E-290 Public Disclosure...

E-290VOL.4

The Highway Network Improvement Program in the Poverty

Area of Guangxi Shuiren-Nanning Highway Project

IEE & Environmental Action Plans

Guangxi Communications Department

Nanning, P. R. China

September, 1999

Assessment Institution: Guangxi Environmental Protection ScientificResearch Institute

Assessment Certificate: No. 0949

Director: Wang Censheng

Project Chief: Yu Wanli

Deputy Project Chief: Gan Zhengqi

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Members of Project Group: Niu Ling, Fan Zhenhui,Gu Zhanqi, Chen Bei

Preface

The assessed project herewith belongs to the World Bank Aided project under the HighwayNetwork Improvement Program in poverty-stricken area of Shuiren-Nanning Highway project, itconsists of ten sub-projects of road improvement. The target of the project construction is toimprove the transportation conditions of the poor area nearby the main project, to promote localeconomic development and upgrade the comprehensive traffic capacity of the road network in thisregion. According to the environmental management policies for project construction of the WorldBank, Guangxi Roads & Highways Bureau entrusted Guangxi Environmental Protection ScientificResearch Institute with the task to compile the IEEs and EAPs in December of 1998. On this basis,our Institute conducted successively two times of field environmental investigation respectively inDecember of 1998 and April of 1999. In February of 1999, we finished the IEE and EAP for theseven sections including G209 Qintang - Wuli sub-project. In April of 1999, upon exchangedideas with Guangxi Communications Department, we made necessary adjustment, amendment andaddition to this report according to the suggestions proposed by the World Bank Delegation duringits preparation mission. We also added G324 Baise - Tianlin section, G323 Pingcun - Juxu sectionand formed a revised report. In August of 1999, the World Bank delegation undertook detailedexaminiation of the revised report and put forward written suggestion for revision. According tothe revison suggestion, we again made necessary adjustment and revision, thus this Report is done.

Contents

PART ONE INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION (IEE) 0

1. BEREF INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT 0

1.I Brief Introduction lo the Project 02 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT 3

2. 1 Description of natural environment 32.2 Present ecological situiation 52.3 Description of social environment 6

3. SCREENING CRITERIA 94. RESULT OF SCREENING. 9

PART TWO ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANS (EAP) 9

5. ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 9

5.1 G209 Qintang - Wuli project 95.2 G209 Wuli-Heng county project 125.3 G209 Changle - Hepu couni project 135.4 G325 Shinan - Guigang city project /55.5 G325 Wiyia - Hepu county project 165.6 S20323 Wuming - Luoxu project 185.7 G323 Pingcun - Jiuxu project 195.8 G324 Baise - Tianlin project 205.9 Main conclusion of analysis of environmental impacts. 22

6. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANS 23

6.1 Environmental Management Plan 236.2 Environmental Supervision Plan 276.3 Environmental Monitoring Plan 286.4 Investment estimate for environmental protection facilities 31

7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ANALYSIS 33

7. 1 Range and Methods of Public Participation 337.2 Statistical Result and Public Participation 337.3 Solutions to the Problems of Public Participation 33

ANNEX: LISTS OF COMPONENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS OF THE HIGHWAY

IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN THE POVERTY AREA 35

Part One Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE)

1. Brief Introduction to the Project1.1 Brief Introduction to the Project1.1.1 Project components and brief introduction

The assessed project belongs to the attached road rehabilitation and improvement portion inpoverty-stricken area of Shuiren-Nanning highway project, it consists of 10 sub-projects which arebriefly introduced as the follows:

(1) G324 Baise - Tianlin improvement project. It is situated in Baise city and Tianlin county ofGuangxi, from K1977.26 to K2047.26 totally 65 km. The existing road belongs to grade IIIof asphalt pavement. The width of existing subgrade is 8.5m, width 7m. The improved roadbelongs to grade III, asphalt pavement, 8.5 m subgrade and width 7m.

(2) G323 Pingcun - Jiuxu improvement project. It is situated within Hechi city of Guangxi,

from K1258 - K1276 of total 18km. Existing road belongs to grade IV, asphalt surface finishpavement, subgrade 9m, pavement width 6m. Improved road shall be grade III, cementconcrete pavement, subgrade 8.5 m, pavement width 7m.

(3) S20324 Mashan connecting road improvement project. It is situated within Mashan county,from KO to K4, totally 4 km. Existing road belongs to grade IV, asphalt surface finish, 9msubgrade, 7.5 m of pavement width. Improved road belongs to grade, cement concretepavement, 12m subgrade and 9m pavement.

(4) S20324 Dahua connecting road improvement project. It is situated within Dahua county,from KO to K16, totally 16 km. Existing road belongs grade IV, asphalt surface finish, 9msubgrade, 7.5m pavement width. Improved road belongs grade II, cement concrete pavement,12 m subgrade and 9m pavement width.

(5) G209 Qintang - Wuli improvement project. It is located within Guigang city, from K3127to K3148, totally 11 km. Existing road belongs grade III, asphalt surface finish, llmsubgrade, 8m pavement width. Improved road belongs grade II, cement concrete pavement,11 m subgrade and 9m pavement width

(6) G209 Wuli - Heng county improvement project.: Located in Guigang city and Hengcounty, from K3148 to K3178, totally 30 km. Existing road belongs grade III, asphalt surfacefinish, 8.5m subgrade, 6m pavement width. Improved road belongs grade II, cement concretepavement, 8.5 m subgrade and 7m pavement width

(7) G209 Changle - Hepu county improvement project. Located in Hepu county, from K3310to K3330, totally 20 km. Existing rcad belongs grade III, asphalt surface finish, 1 lmsubgrade, 7m pavement width. Improved road belongs grade II, cement concrete pavement,11 m subgrade and 9m pavement width

(8) G325 Shinan - Guigang improvement project. Located in Guangxi Xingye county andGuigang city, from K1500 to 1551, totally 37 km. Existing road belongs grade II, asphaltsurface finish, 15m subgrade, 12m pavement width. Improved road belongs grade II, cementconcrete pavement, 15 m subgrade and 12m pavement width

(9) G325 Wujia - Hepu improvement project: Located in Hepu county of Guangxi, from K644to K659, totally 15 km. Existing road belongs grade III, asphalt surface finish, 15m subgrade,12m pavement width. Improved road belongs grade II, cement concrete pavement, 15 msubgrade and 12m pavement width

(10) S20323 Wuming - luoxu improvement project. Located in Wuming county, from KIO toK40, totally 20 km. Existing road belongs grade III, asphalt surface finish, 12m subgrade, 7mpavement width. Improved road belongs grade II, cement concrete pavement, 12 m subgradeand 9m pavement widthConstruction standards and investment estimates of various sub-projects are shown in Table

1-1.Geological graph of the improvement project is shown in Graph 1-1, the Graph 1-2-1-9 show

geological locations of various sub-projects.1.1.2 Features of Project constructionThe 10 sub-projects of the project do not have plans of new road construction, and there is norequirement of land requisition. It is only to extend and strengthen the existing road belonging toroad improvement project. Two sub-projects of Mashan connecting road and Dahua connectingroad are included in the range of environmental assessment of the main project - Shuiren-NanningHighway Project. Detail environmental assessment have been done in this regard (refer to theenvironmental assessment report of Shuiren-Nanning Highway project), so we do not undertakefurther assessment herewith.1.1.3 Progress arrangement of project implementationThe project plans to be implemented during 2000-2003. Respective implementing timetable are

referred to Table 1 -1.

2 Brief Introduction to the Environment2.1 Description of natural environment2.1.1 Local topography, geomorphy and soil types of project sites

Qintang - Wuli section, Wuli - Heng county section, Shinan - Guigang section are located inthe southeast of Guangxi, the geomorphy mainly belongs to plains and hills. Wujia - Hepusection, Changle - Hepu county section are located in the south of Guangxi, the geomorphybelongs to alluvial plain and micro hillock around 30 km away from the Beibu Gulf. Jiuxu-Pingcun, Baise-Tianlin are located in the west of Guangxi, the formner belongs to karst topographyshowing continuos mountains and embedded with various sizes of round or honeycomb low-laying land; the latter are mainly hills and basins. Except for Pingcun-Jiuxu section, the eightsections are mostly of twisted roads of many curves and big slopes. Baise-Tianlin section hasmany small slopes, and the other six sections are mostly of smooth area but with some undulation.The districts of these sections are mainly of plains and micro hills. Details refer to Table 2-12.1.2 ClimateThe climates passed by the eight sections do not vary distinctly belonging to subtropical

monsoon climate, showing long summer and short winter, adequate sunlight and rainfall, rainfalland heat of same season, long frost-free season, distinct dry and wet seasons etc. The district isalso one of those districts of frequent disastrous weather. According to meteorological data ofcounties and cities, the summer begins from end of April and ends at mid of October nearly half ayear. Winter starts from mid of January and ends at mid of February only one month. The averagehighest temperature is in July, and lowest in January. March and April are humid. November andDecember are the driest months. Typhoon mostly occurs in May - August. Meteorological data ofdifferent sections are shown in Table 2-2.2.1.3 Hydrographic conditions of various sections

The places along the eight sections have adequate surface water with well-developed rivers.There are many rivers, ditches, reservoirs and ponds. Main rivers are Yongjiang river, Yujiangriver and Nanliujiang river, Diaojiang river and Lelihe river.

Youjiang river: It originates from Jiuling mountain of Guangnan county of Yunnan province, it isthe upper branch of Yujiang of Xijiang river belonging to the Pearl River water system. It runsthrough Wuming county of the eight sections. The perennial average flow of Youjiang river is 400m3 /s , minimum flow in dry period is 40 m3 /s, the drainage area is 38612 square kilometers.

Yujiang river: It is the lower reaches of Yongjiang river flowing through Heng county andGuigang city of the seven sections. According to the statistical dada of 1996, the catchrnent area ofYujiang river is 68.1 thousand square kilometers, annual runoff volume is 53.29 billion cubicmeters, water conservation resources are 3558.6 thousand kW. The catchment area accounts for28.2% of total area of Guangxi. The river is navigable.

Nanliujiang river: It headsprings from Darongshan mountain belonging to littoral catchmentarea. It runs through Yulin city and Hepu county and directly to the sea. According to thestatistical data of 1996, the catchment area of Nanliujiang river is 9.2 thousand square kilometers,annual runoff volume is 4.47 billion cubic meters.

Diaojiang river: It headsprings from Nandan county running southward to Hongshuihe riverthrough Duan county, belonging to Pearl River water system. There are 60 km running in Hechiprefecture. The forth section of Jiuxu - Pingcun road can identify the river. There are several smallhydraulic power stations.

Lelihe river: It is also called Jiajiang river. It originates from the south side of Mihualing ofBantao village, runs southeast-ward to the YouLjiang river, belonging to Pearl River water system.It has 83.5 km within Tianlin county. Catchment area is 875.3 square kilometers, average annualflow is 6 m3/s. Some sections of the road from Baise to Tianlin are along Lelihe river but keepingminimum distance of 50-60 meters to the river bank.

There are many reservoirs mainly of small sizes. There are eight reservoirs of above-mediumsizes. Except for Chengbi Lake belonging to big size reservior which can be seen along the road,other reservoirs are at least one kilometer away from the highway.

Main Topography and Geomorphy of SectionsTable 2-1

Section Towns in the Geomorphy Main geology Main soil typessection

Qintang-Wuli Qintang, Sanli, Plan, hill Carbonic sys., Paddy soil,Wuli, North port Cambrian sys., cnmson soilarea Permian svs.

