigation 331
- Mitigation 333
- Mitagation 334
- Mitigation 335
- Impacts on Biodiversity. 338
- Surface flow modification 338
- Ground Flow Modifications 339
- Water Quality and Chemical spills 339
- Mitigation 340
- Residual Impact 341
- Impact Management. 341
- Mitigation 342
- Mitigation 344
- Figure 72: UNRA Road Equipment in Minrabe Rorrow Area, Minrabe village 345
- Table 99: ESMP for Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo Road Project 349
- Spatial Coverage of Cumulative Impact Assessment 429
- Temporal Scope of the Assessment. 429
- 8.9.3 Review of Past, Present and Future Development Interventions 429
- Table 100: Proposed Environmental and Social Monitoring Plan 441
- Table 101: Social centres in areas traversed by the road 448
- Staffing 452
- Equipment 453
- Table 102: Types of Grievances and examples 456
- Grievances Management Committees(GMCs) 457
- Table 103: Screening and categorization criteria 460
- Table 104: Grievances Process Flow 460
- Table 105: Permits required by proposed road project development 467
- Table 107: Monitoring Plan for Physical Environment Aspects 469
- Table 108: Commitment Plan for Upgrading of the 105 Km Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo Road to Bituminous Standard Date: October, 2023 475