Wuli-Heng Wuli, Yunbiao, Plain, hill Cambnan sys., Paddy soilcounty Maling, Nayang, Devonian sys., quatemary period

Fucheng Permnian sys., red soil, purplecarbonic sys., Soil

Trias sys.Changle-Hepu Shikang, Hepu -Hill Siluarin sys., Paddy soil,

cretaceous sys. latente soil,crimson soil,alluvial soil,

____ ____ ____ ___ marshy soilShinan- Shinan, Shanxin, Table land, Low cretaceous Paddy soi,Guigang Zhangjiang, plain, valley sys. tertiary sys., crimson soil,

Qiaoxu, Batang, D evonian sys. limestone soilsuigyang City

Wujia-Hepu Wujia, Xingdao Alluvial plain Tertiary sys., Paddy soil,lake, Hepu cretaceous sys. laterite soil,

Silurian sys. crimson soil,alluvial soil

Wuming- Wuming, Lijian Hill Permian sys. Paddy soil,Yingxu Investment zone Carbonic sys. laterite soil,

crimson soil,marshy soil

Pingcun-Luoxu Jiuxu Karst low- Devonian sys., Red ' earthlaying land Carbonic sys. subclass, paddy

soil, limestoneoil

Baise-Tianlin Baise, Rongle, Valley, Trias, Quatemary Sand-shale,Wangdian, mountain, sys. paddy soil,Tianlin hills, basin limestone soil,

_______________ _________________ I_ _I alluvial soil

The implementation of sub-projects only cover road maintenance and improvement, and thewhole project does not affect river and irrigation system. Therefore, the environmental impacts onsurface water of project are not obvious.

Brief Description of Climates of Counties & Cities along SectionsTable 2-2Name Annual aver Sunshine Annual aver. Frost-free Annual aver. Relative Annual aver.

temperature time rainfall season wind speed humidity evaporation(0O) (hr./year) (mm) (days/year) (m/sec) (%) (mm)

Guigang city 21.1 1703 1450 346 2.5 77.3 1629.3Heng county 21.4 1778.3 1415.4 336 2.5 80 1655.4Hepu county 22.4 1920.9 1650 350 3.1 >75 1019Yulin city 21.9 1738.5 1582.7 1.7 80 1558.1Wuming 21.7 1665.1 1249.2 336 1.9 81 1777.9county .Yongning 21.8 1692.4 1243.7 353 2.4 1684.7county

Hechi city 20.4 1397.9 1470.0 345Baise city 22.1 194.71 1053.38 350 1.2 76 132.13

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Tianlin 20.9 1696.4 1166.3 346 1.2 81 159.01

2.2 Present ecological situation2.2.1 Qintang-Wuli section

Ecological environment of both sides of the section of Qintang-Wuli of No.209 nationalhighway is mainly agricultural vegetation cover. Within the range of 300 meters on both sides,paddy rice, sugar cane, fruit are growing. There are still other kinds of melons and fruits,vegetables and green manure. Natural vegetation are mainly thin shrubbery, original primitiveforest remains little and there are only patches of masson pine and eucalyptus in the hilly districts.Forest coverage rate is about 15-20%. Parent material soils along the section are mainly sand-shale and granite. Soil types include: periodical water-logging paddy soil, submergienc paddy soil,ground water paddy soil, crimson soil and alluvial soil. Soil organic content is 1.80/%-2.7%. Soilerosion stages vary from low-grade to moderate degrees accounting for 90.1% of total erosivearea. Partial sections have intensive and severe erosions.2.2.2 Wuli-Heng county section

Natural vegetation covered along the section has been substituted by artificial vegetationindicating rather highly developed agriculture. Main farm crops are paddy, sugar cane, jasmineflower, fruits. Forest vegetation are mainly village protection forest, road protection forest etc.There are some thin forest growing in hilly area featuring arbor tree of eucalyptus and massonpine. Forest coverage rate is 15-25%.

Parent material soils along the section are mainly lime rock, granite, sand-shale and quatemaryperiod red soil. Soil types are mainly paddy soil and dry land crimson soil. Soil organic content is1.5%-2.8%.

Soil erosion stages in this section cover vaiious grades but mainly of low and moderate degreesaccounting for 80.2%. Partial sections have severe erosion occupying 9.8% of total erosive area.2.2.3 Changle-Hepu section

This section is an agricultural district mainly of agricultural ecological environment. Mainagricultural vegetation include paddy, sugar cane, com, peanut, waternelon, vegetables and fruits.Paddy plantation accounts for around 60%. Soil maturation degree is high. Soil parent materialsare complicate. Parent materials of irrigated field are mainly seaside sedimentary deposits. Soiltypes include periodical water-logging paddy soil, submergienc paddy soil. Tillage thickness isless than 15 cm.

Due to frequent storms, soil is mainly of sandy loam soil. Soil erosion grade features severedegree accounting for 71.2% of total erosive area; erosion grades of low-grade and moderate onlyaccount for 19.0%.2.2.4 Shinan-Guigang section

This section is the agricultural production base showing smooth relief. Therefore, the ecologicalenvironment of the section is mainly of agricultural vegetation. Main crops are: paddy, sugar cane,com, peanut, cassava, vegetable and fruits. Natural vegetation are mostly scattered masson forestand eucalyptus, plus road protection forest and village protection forest along the section. Forestcoverage rates are between 15-25%. Other ecological environments belong to the same as those ofQintang-Wuli section.2.2.2.5 Wujia-Hepu section

Partial sections of the sub-project are hills and plains. The vegetation of hills are mainly ofscattered masson forest showing minority of eucalyptus; micro hillocks are mostly of fruits. Plainsections include farmland.. Main crops are paddy, sugar cane and corn etc. Forest coverage ratesare between 20-30%. Soils along the section are slope washes of sand-shale and granite in hills,deluvial washes, red soil of quatemary period; tableland belongs to ancient shallow sea deposit;plain belongs to river alluvial materials. Paddy soil belongs to medium loam. Organic content isbetween 1.0-2.5%. Soil erosion of the section features severe grade belonging to destructive soilerosion.2.2.6 Wuming-Luoxu section

The section is the district of paddy and fruits. Annual growing area of paddy are 1615 ha.; fruitplantation area are 1289.8 ha. Main fruits are litchi, longan, orange and mango etc. Natural forestvegetation are thin masson forest showing forest coverage rate of 18-25%. Soil parent materialsare developed from sand-shale, including crimson soil, tillage crimson soil, limy soil etc. Soilerosions of the section belong to low-grade and moderate degrees, accounting 93.2% of total area;intensive erosion accounts for 6.8%. Soil erosion of the section is not very serious.2.2.7 Pingcun-Jiuxu section

The section locates at the southern edge of Yun-Gui Plateau showing good climate conditionsand rich biological resources. The ecological environment of the road-improvement section aremainly of forest vegetation. Due to frequent human activities, protophyte vegetation nearlyvanishes and artificial forest have substituted. In the hills and mountains, mixed broadleaf-coniferforest, conifer forest, road side protection forest etc are distributed and manly of broadleafevergreen forest. Some places have fruit trees. Forest covering rate in the area is between30%-40%. Agriculture is not highly developed along the section showing scattered smallfarmland. Main crops are paddy rice, corn etc. Soils are mostly red soil, limestone soil, alluvialsoil and paddy soil. Soils are poor. Soil erosion belongs to light degree and the potential dangerbelongs to light degree.2.2.8 Baise - Tianlin sectionThe section locates at the south-western edge of Yun-Gui Plateau. The ecological environment is

mainly of artificial vegetation, including coniferous wood. Main trees are masson pine, fir tree etc.Slight slopes are gardening land. Valley and slight-slope hills are mainly of agricultural vegetation.Forest covering rate is about 30%. A number of places are mainly of shrubby grass. Protophytevegetation have been totally damaged, and wild animals are very rare. Soils along the section aremainly red soil, crimson soil. Soils lean to be sour. Soil erosion is relatively serious, but mainly oflight-degree, accounting for 74% of total erosion, moderate erosion is 17%, turbidity erosion is9%. Storms will cause serious water erosion. Therefore, it is necessary to undertake vegetationprotection along the section to avoid the influence on the highway.2.3 Description of social environment2.3.1 Brief introduction of social economy

The sections under improvement and rehabilitation cover three cities and five counties, crossingtwenty-six towns. The places of direct impacts are: Baise city, Tianlin county, Hechi city, Wumingcounty, Heng county, Hepu county, Guigang urban area and Xingye county. Places of indirectimpact cover other places of Guangxi. The economic situations of the places of direct impact arebriefly stated as the follows:

Baise city: Baise city is situated in the west of Guangxi with Nanning-Kunring railing andnational highway No.323 and 324 crossing. It the important place in the western Guangxi toconnect Yunnan and Guizhou. Total population is 315.2 thousand people, including 242.5thousand people of minorities of Zhuang, Yao and Miao etc., accounting 77% of total population.Hydraulic, mineral and agricultural resources are very rich, thus forming an economic system thatagriculture is the base with mining machinery, sugar making, construction materials, chemistry,electric power as the backbone industries.

Tianlin county: It is situated in the north-western part of Guangxi and is one of the 48 poverty-stricken counties in Guangxi. Tota population is 222 thousand people, including 202 thousandvillage people. It has abundant resources of land, forest, minerals etc., but without suitable andreasonable development due to backward transportation. Industrial structure is mainly ofagriculture, and the industry is only on the starting point.

Hechi city: It is located in the north-western part of Guangxi and it is the bottle-neck forGuizhou and Sichun etc. to the sea. Total population is 307 thousand people. The area has richmineral, hydraulic, forest and touring resources. Industry features metallurgy, foodstuff, cement,farm tools etc. forming the backbone body of economy. Agriculture is mainly of plantation andlivestock production.

Wuming county: It is located in the mid-south of Guangxi. It is a county of Zhuang minority andconcentration of various minorities. Zhuang minority accounts for over 85%. Industrial structure

mainly features coordinative development of agriculture. Natural and touring resources are rich.Yilingyan cave is one of the famous tour spots in Guangxi.

Hepu county: It is situated in the south ol Guangxi facing to the Beibu Gulf. It is the world-famous hometown of South Pearl. Total coastal length is 307 km. It enjoys the exceptionaladvantage of ocean resources. Mineral and touring resources are very rich. Industrial structure ismainly of agriculture. Marine fishing and aquiculture account for great proportion.

Heng county: It is located in the south-eastern part of Guangxi. Total population is 1039.3thousand people, and rural population is 919 thousand people. Good land and natural environmentenable Heng county to become the important base for rice and sugar production in Guangxi.

Urban area of Guigang city: Guigang is located in the south-eastem part of Guan.gxi. It is theimportant inland harbor and transportation hub of the Xijiang River Economic Corridor, it is alsothe important industrial centre of the south-east Guangxi. Industry is the main economic pillar ofthe city. Sugar making, construction materials, food staff and chemistry and relative industries arequite well-developed.

Xingye county: It is located in the south-eastern part of Guangxi. Total population is 630.8thousand people, including rural population 603.9 thousand people. Rich mineral and naturalresources have provide advantageous conditions for it to attain remarkable achievement for thetownship enterprises. In 1997, gross domestic product of the whole county is 2.27 billion yuan,which includes over 50% financial revenue from private enterprises.

Main Economic Data of the Places Impacted by Project in 1997Table 2-3

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Table 2-3 shows the main economic data of 1997 of the counties and cities covered by the sub-projects.2.3.2 Transportation situation

Guangxi is the most convenient pathway to sea for the south-west China and it is also the trafficpassage connecting the south-west and southern China. After years of development, transportationhas achieved remarkable progress, infrastructare and transport equipment are under continuousimprovement, hence formning a comprehensive transport network with principal road and railwaycommunications plus the assistant waterway and aviation transport. The transport network of thesection impacted by the project is well-developed. Five national highways of No.209, No.322,No.323, No.324, No.325 and provincial hi,ghways of No.20323, No.20124, No.20133 andNo.20222 cross the project section. There are many village roads connecting with these highwaysshowing cbnvenient transportation. But due to inferior standards and bad road conditions of these

roads, these sections are turning into streets. Sections which are planned to be improved andrehabilitated are in saturated traffic condition.2.3.3 Residents' living standards

Primary education is popularized in the sections covered by the project. One village has oneprimary school, one town has one to three middle schools. Schooling rate of school-age childrenreaches more than 98%. Each town has one hospital with 4-15 ward beds each ten thousandpopulation. Telephone is the main device of communication among towns and villages and withoutside world. Telephone owning rate is 100-500 units every ten thousand population. Annualincome per capita of town residents is between 1700 - 6800 yuan, while that of peasants is about2000 yuan. According to the yearbook of Guangxi of 1998, comparisons between living standardsof people in affected eight cities and counties and the average figures of Guangxi are shown inTable 2-4.

From the figures of the table, peasant's average annual income of the eight cities and counties(Tianlin's is a bit lower), schooling rates and number of middle school students etc. are near to orhigher than those of average of whole Guangxi. Employee's average income per capita, residentialarea (except Heng county of moderate level) are lower than those of average figures of wholeGuangxi. Communication facilities of Baise and Hechi are well-developed and with good medicalconditions. Communication and medical conditions of other six places are lower than theprovincial average figures.2.3.4 Tourism resources

The places impacted by the project have rich tourism resources including beautiful BaiseChengbi lake, water-fall group of Fulv river, Sanchuan cave of Tianlin Pingshan, Longjiangbeauty of Hechi, the small three gorges of Liujia, Wuming's Yilingyan cave, Lingshui reservoir,Damingshan mountain, Hepu's Xingdaohu lake vacationland, Shankou's mangrove conservationdistrict, Xingye's famous Shiyita tower, Longchuanyan cave enjoying the name of "the first cavein the south", Guigang's Xishan mountain beauty spot, Nanshan temple, Donghu beauty spot andYingtian temple of Nanshan mountain of Heng county etc. According to statistic data, the placesinfluenced by the project have received 52997 tourists in 1997 with total tourism income of 8.55million U. S. Dollars.

The above beauty spots and historical relics are kilometers away from the highways which areunder improvement planning, and the project's impacts on these places will not be obvious.

Living Standards of Residents Impacted by ProjectTable 2-4

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3. Screening criteriaAll projects under the Highway Network Imaprovement Program in the Poverty Area (HNIP) are

classified into two categories: Category 1 and Category 2.* Category 1: Projects which are not expected to have significant environrnental iimpacts. This

category includes widening, improving and upgrading of existing rads without substantialland acquisition. Only EAPs are required for this category.

* Category 2: Projects which may have potentially significant environmental impacts. Thiscategory includes new road construction, upgrading of existing roads with. substantialwidening and land acquisition, and other road upgrading projects passing throughenvironmentally sensitive areas. Projects; under this category need EIAs and EAP's.

4. Result of screening.As decribed in the previous chapters, there is no new road construction and no land acquisition

under this program. Along the proposed alignments, no natural and cultural protected sites areobserved. While several environmentally sensitive sites such as school and hospitals are locatedalong the alignments, environmental impacts at those sites are temporary during the constructionperiod. And, their environmental conditions (noise, dust, etc.) are expected to be improved afterthe completion of this program. Therefore, according to the screening criteria, all projects underthis program are classied as Category 1 which needs only EAPs.

Part Two Environmental Action Plans (EAP)

5. Analysis of potential environmental impactsThe analysis of environmental impacts of this program adopts the following criteria: acoustic

environment adopts GB3096-93, "Environmental Noise Standards in Urban Area"; air qualityadopts GB3095-1996, "Environrmental Air Quality Standards".

5.1 G209 Qintang - Wuli project5.1.1 Construction period

The construction type of this project is "improvement and rehabilitation". The project plans tobroaden the pavement from the existing 8 meters to 9 meters. Therefore, land requisition is notnecessary. The analysis of potential impacts of the project construction on environment is shownas follows:5.1.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The additional noises arising during construction period include the following three aspects:a. The traffic noise produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand

clay, cement, steel bars etc. construction materials will be used to widen and strengthen thepavement. Such kind of transport vehicles will somehow increase the traffic flow of certainsections of the road hence cause traffic noises.

b. The noise produced by construction machinery. Main construction machines are: road roller,scraper, spreader, excavator, bulldozer, electric generator, mixing machine, crane etc. Accordingto previous monitoring results, noises produced by these machines are normally above 65dB

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(A) within 50 meters and the iterative noise level will exceed 70dB (A).c. Road construction will affect the traffic and increase traffic noise level.

Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and houses arebuilt along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project Qintang-Wuli has 11 kilometerscrossing a number of towns and villages including, Sanli Town, Wuli Town, Tao Village,Changling Village, Xiluo Village, Shuixian Village, Wubao Village and Lin Village etc. There areonly four schools (Changling Primary School, Linchun School, Wuli Peizheng Secondary School,Wuli Central Primary School) built within range of 100 meters. Daily life of the people livingnearby the road will be affected by construction and traffic noises, especially at night. The noiselevels at instantaneous moment will exceed standard limited value. The enclosing wall ofChangling Primary School very closes to the road, the two-story teaching building trendsrectangularily towards the road and classrooms are about 20 meters away from the road. Theconstruction and traffic noises will have some impacts on the school teaching and studies indaytime. The noise value in classrooms close to the road will exceed the standard limited value.Since no students study and live in school at night, construction and traffic noises will notseriously affect the school.

The exterior walls of Wuli Central Primary School are also the walls of those campus-facingbungalows which are served as the dormitories for teaching staff. The teaching building is 25meters away from the dormitories and trends rectangularily towards the road. Residential areas ofWuli Town are spread around the school and construction and traffic noises will not cause muchimpacts on people nearby. Both Lincun School and Peizheng Secondary School are 50 metersaway from the road and have enclosing walls. Between Peizheng Secondary School and the roadare numerous resident lodgings. Therefore, the construction and traffic noises have no obviousinfluence on the teaching environment of the two schools.

With the completion of construction, the impacts of construction noises will disapear.5.1.1.2 Analysis of the impacts on air environmental quality

During the construction period, TSP is the main pollutant causing new impacts on thesurrounding environment. Such pollutant comes from lime-soil mixing, concrete casting, materialstransport, loading and unloading, earthwork etc. during pavement widening and strengthening.

Pavement material mixing is divided into two types: road mixing and station mixing. TSPpollution produced by road mixing is less and less-range but of long distance; while that producedby station-mixing is great and extensive, it also has serious impacts on the surrounding of thestation. Because the project has not entered the designing period, the quantity and positions ofmixing stations can not be specified, so this report unables to underatke any environmentalassessment in this regard. But this report stresses that if the project adopts fenced mixing station,the location should be selected at the leeward place to which there are no residential areas withinthe range of 200 meters. Meanwhile, it is required to attend to labor protection.

In addition, TSP content would possibly exceed the standard within 200 meters of theconstruction sites. Due to less such kind of construction links and short working time in theproject, the TSP pollution will be relatively small.

Furthermore, TSP pollution can be controlled timely by water spraying during construction, andliving quality of residents along the section will not be affected by road improvement.5.1.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental impact

a. Ecological environmental impactThere is no requirement of land requisition. Road widening and improvement are conducted on

the basis of previously acquired land, and most construction is on the existing subgrade. Workingon existing subgrade will cause scalping of slope vegetation while subgrade broadening will resultin cutting of road protection forest and consequently it will cause certain adverse environmentalimpacts on the ecological environment along the sections covered by the project. These areunavoidable during road construction. These can be recovered with timely recovery measuresupon project completion.

Pavement broadening and concrete casting are conducted by maintaining current traffic, so itwill cause some regolith which will further turn to dusts under passing traffic. Concrete mixing

will also produce some TSP which will further land onto crop leaves in farmland lccated on bothsides of the road. This will affect the photosynthesis when the dust settlement reaches certainthickness; especially during crop flowering stage, this will influence the quality and output ofcrops. In Wuli-Heng county section, such pollution will affect the quality of jasmine. However,the construction period of the project is short, and the places where the project located are ofheavy rainfall, rain can wash away the dust from leaves. Therefore, such impact is not obvious.

b. Water environmental impact & water and soil conservationThere is no land requisition plan in this section, nor any watercourse and bridge improvement. It

is only required to control dust by spraying water during mixing and crushing. Water requirementis very less, and will has very little impact on local irrigation system. It should be noted that theproject zone is located in sub-tropical area. Frequent stomis will cause water erosion and henceaffect the water quality of both sides of the road. But such kind of influence is temporary and canbe reduced by adopting some precautions by attending to weather forecast. In additnion, domesticsewage of construction site will also cause pollution to water if not treated prior to discharge, thisshall be seriously attended by construction units.

Land form of the section is plane. The existing subgrade and slope are low. According fieldinvestigation, the slope vegetation is good and there are not any grade descending sections, hencesoil erosion does not exist. In addition, waste materials will arise during construction and theymust be well disposed by building retaining vvalls to avoid soil erosion in rainy season.5.1.1.4 Impacts of traffic environment and other factors

In order to safeguard traffic operation during construction period, half of the road will be underconstruction and the other half will be opened to traffic. This construction method accords withChinese social situation. On this occasion, itraffic jam will be more serious than before duringconstruction period and this will affect traffic environment. After the road is put into normaloperation, the traffic situation will be greatly improved.

In addition, project construction will bring some inconvenience to the local people in their dailylife. However, this is the temporary inconvenience bearable for most of them.5.1.2 Operating period5.1.2.1 Analysis of impacts of traffic noises

After the improvement, the road situation and traffic capacity will be greatly improved due to thewidened pavement and better durability.

In the initial stages (before 2005), the amount of traffic slightly increases, the widened andstrengthened pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of thevehicles. Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than that before. With the prolonged yearsof operation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops and the population is less. So thepopulation affected by noises is limited. The villages and towns affected by noises are inclusive ofQintang Town, Sanli Town, Wuli Town, Tao Village, Changlin Village, Xiluo Village, ShuixianVillage, Wuyi Village, Lincun Village and Changlin Primary School.

Traffic noises will affect teaching environrment of the schools close to both sides of the road.The impacts will become substantial with the increase of traffic burden. Governments andadministration departments of all levels should undertake periodical monitoring and takeprotective measures to control its compacts if necessary.5.1.2.2 Analysis of air environmental impacts

After the improved road enters operation, the traffic flow will increase due to the improvementof traffic situation. The amount of NOx and CO emitted by the vehicles will increase. Thedischarge capacity of pollutants depends on traffic flow, type of cars and running condition of thevehicles etc. In addition, impact on air environment is also concemed with local meteorologicalphenomena.

Comparing with those of other roads, it is evident that the traffic flow after improvement of theroad will not obviously affect the quality of air environment.

There are four schools built along the road as shown in table 1-1. Especially Lincun School andWuli Beizheng Secondary School are 50 meters away from the road. Under normal conditions,

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they will not be affected by offgas emitted by vehicles in normal meteorological condition.According to analogical analysis, the two schools, Changling Primary School and Wuli CentralPrimary School located beside the road will not be obviously affected by the traffic flow in short-term operation, while in medium-term and long-term operation, NOx contents of these twoschools will probably exceed the standard limit. CO content will still keep in standard limit.Therefore, effective preventive measures should be taken to reduce the impacts on the sensitiveregions.

5.2 G209 Wuli-Heng countv project5.2.1 Construction period

The construction type of this project is "improvement and rehabilitation". The project plans tobroaden the pavement from the existing 6 meters to 7 meters including subgrade strengthening,pavement widening and thickening and cement concrete casting. The analysis of potential impactsof the project construction on environment is shown as follows:5.2.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The additional noises arising during construction period include the following three aspects:a. The traffic noises produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand


b. The noises produced by construction machinery. Main construction machines are: road roller,scraper, spreader, excavator, bulldozer, electric generator, mixing machine, crane etc.According to previous monitoring results, noises produced by these machines are normallyabove 65dB (A) within 50 meters and the iterative noise level will exceed 70dB (A).

c. Road construction will affect the traffic and even cause traffic jam. Traffic noise level will bealso increased.

Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and houses arebuilt along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project Wuli-Heng county has 30 kilometerscrossing a number of towns and villages including Sanli town, Wuli town, Nayang bridgedevelopment zone, Yunbiao town and villages of Zhenxing, Xinghua, Shuanping, Guangping,Nanxin, Lianghe, Qingjiang, Caocun and Changan etc. There are two schools (Qingjiang Yichengschool, Huiyi primary school) built within range of 100 meters. Daily life of the people livingnearby the road will be affected by construction and traffic noises, especially at night. The noiselevels at instantaneous moment will exceed standard limited values. Out-patient departments ofNanyang bridge hospital are back to the road, noise disturbance can be reduced by closingwindows. These departments have no ward bed and lodging personals, traffic noises do not affecttoo much. Huiyi primary school and Qingjiang Chengyi school are quite near.

With the completion of construction, the impacts of construction noises will disapear.5.2.1.2 Analysis of impacts on air environmental quality

The environment of this section is similar to that of Qintang-Wuli sub-project and the impactson air environmental quality remains similar. Details refer to the analysis item 5.1.1.2. of thisreport.5.2.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental impacts

The impacts on ecological environment of the places along this section refer to the item 5.1.1.3of this report.5.2.1.4 Impacts of traffic environment and other factors

In order to safeguard traffic operation during construction period, half of the road will be underconstruction and the other half will be opened to traffic. On this occasion, traffic jam will be moreserious than before during construction period and this will affect traffic environment. After theroad is put into normal operation, the traffic situation will be greatly improved.

In addition, project construction will bring some inconvenience to the local people in their dailylife. However, this is the temporary inconvenience bearable for most of them.5.2.2 Operating period

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5.2.2.1 Analysis of impacts of traffic noisesAfter the improvement, the road situation and traffic capacity will be improved due to the

widened pavement and better durability.In the initial stages (before 2005), the amount of traffic slightly increases, the widened and

strengthened pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of thevehicles. Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than that before. With the prolonged yearsof operation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year. Bothsides of the section will be affected to some extent and some sensitive points may exceed thelimits.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops, so the population affected bynoises is limited. The villages and towns affected by noises are inclusive of Sanli town, Wulitown, Yunbiao town, Nanyang bridge development zone and villages of zhengxing, Xinghua,Shuangping, Guangping, Lianghe, Nanxin, Qingjiang, Caocun and Changan etc. Because thesurpassing distance in daytime is within 30 meters, and the above-mentioned two primary schoolsand one hospital are outside such range, and there are no teachers, students and hospital staffstudying or working at night, so the noise disturbance to the schools and hospitals is riot serious.5.2.2.2 Analysis of air environrnental impacts

After the improved road enters operation, the traffic flow will increase due to the improvementof traffic situation. The amount of NOx and CO emitted by the vehicles will increase accordingly.Comparing with those of other roads, it is evident that the traffic flow after improvement of theroad will not obviously affect the quality of air environment.

There are two schools and one hospital out-patient department built along the road. EspeciallyNayang bridge hospital is only 10 meters away from the road. Content of CO will not exceed thestandard while NOx density will surpass the standard limit in long-term period. However, Huiyiprimary school and Qingjiang Yicheng schocil are some far away from the road. these two schoolswill not be affected much by vehicle offgas5.3 G209 Changle - Hepu county project5.3.1 Construction period

The construction plans to broaden and strengthen the pavement with cement concrete. Theanalysis of impacts of the project construction on environments is shown as follows:5.3.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The width of existing road is 7 meters which will be broadened to 12 meters in irnprovement.The additional noises arising during construction period include the following three aspects:a. The traffic noises produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand



c. Road construction will affect the traffic and even cause traffic jam. Traffic noise level will beincreased.

Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and houses arebuilt along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project Changle-Hepu has 20 kilometerscrossing a number of towns and villages including Shikang town, Lianzhou town andl villages ofLiannan, Shuiche, Songshuyuan, Qili etc. There are three schools built within range of 100meters: Branch Liannan primary school, Shuiche primary school and Shikang middle school.Daily life of the people living nearby the road will be affected by construction and traffic noises,especially at night. The noise levels at instantaneous moment will exceed standard limited values.Three schools including Shikang middle school are about 40 meters away from road, and they willbe influenced by construction and traffic noises quite seriously.

With the completion of construction, the impiacts of noises will decrease.

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5.3.1.2 Analysis of impacts on air environmental qualityThe environment of this section is similar to that of Qintang-Wuli sub-project and the impacts

on air environmental quality remains similar. Details refer to the analysis item 5.1.1.2 of thesection.5.3.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental impactsa. Ecological environmental impactsProject construction cause TSP pollutants. Such pollutants come from running vehicles,

construction machinery, crushing and mixing of construction materials etc. These TSP will thenland onto crop leaves in farmland located on both sides of the road. This will affect thephotosynthesis when the dust settlement reaches certain thickness, and hence will cause outputreduction. However, the construction period of the project is short, and the places where theproject located are of rich rainfall, rain can wash away the dust from leaves. Therefore, suchimpact is not obvious.

b. Water environrmental impacts & water and soil conservationThere are not any construction of watercourse and bridge, so impacts on hydrological and

irrigation system do not exist. It is only required to control dust by spraying water during mixingand crushing.

Land form of the Changle-Hepu section is plane. The existing subgrade and slope are low, andthe slope vegetation is well-protected. Normally, there is not any soil erosion in this section.However, storms will wash away regolith from existing road, hence cause some quantity of soilerosion. In addition, some wastes will be produced during construction period. The wastes must bedisposed differently. In order to avoid soil erosion, disposal sites for wastes must be wellcontrolled.5.3.1.4 Analysis of impacts of traffic environment and other factors

In order to safeguard traffic operation during construction period, half of the road will be underconstruction and the other half will be opened to traffic. On this occasion, traffic jam will be moreserious than before during construction period and this will affect traffic environment. After theroad is put into normal operation, the traffic situation will be greatly improved.5.3.2 Operating period5.3.2.1 Impacts of traffic noises

After the improvement, the road situation and traffic capacity will be greatly improved due tothe widened pavement and better durability. The traffic flow will increase gradually, and thus willincrease traffic noise pollution.

In the initial stages (before 2005), the amount of traffic slightly increases, the widened andstrengthened pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of thevehicles. Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than that before. With the prolonged yearsof operation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year. Somesensitive points nearby the road will exceed the limits.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops, so the population affected bynoises is limited. The villages and towns affected by noises are inclusive of Shikang town,Liannan, Shuiche, Songshuyuan, Qili etc. There are three schools located within 100 meters of theroad and traffic noise may affect teaching environment.5.3.2.2 Analysis of air environmental impacts

After the improved road enters operation, the traffic flow will increase due to the improvementof traffic situation. The amount of NOx and CO emitted by the vehicles will increase.

Comparing with those of other roads, it is evident that the traffic flow after improvement of theroad will not obviously affect the quality of air environment. During medium-tern and long-termperiod, CO content can meet the standard with NOx may exceed.

There are three schools built along the road including Branch Liannan primary school located atK3311, Shuiche primary school at K3314+200 and Shikang middle school at K3321. Theseschools are all with the range of 40 meters from road. According to analogical analysis, theseschools will not be affected by the traffic during short-term operation. In medium-term and long-term peri6ds, the CO contents of these schools will keep conforming to the standards while

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content of NOx will exceed. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt effective preventive measures toreduce the pollution degrees of these sensitive areas.

5.4 G325 Shinan - Guigang city project5.4.1 Construction period

The construction requires no widening of the road. It is only to improve the road conditions andcast cement concrete. Therefore, the project has very little impact on vegetation along the section.The impacts on the environment are mainly acoustic and air pollution. The analysis of potentialenvironmental impacts are described as the follows:3.4.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The width of the existing road is only 12 meters, and it is to change the existing asphaltpavement to cement concrete road. The noises arising during construction period include thefollowing three aspects:a. The traffic noises produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand

clay, cement, steel bars etc. construction materials will be used to improve the pavement. Suchkind of transport vehicles will somehow increase the traffic flow of certain sections of theroad hence cause traffic noises.


c. Road construction will affect the traffic and increase traffic noise level.Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and houses are

built along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project Shinan-Guigang has 37 kilometerscrossing a number of towns and villages. There are five schools and one hospital (Shanxinhospital, Kuiling primary school, Zhanjiang central primary school, Zhanjiang No.2 middleschool, Qiaoxu No.1 middle school, Batang No.1 middle school) built within range of 100 meters.Daily life of the people living nearby the road will be affected by construction and traffic noises,especially at night. The noise levels at instantaneous moment will exceed standard lirnited values.Sensitive points such as Shanxin hospital, Kuiling primary school, Zhanjiang central primaryschool, Batang No. 1 middle school are near to the road, even they have two-meter high enclosingwalls, the disturbance of construction and traffic noises are still quite serious, and the noise levelsboth at daytime and nighttime will exceed standards. Zhanjiang No.2 middle school and QiaouNo.1 middle school have enclosing walls are out of 50 meters away from the road, constructionand traffic noises will not have too much impacts on teaching during daytime, while they willaffect life and study of teachers and students at nighttime. Noise level at nighttime will exceedstandard.5.4.1.2 Impacts on air environmental quality

The impacts on air environment of this section project are similar to those of Qintang-Wuliproject. Details refer to item 5.1.1.2 of this report.5.4.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental iimpact

a. Ecological environmental impactThere is no requirement of land requisition, nor road widening. It is only to improve the

existing road, hence it will not cause much adverse impacts on vegetation along the section.During construction, some TSP will be produced by various kinds of machinery, vehicles and

crushing of construction materials. Dust will land onto crop leaves in farmland located on bothsides of the road. This will affect the photosynthesis and even influence the output of crops.However, such action will not be obvious. This is because that production period of crops is in thesame time with rainy season. Rainfall will wash away the dust from the leaves and hence get rid ofsuch impacts

b. Water environmental impact & water and soil conservationBecause this section only plans to improve the existing road, materials mixing and road

maintenance only require little quantity of water, thus will not affect the water qualityn.earby.

Land fomi of the section is plane. There are not any grade descending sections, nor any damageto the vegetation, hence soil erosion does not exist. However, construction will produce somequantity of wastes which are required to be wvell disposed to avoid soil erosion.5.4.1.4 Impacts of traffic environment and other factors

This section project plans to adopt the construction methods that: half of the road will be underconstruction and the other half will be opened to traffic. On this occasion, traffic jam will be moreserious than before during construction period and this will affect traffic environment. However,such will be temporary. When the road is under normnal operation, traffic environment will begreatly improved.5.4.2 Operating period5.4.2.1 Impacts of traffic noises

After the improvement, the road situation and traffic capacity will be improved due to betterroad durability.In the initial stages (before 2005), the amount of traffic slightly increases. The improved

pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of the vehicles.Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than that before. With the prolonged years ofoperation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops or factories, so the populationaffected by noises is limited. The villages and towns affected by noises are inclusive of Shinantown, Shanxin town, Zhanjiang town, Qiaoxu town, Santang town, Batang town and villages ofShigutang, Mingshui, Fengtang, Yuanliu, Mengtong, Heping, Yaoping, Daxin etc. Within therange of 100 meters from the road are the sensitive points of Shanxin hospital, Kuiling primaryschool, Zhanjiang central primary school, Zhanjiang No.2 middle school, Qiaoxu No.1 middleschool and Batang No.1 middle school etc. They are all affected by traffic noises. Shanxinhospital, Kuiling primary school, Zhanjiang central primary school and Batang No.1 middleschool are near to the road, they are disturbed by traffic noises more seriously in daytime. QiaoxuNo.1 middle and Zhanjiang No.2 middle school are a bit far away from the road and are enclosedby walls, they suffer less from noises. At nighttime, the above sensitive points will be affected bytraffic noises quite seriously, and the noise levels will exceed the standards. Teachers and studentsin Kuiling primary school and Zhanjiang central primary school do not work or study at night,they will not be affected by noises at night.5.4.2.2 Air environmental impacts

After the improved road enters operation, with the gradual increase of traffic flow, the amount ofNOx and CO emitted by the vehicles will increase. According to analogical comparison with otherroads, in shot-term operating period, it is evident that the road will not cause much obvious impacton air enviromnent. In the medium-term and long-term periods, CO content will still satisfy whileNOx content may exceed.

As per the above-mentioned, there are some schools and ohospitals. According to analogicalanalysis, during short-term period of operation, Qiaoxu No. 1 middle, Batang No. I middle schooland Zhanjiang No.2 middle school will not be affected by the road, while other sensitive pointswill exceed NOx standards. During medium-term and long-term period of operation, the abovesensitive points will exceed NOx standards. Therefore, monitoring system shall be established forthese sensitive points and, if necessary, effective preventive measures should be taken to reducethe impacts..5.5 G325 Wujia - Hepu county project5.5.1 Construction period

The construction is to broaden the road based on existing roadbed and to pave the road surface.Due to the undulating topography in partial sections of the road, descending grade is necessary.The potential impacts of project construction are as follows:5.5.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The width of existing pavement is 9 meters and it will be 12 meters after improvement. Thenoises arising during construction period include the following three aspects:a. The traffic noises produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand

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c. Road construction will affect the traffic, even cause traffic jams. Traffic noise level willincrease.

Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and houses arebuilt along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project Wujia-Hepu has 15 kilometerscrossing a number of towns and villages including Wujia town, Xingdaohu town, Dantian town,Walian village, Shangyang village and Zongjiang . There are two schools (Walian primary schooland Dantian primary school) built within range of 100 meters. Daily life of the people livingnearby the road will be affected by construction and traffic noises, especially at night. The noiselevels at instantaneous moment will exceed standard limited values. Walian primary school andDantian primary school are 50 meters away from the road. The teaching environment will beobviously affected by construction and traffic noises. However, the impacts will not be serious forthere are no students living in school at night.5.5.1.2 Impacts on air environmental quality

The impacts on environment during construction period are similar to those of Qintang-Wulisection. Details refer to item 5.1.1.2 of this report.5.5.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental impact

a. Ecological environmental impacts on vegetationThere is no requirement of land requisition. It is only to improve the existing road, hence it will

not cause much adverse impacts on vegetation along the section. On the other hand, such kind ofinfluence is reversible.

The dust caused by crushing and mixing of construction materials and the passing vehicles andconstruction machinery during construction period will affect the photosynthesis of the leaf bladesof the crops along the road. However, the impacts are reversible. In rainy season, the rainwaterwill wash away the dust on leaf blades and the impacts will be eliminated.b. Water environmental impacts & water and soil conservationThe project has no bridge extension and water channel planning. Only little quantity of water is

needed to settle dust caused by crushing and mixing of construction materials. This will not affectwater quality nearby. Sewage produced by construction and daily life in working sites willpossibly cause pollution to the water body if not properly treated. But such quantity little, seriousenvironmental pollution will not occur if construction units attach importance to such matter.

In the course of widening and improving the pavement, partial sections of about 680 metersneed descending grade which will cause soil erosion. Especially in storming weather, soil erosionwill be serious during construction period. It is estimated that in storming weather and without anypreventive measures, the yearly volume of soil erosion in excavated sections is about 30t.However, the construction period is short. The actual volume of erosion will be probably smallerthan expected. With protective measures takcen, the erosion volume will be much, smaller. Inerosive sections, the muddy water drained into the farmland will cause impacts on the field soil.Therefore, construction shall avoid to be done during rainy season. It is necessary to protect thefarmland and to open up ditches and gutters for timely drainage.5.5.1.4 Analysis of impacts of traffic environment and other factors

In order to safeguard traffic operation during construction period, half of the road will be underconstruction and the other half will be opened to traffic. Therefore, during construction period,traffic jams will increase. As a result, traffic environment will be affected, noise and offgaspollution will be more serious. However, these are temporary impacts. After the road is undernormal operation, the traffic situation will be greatly improved.5.5.2 Operating period

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5.5.2.1 Impacts of traffic noisesAfter the improvement, the road situation and traffic capacity will be greatly improved due to

the widened pavement and better durability.In the initial stages (before 2005), the amount of traffic slightly increases, the widened and

strengthened pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of thevehicles. Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than that before. With the prolonged yearsof operation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year. Someplaces may obviously affected by traffic noises, and some portions may exceed the limits.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops or factories, so the populationwithin 100 meters away from the road and the traffic noise in daytime will not exceed standard.Therefore, the teaching environment will not be seriously affected. Since there are no studentsliving in school, noise disturbance will not be serious at nighttime.5.5.2.2 Air enviromnental impacts

After the improved road enters operation, the traffic flow will increase due to the improvementof traffic situation. The amount of NOx and CO emitted by the vehicles will increase. Thedischarge volume depends on traffic flow, types of cars and running condition of vehicles. Theextent of air environmnental impacts also is concemed with local meteorological condition. Thelocal annual average wind speed is high (3.3 m/s) and the frequency of no wind is low (5.1%).These are favorable conditions for dilution and diffusion of pollutants. According to analogicalcomparison with other roads, it is evident that CO and NOx will not cause serious impacts innormal meteorological condition.

There are two primary schools inclusive of Walian primary school and Dantian primary schoolrespectively located at K659 and K654. The two schools are less than 50 meters from roadshoulder. According to analogical analysis, in the short-term period and medium-term period ofoperation, the contents of CO and NOx of the two sensitive places will not exceed GB standard.

5.6 S20323 Wuming - Luoxu project5.6.1 Construction period

The construction is to broaden the road based on existing roadbed and to pave the road surface.Due to the undulating topography in partial sections of the road, descending grade is necessary.The potential impacts of project construction are as follows:5.6.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The width of existing pavement is 7 meters and it will be 9 meters after improvement. Thenoises arising during construction period include the following three aspects:a. The traffic noises produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand



c. Road construction will affect the traffic and increase traffic noise level.Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and houses are

built along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project Wuming-Luoxu has 20 kilometerscrossing a number of towns and villages including Luoxu town, Chengxiang town, FeiyangVillage, Lijiang Village and Huaqiao Farm etc. There are no hospital and school built within rangeof 100 meters. Daily life of the people living nearby the road will be affected by construction andtraffic noises, especially at night. The noise levels at instantaneous moment will exceed standard.5.6.1.2 Analysis of impacts on air environmental quality

The impacts on environment during construction period are similar to those of Qintang-Wulisection. Details refer to item 5.1.1.2 analysis of this report.5.6.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental impact

The construction type of this project is similar to that of Wujia-Hepu project. The ecologicalenvironmental impacts are also similar. Details refer to item 3.5.1.3 analysis of this report. .5.6.2 Operating period5.6.2.1 Analysis of impacts of traffic noises


In the initial stages (before 2005), the amount of traffic slightly increases, the widened andstrengthened pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of thevehicles. Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than before. With the prolonged years ofoperation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year. Accordingto environmental impact assessment of other second-grade highways, some sections of the roadmay exceed the noise standard during long-term operating period.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops or factories, so the populationaffected by noises is limited. The villages and towns affected by noises are inclusive of Luoxutown, Chengxiang town, Feiyang village, Lijiang village and Huaqiao farm etc.5.6.2.2 Analysis of air environmental impacts

After the improved road enters operation, ithe traffic flow will increase due to the improvementof traffic situation. The amount of NOx and CO emitted by the vehicles will increase. Thedischarge volume depends on traffic flow, types of cars and running condition of the vehicles. Theextent of air environmental impacts also has concerned with local meteorological condition.

According to analogical comparison with other roads, CQ and NOx in offgas emitted byvehicles will not cause obvious impacts on the surrounding environment.5.7 G323 Pingcun - Jiuxu project5.7.1 Construction period5.7.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The additional noises arising during constriction period include the following three aspects:a. The traffic noises produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand



c. Road construction will affect the traffic flow and increase traffic noise level.Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and houses

are built along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project G323 Pingcun-Jiuxu has 18kilometers crossing a number of towns and villages including Jiuxu town, Yuyuetun, Hlongyingtunand Xincun residential area etc. 30-70 m away from the road. There one school - Nayu primaryschool. This school is about 16 meters from the highway, the height 12 meters on the slope. Dailylife of the people living nearby the road will be affected by construction and traffic noises,especially at night. The noise levels at instantaneous moment will exceed standard limited values.Nayu primary school is only 16 meters from the road, the estimated noise value will exceed thelimit values. The life and study of the teachers and students will be affected to some extent.

With the completion of construction and the improvement of road situation and trafficcapacity, the impacts of noises will decrease.5.7.1.2 Analysis of impacts on air environmental quality

The environment of this section is similar to that of Qintang-Wuli sub-project and the impactson air environmental quality remains similar. Details refer to the analysis item 5.1.1.2 of thesection.5.7.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental irnpactsa. Ecological environmental impactsThis project has no requirement of land requisition. The improvement is done within the existing

land range. The improved subgrade shall be 0.5m less than the existing one. Except forimprovement of some curves and descending slopes, the sub-project will not cause obvious impacton vegetation. Vegetation will be possibly affected during equipment passing. But this can berecovered upon project completion.

Agricultural vegetation are not too much along the section. Dust caused by construction willhave short-time impact on the crops, but not obvious. The construction period is short, and rainfallis frequent. rainfall can wash away the dust from leaves..

b. Water environmental impacts & water and soil conservationMost sections of this sub-project go with Diaojiang river but not crossing. There are not any

construction of watercourse, there will not have much impact on utilization of water resources.But the project is located in sub-tropical belt with frequent storm. This will cause some watererosion in construction site, which will directly affect the water quality of Diaojiang river. But thiskind of impact is temporary and it will disappear upon project completion.

Improvement of K1270-K1271 section needs certain slope descending. During construction, ifmeeting with storm, it will cause small-range water erosion. In addition, certain quantity wasteswill be produced during construction period. These will also affect the local water and ecologicalenvironment if not well-treated. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid construction in rainy seasonand take preventive measures.5.7.2 Operating period5.7.2.1 Analysis of impacts of traffic noises

After the improvement, the road situation and traffic capacity will be greatly improved due tothe widened pavement and better durability.

In the initial stages (before 2005), the amount of traffic slightly increases, the widened andstrengthened pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of thevehicles. Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than that before. With the prolonged yearsof operation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year.According to the analogical comparison with other highway traffic volume and noise levels, someportions will exceed noise standards during long-term operating period.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops, so the population affected bynoises is limited. The villages and towns affected by noises is manly Jiuxu town.. Nayu primaryschool is located on high slope, and classroom is 30 meters away from the road side, plus fence,the traffic noise will not exceed standards both in daytime and nighttime. So traffic noise duringoperating period will not have much influence on Nayu primary school.5.7.2.2 Analysis of air environmental impacts

After the improved road enters operation, the traffic flow will increase due to theimprovement of traffic situation. The amount of NOx and CO emitted by the vehicles willincrease. Comparing with those of other roads, it is evident that the traffic flow after improvementof the road will not obviously affect the quality of air environment.

There are one primary school and some towns. Nayu primary school is 16 m away fromcentre; the highway crosses Jiuxu town. According to analogical analysis, these places will not beaffected by the traffic, air quality will not be affected obviously.

5.8 G324 Baise - Tianlin project5.8.1 Construction period5.8.1.1 The analysis of acoustic impacts on environment

The additional noises arising during construction period include the following three aspects:a. The traffic noises produced by transport vehicles. During construction period, gravel, sand


b. The noises produced by construction machinery. Main construction machines are: road roller,scraper, spreader, excavator, bulldozer, electric generator, mixing machine, crane etc.According to previous monitoring results, noises produced by these machines are nornally

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above 65dB (A) within 50 meters and the iterative noise level will exceed 70dB (A).c. Road construction will affect the traffic flow and increase traffic noise level.

Chinese existing roads have the characteristics of street-like roads. Many shops and housesare built along the roads in towns and villages. The sub-project G324 Baise-Tianlin has 65kilometers crossing a number of towns and villages including Rongle town and Wangdian town.Pingbing primary school, Tangxing Zencheng primary school, Tangxing Baigao primary schoolare respectively 100m, 150m, 90m away from the road; Tangxing hospital is 50m away fromcentral line of the road. Daily life of the people living nearby the road will be affected byconstruction and traffic noises, especially at night. Pingbing primary school, Tangxing Zenchengprimary school, Tangxing Baigao primary school are all 90m away from the road and will not beseriously affected by construction. Tangxing hospital is only 50 meters away from the road andwill be more seriously affected by the construction, and noise levels during daytime and nighttimewill exceed the limited values.

With the completion of construction, the impacts of noises will disapear.5.8.1.2 Analysis of impacts on air environmental quality

The environment of this section is similar to that of Qintang-Wuli sub-project and the impactson air environimental quality remains similar. Details refer to the analysis item 5.1.1.2 of thesection.5.8.1.3 Analysis of ecological environmental impactsa. Ecological environmental impactsThis project has no requirement of land req[uisition. The improvement is done at the same width

with the existing road. The improvement is lay bitumen surface, thus will not cause obviousimpacts on ecological environment of the section.

b. Water environmental impacts & water and soil conservationThe section is only laying asphalt surface without any excavating and refilling, nor any damage

on existing structure, so the impact on water environment will be very little and will not causewater erosion. It should be noted that partial section of this project are near to the river, andmaterials stacking shall be adequately attended to avoid storm-washing and the consequentpollution of water body.5.8.2 Operating period5.8.2.1 Analysis of impacts of traffic noises


In the initial stages (before 2005), the amnount of traffic slightly increases, the widened andstrengthened pavement will improve the traffic situation and lower mechanical noises of thevehicles. Therefore, the traffic noise level will be lower than that before. With the prolonged yearsof operation and increasing traffic, traffic noise level will grow gradually year after year.According to the analogical comparison with other highway traffic volume and noise levels, thetraffic noise may exceed standards during long-term operating period.

Most of the buildings along both sides of the road are shops, so the population affected bynoises is limited. The villages and towns affected by noises are manly Rongle town, Wangdiantown and Tangxing hospital. The noise level of Tangxing hospital will exceed the standards atnighttime. Because this hospital has no ward bed, so traffic noise of nighttime will not affect toomuch. The three primary schools inclusive of Pingbing primary school are all 90 meters awayfrom the road. Traffic noises will not seriously affect teachers and students during operatingperiod.5.8.2.2 Analysis of air quality environment.

After the improved road enters operation, the traffic flow will increase due to the improvementof traffic situation. The amount of NOx and CO emitted by the vehicles will increase. Comparingwith those of other roads, it is evident that road improvement will not obviously affect the qualityof air environment.

The section crosses two towns - Rongle town and Wangdian town, three primary schools andone hospifal. Pingbing primary schools is 100 meters away from the road central line, Tangxing

Zengcheng primary school is 150 meters aw ay while Tangxing Baigao primary is 90 meters away.According to analogical analysis, these places will not be seriously affected by the vehicle offgas,the COx and CO contents are also within the allowed range. Based on analogical analysis,Tangxing hospital is 50 meters away from road center, and it will not be affected by COx and CO.

5.9 Main conclusion of analysis of environmental impacts.5.9.1 Construction period

All sections of various sub-projects belong to road improvement project. It is only required toextend, strengthen and improve the existing road pavement without requirement of landrequisition and residents' resettlement. Therefore, the environmental impacts done by the projectactions mainly include the following aspects:

A. Noises and dust of construction equipment and transport vehicles will affect the acousticand air environment of the sections of various sub-projects to some extent. It is necessary toadopt environmental measures such as suitable construction time, working site and sanitaryprotection distances etc. to ensure the environmental quality of sensitive points inclusive ofschools and hospitals along the sections covered by various sub-projects.

B. No rare animals and plants are found along the section of various sub-projects. Theproject construction will not have obvious impact on rare animals and plants.

C. The environmental ecological influence on vegetation and soils of the sections coveredby these sub-projects is not serious. It is only required to take grade descending in somesections to formn some filling-excavating slopes. In addition, due to removal of somevegetation on slope, it will cause certain damage and water erosion in some sections. Butsuch can be controlled through environmental education during construction and adoptingsuitable preventive measures such as to re-plant the vegetation inrmediately afterconstruction.

D. The existing road will be half-open and half-construction during construction period, thiswill obviously affect the traffic flows. Such shall require mitigatory measures such asadopting sectionalized construction and proper traffic leading.

5.9.2 Operating periodA. During the operating period, with the increase of traffic flow every year, the noise level

will also increase. It is estimated that, as upto the operating period, the sensitive pointsnearby the highways will received obvious traffic noises. Noise levels of some schools andhospitals may exceed the environmental standards. It is necessary to adopt noise preventivemeasures for these sensitive points of relative higher estimated values if necessary.

B. Vehicle offgas and dust will reduce the air quality of the section covered by the sub-projects during the operating period. But this will not exceed the assessing standard duringshort-term period.

List of Above-norm Sensitive Points of EnvironmentalAir Quality in Operating Period

Table 5-1

Sections Sensitive points Distance from road (m) PollutantsG209 Qintang-Wuli Changling primary school Tightly close NOx

Wuli central primary school Tightly close NOxG209 Wuli-Heng out-patient department of Nayang bridge 25 NOx

county hospital

G209 Changle- Branch of Liannan primary school 40 NOx

Hepu Shuiche primary school 40 NOx

Shikang middle school 40 NOx

G324 Shinan- Batang No. middle school 30 NOxGuigang Qiaoxu No. I middle school 60 NOx

Zhanjiang No.2 middle school 50 NOx

Zhanjiang Central primary school 20 NOx

Kuiling primary school Tightly close NOxShanxin hospital 10 NOx

C. Environmental ecological impacts during operating period are mainly lead offgass and dust ofvehicle. But the quantity of dust retention on vegetation is limited due to adequate and relativelyhigher frequency and strength of rainfall in the sections covered by various sub-projects. Rainfallhas strong washing capacity of the dust settled on surface of vegetation. So road dusting have lessimpact on vegetation.6. Environmental Action Plans

0 Basis for Compilation of EAPs(1) Circular on Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment of Foreign-aided

Construction Projects issued by the State Environmental Bureau, State Planning Commission,Ministry of Finance, People's Bank of China, No.(1993) 324.

(2) The World Bank Operational Manual, OP, BP, GP4.01. January, 1999.(3) Memorandum of the World Bank Delegation, April 14,1999.(4) Comments on the Draft of IEE and EAP for Road Rehabilitation and Improvement

Component, World Bank Delegation, August, 1999.3 The Environmental Protection Action Plans include four parts:(1) Environmental Management Plans: to prevent, reduce or mitigate environmental impacts.(2) Environmental Supervision Plans: the supervision activities to ensure synchronous

implementation of mitigated measures and project actions.(3) Environmental Monitoring Plans: monitoring activities for implementation of rnanagement

plans during construction and operating periods.(4) Investment estimate for environmental protection.

6.1 Environmental Management Plan6.1.1 Laws, Regulations and Standards for Environmental Management6.1.1.1 Laws and regulations(1) Law of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China, Dec. 26, 1989(2) Law for Prevention and Cure of Water Pollution of the People's Republic of China, May,

1996;(3) Law for Soil and Water Conservation of the People's Republic of China, June 29, 1991(4) Ordinance for Prevention and Cure of Environrmental Noise Pollution of the People's

Republic of China;(5) Circular on Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment of Foreign-aided

Construction Projects issued by the State E nvironmental Bureau, State Planning Commission,Ministry of Finance, People's Bank of China, No.(1993) 324.

6.1.1.2 Standards(1) GB3095-1996, Environmental Air Quality Standards;(2) GB3096-93, Environmental Noise Standards in Urban Area(3) GB12523-90, Noise Limits for Construction Sites

6.1.2 Environmental protection plans during feasibility study phase.The main environmental work during the phase of project feasibility study is the compilation of

IEEs and EAPs, which shall be undertaken by Guangxi Environmental Protection Institute.6.1.3 Environmental Protection management plans during the phase of design period.

It is proved that it is the one of the most effective, economical and reasonable ways to reduceand avoid environmental pollution by taking into consideration of possible environmental impact

of the project during the phase of project design and proposing relevant solving administrativemeasures. Therefore, during the phase of project design, it is required to abide by the followingprinciples of environmental management:

(1) If the project has earth borrowing and discarding, it is necessary to ascertain the sourcesites of earth, disposal sites of wastes and earth. Farnland can not be used, and the projectcan not cause adverse effects on rivers, ditches and reservoirs. It is not allowed to destroyriver beds and scenery spots during sand dredging and stone mining.

(2) If trenching system of road sides have to be occupied by the project, subgrade andtrenching system must be re-designed, and it is also required to avoid discharge of oilysewage to farmland and drinking water.

(3) Project afforestation should be included in project general planning, for which necessaryfunds shall be placed to guarantee the timely implementation after the project completion.The most important places to be afforestated are schools, sections of road near residentialareas, slopes where the vegetation are destroyed, temporary land use, borrow pit and wastearea etc.

(4) If the newly-designed slopes are big, necessary technical measures must be taken tostabilize the slopes to prevent water erosion and add to the beauty of the highway. Uponcompletion of the project, it is required to construct protection slope, shoulder, ditches andother places which have been damaged by the construction. All these places shall berecovered with vegetation to prevent water erosion.

(5) This project belongs to road rehabilitation and improvement project. Due to historicalreasons, there are a lot of schools, hospitals and villages, during project design andconstruction, it is important to avoid or reduce the environmental impacts on these placesduring construction. In the stage of design, it is required to choose the sites which arepossibly far away from these places for materials stacking, concrete and asphalt mixingetc. Materials transportation shall be equipped with dust-proof facilities and try to detourto avoid pollution. These facilities include water sprayer, low-noise equipment etc.Equipment of high noise shall be adequately treated to avoid noise pollution such as byusing sound arresters.

(6) According to the result of project environmental impact assessment, necessary preventivemeasures against noise and water pollution are required during project design.

(7) Earthwork construction shall avoid being done during storm season so to reduce watererosion.

6.1.4 Environmental management plans during the period of construction6.1.4.1 Ecological environmental protection measures

(1) During earth excavation, it is required to strictly abide by the plan, and try using thediscarded earth or choose those hills which have little impacts on ecological environment.Excavation from farmlands located on both sides of the road is prohibited. If it isnecessary to excavate earth from road sides, measures for comprehensive developmentsuch as construction of fish ponds must be considered. Before earth excavation, it isnecessary to negotiate with locate people and offer reasonable design. Excavation of earthwithout consent is prohibited. If farmland is temporarily needed during construction,existing ripe soil of the plough horizon should be removed to one side. After completion ofthe project, the removed ripe soil should be spread and made even as it used to be. It is notallowed to dump the wastes into farmland, ditches and rivers. After the completion of theproject, effective measures should be taken to prevent soil erosion in waste area, surfaceafforestation is also required.

(2) It is upmostly required to protect the existing green belt and other vegetation. Thosevegetation damaged during the construction shall be recovered during the last period ofconstruction.

6.1.4.2 Noise preventive measures(1) When the construction approaches sensitive sections of towns, schools andhospitals,

equipment of high noises must be stationed 150 meters away from schools and dense. If

the distance is less than 150 meters, working at 22:00 - next 6:00 shall be avoided so asnot to disturb people's life.

(2) If construction is done nearby schools, construction time shall be consulted with schoolauthorities to reduce the disturbance to teaching by the construction.

(3) Labor protection for construction staff must be also attended to. Workers working longtime nearby noise sources must take rotating shifts and be equipped with earplugs, henceto reduce the noise impact on workers.

(4) Loading, unloading and transporting of construction materials shall try to avoid the resttime to reduce the impacts of noise done to nearby schools and residential areas.

6.1.4.3 Preventive measures for air pollution(1) Materials storage site, lime stone and concrete mixing plant must be stationed 200 meters

away from schools, hospitals and dense residential area. Lime blending must adopt waterspraying, mixing plant must be equipped with duster to reduce dust pollution.

(2) Bulk material trucks must be of closed carriage and covered to reduce dust pollution.(3) During construction, roads, materials stacking sites must apply water spraying to settle

dust.(4) Asphalt heating shall adopt full-closed and full-automatic equipment. If half-closed

equipment, asphalt-heating places shall be stationed at the places to which 300 meters arewithout residential areas, schools etc. Labor protection shall be also greatly attended.

(5) Location of asphalt mixing plant shall be at least 300 meters away from sensitive pointssuch as residential area and schools, so to prevent pollution of asphalt smoke.

6.1.4.4 Preventive measures for water pollution(1) Daily rubbish and sewage of constnrction sites must be concentrated for non-polluting

treatment. Casual discharge is prohibited, hence to avoid pollution to local drinking waterand disease transmission.

(2) Construction materials such asphalt, oil, chemicals can not be stacked nearby drinkingwater and riverwater body to prevent entering the water body by storm. Solid wastes cannot be casually disposed, nor discharged into the river.

(3) Oily sewage can not be directly discharged into drinking water sources, ponds *and ditches.6.1.4.5 Traffic management

Road improvement project norrnally adopts half construction and half traffic, so it is necessaryto strengthen materials stacking and traffic leading, hence to reduce traffic jam and consequentpollution of noise and vehicle offgas.6.1.5 Environmental management plans during operating period

(1) Green belt has remarkable functions in controlling noise and air pollution. Therefore, it isrecommended to strengthen afforestation especially for the places of schools and denseresidential area at the range of 50 meters from the road. Evergreen trees and bushes ofdifferent heights which have good preventive features can better exert the function of dustand noise reduction in four seasons.

(2) To place horn prohibited signboard 100 meters ahead from schools to reduce noisedisturbance.

(3) To place signboards of speed-restricted, village, school and walkway etc. at the places ofcities, towns and schools located along the road, hence to safeguard people's life.

(4) Roads and highways departments are required to establish the system of monitoring ofnoise and offgas. Periodical and sampling tests of local and passing vehicles shall be doneto strengthen the monitoring management of offgas and noise. Vehicles of surpassingdischarge of noise and offgas are prohibited to run on road.

(5) Leaking and over-loading vehicles are prohibited running on the road to prevent pollutionto air and water by dropped materials.

(6) Vehicles carrying dangerous load shall be reported to the roads and highwaysadministrative stations and can not drive on the road without approval. Transportation ofsuch goods shall be greatly attended to prevent water pollution.

(7) Land planning for road sides shall be also attended. Schools, hospitals and other buildings

which require higher environmental quality shall not be constructed within 100 metersfrom the road. Formation of sensitive points shall be controlled.

(8) During the medium and long term periods of the project, the noise levels of some schoolsand hospitals will exceed the specified standards. Therefore, it is necessary to entrustqualified monitoring units to undertake periodical or nonscheduled monitoring againstthese sensitive points. If necessary, technical measures to reduce noise disturbance shall beadopted. The schemes of noise reduction for sensitive points are shown in Table 6-1.According to statistics, the following shall be constructed: I noise barrier of 120 m2 at thecosts of 24 thousand yuan at RMB200/ m2 ; 9 high wall fences of total 2400 m2 of 120thousand yuan at RMB50/ m2 ; 5 place of tree growing of 155 thousand yuan at RMB50/m 2; 3 change of house and resettlement of total RMB600 thousand..

Noise Preventive Measures for Sensitive PointsTable 6-1

Sub- Name of Sensitive Distance to Immentinprojects Points centerline Preventive measures g pefiod

Qintang- Changling primary Tightly No night school; heighten school 2005Wuli school close fence wall

Wuli central h rimary Tightly Change house, resettlement 2010

schoo cios

Lincun primary 50 Heighten wall 50m 2010school

Wuli Peizheng 50 3m-height wallsecondary school

Nayang bridge 15 Change house, resettlement 2005nospital

Heng Huiyi pnmary 30 3m-height wallcounty ~ school

Qingjiang Yicheng 30 3m-height wallschool

Liannan primary 40branch school Tree

Changle Shuiche pimary 4 3m-height wall; tree plantation plantation52Changlepu shchoopnmary 40 around school 002-H-lepu school _ high forest High fence

Shikang middle 40 wallO2015school 40

Walian primary 50Wujia- school Tree plantation (school without 2002Hepu Dantian primary 50 night school)

school

Tianlin Tangyi hospital 50 Tree plantation 2010

Batang No.1 middle 30 3m-height wall 2001school

Zhangjinag No.2 50 Tree plantation 2010middle school

Shinan- Kuiling primary Tightly 2m-height noise barrier] 60m- 2001Guigang school close length

ZhangJiang central 20 3m-height wall 2001pnmary school

Shanxin hospital 15 Change house, resettlement 2005

6.2 Environmental Supervision PlanThe environmental supervision plans for this project are shown in Table 6-2

Environmental Supervision PlansTable 6-2

Phase Institutions Supervising contents Supervising targets

-_ . 1 3To ensure that all great ando < potential problems of the project

m. R e;, :: Appraise IEE & EAP have be reflected.2. To ensure practical and

Ln I: n c3. -: 3 s: Creliable implementing plans formitigation of environmental

x 3° >0 0N' ; impacts have been executed.

I _ To check whether or not theenvironmental primary design and 1 ETo ensure "3-simutaneities"

environmental investment have and EAPbeen settled.

2]Inspect stacking site and 20To ensure the sites can satisfyasphalt mixing plant, lime mixing environmental requirement.

- ~~~~~field etc.

p ds a 30To reduce the influence oncontrolling m01peasures; andee nearby environment; execute

3° > <n controlling measures; decude relative environmental laws and- o o ~~~~~~~construction time. rgltos

__________ _________ _________regulations.

CD X 4]1Inspect discharge and treatmentO O O_ r 1 J a 4 To ensure surface water Is

-. of domestic sewage and waste oil_ _ l > . .1 free from pollutionof construction sites.

OCheck recovery and treatment E5 OTo ensure scenery and landCD > 5 0 Check recovery and treatment

rA ~ . ^ . , resources are free fromn m of earth excavating and discarding r ousrfefo

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~~ ~~pollution.6 c Inspect environmental 60Approval of environmental

M. a- facilities; take curative measures facilities to ensurefor those unsatisfied. environmental requirement

I OCheck implementation of EAP2. Check implementation of

° S = 3° ; monitoring plans 1 0To ensure EAPEO 33 i 301Inspect sensitive points 2 0iTo ensure monitoring plans

Z 3- required to take further 3 OTo ensure environmentalMD g P 3 environmental measure (future protection

- c. cc : o possible environmental problems) 4 0To strengthen environmentalr O ,O 'x 8 -°s 4]Inspect environmental quality management, and protectionS3 r 3 of sensitive points people's health.

X ° T 2 s- <w 50 Strengthen supervision, prevent 5 OTo erase the potential event- ° o X event, erase possible dangers; and avoid pollutionCD prepare curative measures for

- n a c sudden event of danger or.________________ poisonous leaking etc.

6.3 Environmental Monitoring Plan6.3.1 Monitoring target

The target of environmental monitoring is the acquire the knowledge of the statesof degrees of environrnental pollution during different phases of various sections ofthe project, to inspect the situation of actual implementation of various environmentalmeasures and their results, so as to strengthen environmental management service byproviding necessary grounds for decision of environmental measures in differentperiods (including the adopted measures for the unpredicted environmental problems).6.3.2 Monitoring institutions

Environmental monitoring during construction and operating periods shall entrustGuangxi.provincial environmental monitoring centers.

6.3.3 Monitoring implementationNormal monitoring shall be done by the above-mentioned units according to the

schedules specified in Table 6-3 and Table 6.4.6.3.4 Monitoring equipment, monitoring charges and monitoring reporting system

The monitoring plans of the project shall be undertaken by the environmental monitoringinstitutions entrusted by the Provincial Roads & Highways Dept., and the monitoring equipmentrequired by the monitoring plans under this project shall be of the property of monitoring units.The communications department shall pay suitable depreciation cost and monitoring charges. Themonitoring charges during construction period shall be: RMB30000 X 8 ;subprojectsRMB240000 (average); monitoring charges during operating period shall be: RMB22000 /subproject *yr X 8 subprojects X 20 yr = RMB3.52 million; monitoring charges for emergencyevent shall be RMB 1 00000. The total of the above shall be RMB3.86 million.

The system of monitoring reporting of the program is shown in Graph 6- 1.

Environmental Monitoring Plans (noise)Table 6-3

Phase Subproject Monitoring location Items Frequency Duation lg Institutions Sponsor____________ _______ ~~~~~~~~~~time_ _ _

50m range with or

Period various schools, hospitals noise - o Id = L o 9subproject and residential o .

area _ _

Changlin primary a

U ° G209 ~~school;l; Wulii<z5 : 5 OG209 ~Peizheng 0

Dwli secondary school; o 2 /yrWuli centralprimary school

Nayang bridgeG209 hospital; Huiyiwuli-Heng primary school;county Qingyijiang

Yicheng school

G209 Shuice primaryChangle- school; ShilianHepu middle school

Shanxin hospital,

G324 Kuiling primaryShinan- school;Guangang Zhangj iang

central pnrmaryschool;

G325 Wailian primaryWujia- school, DantianHepu primary schoolG324 Tangxing BaigaoBaise- primary school,Tianlin Tangxing hospitalG323 Nayu primaryPingcun - school, JiuxuJiuxu townS20323Wuming- Luoxu townYingyu

Environmental Monitoring Plans (air quality)Table 6-4

Phase Subproject location Items Frequency Duration Institutions Sponsor

Period various Lime blending & un- TSP c Iday Monitor = o nsubproject finished road station L

0 G209 NOX l7000 ~ ~Qintang- TSP , 5days 1000 <wuli primary school co0

G209 wuli- Huiyi primary 1800Heng school 100county 10G209 Shikang middle 0Changle- schoolHepu

G324 Kuiling primary

Guangang schoolG325 Walian primaryWujia-Hepu schoolG3 24Baise- Luoxu townTianlin _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

G323 Navu primaryPingcun schooJiuxu school ______

S20323)Wuming- Tangxing Baigao_______ Yingyu primary school _

|Environment.al Office of| h ol Hechi-Nanning Road Project Bankl

Road Maintenance Section Construction Bureau of GCD(Operating period) (construction period)

Moniorin:, units

Graph 6 -1 ijnusErallion OImmm=lrlnl Report

6.4 Investment estimate for environmental protection facilities6.4.1 Lump-sum investment for environmentail protectionThe lump-sum investment estimate for environmental protection facilities of the project is shown

in Table 6-5, and total investment is RMB663 I thousand.

Investment Estimate for Environmental MeasuresTable 6-5

InvestmentItems Contents & way of computation Environmental benefits

(RMB 10000)

Construction of noise barrier 2.4Noise . Reduce noise pollution to ensure

Construction of high fence wall 12reduction environment for schools and

House exchange & resettlement 50measures _ hospitals

Tree plantation 15.5

Dust180dxRMB500/dx8items 43.2 Reduce air pollution

reduction

Reduction of noise and pollution,

RMBIOOO0/kmxl 8krnDas per recovery of ecological scenery;Afforestation 118.0

50% of total length: water & soil preservation;

environmental beautification

Environmental technicalUpgrade professional levels for

Personnel training for road construction &36.0 environmental administrative and

training administration units, emergencymonitoring staff

team

RMB240 thous. in constructionTimely know about the

Monitoring period; RMB4 million in, ~~~ ~~~~386 environmental quality in

charges operating period; RMB I 00construction & operating periods

thousand for emergency event.

| Total i 1 663.1

6.4.2 Technical training for environmental staffIn order to smoothly implement the environmental management and monitoring plans, the

project should undertake environmental policy and professional training for those relevantpersonnel of the project such as project administrative staff and emergency staff etc., hence toimprove their administrative and technical levels. During construction period, there are totally 24persons who will receive training, including I environmental administrative person, Ienvironmental monitoring person and I emergency event person (concurrently charged by thesupervising engineer if required) in each of the 8 subprojects, total charges will RMB 120thousand. During operating period, training shall be done in every two years for one person ofroads and highways administrative stations in counties (cities) for traing of environmental staff,total charges will be RMB240 thousand. Details are referred to Table 6-6.

Technical Training Plans for Environmental StaffTable 6-6 Unit: RMB 10000.Period Category Qty. of personnel Total qty. Time Charges

Administrative staff 1 person / section 8 2000 4.0

X Monitoring engineer 1 person / section 8 2000 4.0

X 5' Emergency staff 1 person I section 8 2000 4.0

I person in each

roads & highwaysO Environmental 2003-2022

administrative 8 24.0o: administrative staff lperson/2yr

station in cities

(counties)

Total 8 36.0

7. Public Participation and Analysis7.1 Range and Methods of Public Participation

Respectively in December of 1998 and A.pril of 1999, the environmental assessment group ofGuangxi Environmental Protection Scientific Research Institute conducted social investigationsand public participation survey in various sections covered by the project including Guigang city,Heng county, Xingye county, Hepu county, Wuming county, Baise city, Tianlin county and Hechicity. Survey of public consultation included discussion, questionnaires, individual consultation etc.The investigation has covered widely government officials of various levels, representatives of thePeople's Congress, teachers, common people who are impacted by the project etc., and alsoinstitutions and department of environmental protection, agriculture, forestry, irrigation,communications. The group has consulted and discussed with more than 200 people, received 153questionnaires.7.2 Statistical Result and Public ParticipationThe investigation results are shown in Table 7-1 . The results show that:(1) The local People's governments of various levels covered by the project show great passion

for the project, and they agree to vvell coordinate with construction units and offerconvenience in the aspects of manpower and material resources.

(2) 69.28% people answer that they know "something" or "very much" about the roadimprovement project, and the balance 30.72% people got to know that the road section are tobe improved in this consultation.

(3) 77.78% people are not satisfied with the local traffic situation, and they think the existingroads are too narrow, of bad quality and have too many slopes etc. Some sections are easy tooccur traffic accidents. But 5.23% are still satisfied with the present traffic condition.

(4) 78.43 people are in the opinions that road improvement will cause slight impact on theirresidential and living environment. Bul 95.42% people think that road improvement andconstruction will be benefited to local economic development. 96.73% hope the projects shallbe started as soon as possible. "Good road will bring good fortune" is the common idea oflocal people.

(5) As for environmental problems caused by the project, the proportions respectively holdingthe ideas of noise, vehicle offgas and dust as the main pollution come near, and the sequenceis noise>dust>vehicle offgas. 77.12% people suggest road afforestation to reduce suchpollution.

7.3 Solutions to the Problems of Public ParticipationAs for the noise, vehicle offgas and dust pollution caused by road construction, road

afforestation shall be the main solution, especially in the section of schools and residential area.Meanwhile, during the period of construction, equipment of high noise shall be operated upmostlyto avoid schooling and rest hours of schools and residents, hence to reduce the impacts theminimum, content. Some officials in Luoxu town of Wuming county are in the opinions that the

traffic pollution will affect local residents, it is recommended to defer the process of roadimprovement in this section which shall be settled by local government according to future trafficconditions.

Statistical Report of Project Public SurveyTable 7-1

Investigating items Options People nos. Proportion (%)Very much 10 6.54

To what degree do you know about the road So-so 96 62.74project ? Not know 47 30.72

Very much 8 5.23To what degree are you satisfied with local So-s 2 1.99traffic situation? So-so 26 16.99

Not satisfied 119 77.78

Greatly 5 3.27To what degree does the project influence the Slight 120 78.43residential and living environment?

I don't know 28 18.30

Good 146 95.42What do you think of the road improvement will Not good 0 0do to the economic development of your units or go_.-villages? I don't know 7 4.58

Accelerated 148 96.73

Road construction shall be Postponed 3 1.96

Cancelled 2 1.31

Which pollution do you think is the serious Noise 58 37.91during road construction? Offgas 40 26.14

Dust ____35__95

Afforestatio 118 77.12

What measures do you think to reduce losses Noise barrier 14 9.15 -and pollution ? Far away

from 4 2.61villagesOthers 17 11.12

Notes: 1. Investigating time: December 8 - 28, 19982. Places: Wuming county, Hepu county, Heng county, Guigang city, Xingye county,

Baise city, Hechi city, Tianlin county.3. Information of people who filled the questionnaire: total 153 questionnaire.Including 10 persons of university education, 22 of college education, 62 of highschool education, 40 of secondary education, 19 of primary education. 77 persons arepeasants, 48 cadres, 28 workers. 110 are mal, 43 are female. 62 are Zhuang minority,84 are Han nationality, 7 are Yao nationality. Totally 52 units and villages.

Annex: Lists of Components fo]r Environmental Management Plans of TheHighway Improvement Program in the Poverty Area

Lists of Comnonents for Environmental Management Plans ofThe Highway imprnovement Program in the Povertv Area

Annex 1

Item Action plans to bc adopted Implementing Rcsponsible institutionscomponents institutions

Design period

I. Soil erosion * Newly-designed slope shall be designed with protection to avoid water erosion. Designing unit Guangxi* To select reasonable earth-excavation sites to avoid damage to farmland, river, Communications

ditch and reservoir etc., thus to avoid water erosion. Earth-excavation in plain Department; the Worldarea shall be combined with comprehensive utilization such as pond Bank Officeconstruction

* Construction discarding earth and waste residues shall be planned in stackingand protect scenery and avoid water erosion.

* To select low-noise construction equipment. Equipment of high-noise shall beshielded or closed during operation.

* Necessary noise-reduction measures for sensitive points of exceeding noisestandards shall be planned.

2. Noise * To select low-noise equipment, Equipment of high-noise shall be shielded or Designing unit Guangxiclosed during operation. Communications

* Necessary noise-reduction measures for sensitive points of exceeding noise Department; the Worldstandards shall be planned. Bank Office

3. Air pollution 0 To take consideration of the impacts on sensitive points (schools, hospitals and Designing unit Guangxiresidential areas) done by dust, asphalt smoke and other problems when Communicationsselecting sites for material stacking and asphalt mixing plant. Department; the World

Bank Office4. Water 0 If required to use existing roadside ditches and other water draining system, the Designing unit Guangxipollution draining systems of subgrade and pavement shall be re-designed. Oil sewage Communications

shall avoid to directly drain to drinking water source and farmland. Department; the WorldBank Office

Constructionperiod

1. Ecological * Strictly follow the designed scheme to quarry stone so to minimize the damage Contractor Construction Bureau ofenvironment to ecological environment. Earth excavation from nearby farmland is Guangxi

prohibited. Communications* If required to occupy farmland, ripe soil shall be stacked aside and shall be Department

recovered after completion.Existing green belt and vegetation shall protected during construction. Damaged onesshall be timely recovered after construction completion.

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2. Noise * High-noise equipment shall be stationed 150 m away from sensitive points. If Contractor Construction Bureau ofhigh-noise equipment is less than 50 m away from residential area, night-work Guangxi(22:00-6:00) is prohibited. Communications

* When construction is done nearby schools, it is required to negotiate with Departmentschool authorities to avoid noise disturbance to teaching.

* Labor working protection shall be attended to. Workers working nearby noisesource shall be equipped with earplugs and take turns in operation.

3. Air pollution 0 Materials stacking sites, lime soil and mixing plants shall be stationed 200 m Contractor Construction Bureau ofaway from schools, hospitals and residential areas. Mixing equipment shall be Guangxiequipped with dust-reducing facilities and measures. Communications

* Vehicles carrying bulk materials shall be covered. Department* Asphalt mixing plant shall be stationed 300 m away from residential areas and

schools. The mixing equipment must be closed, operators shall also beprotected.

* Measures such as water-spraying shall be used to reduce dust in dusty road,load-unloading sites and materials stacking sites.

4. Water 0 Domestic garbage and sewage of construction campus shall be collected for Contractor Construction Bureau ofpollution innocuous treatment which cannot be directly discharged to water body. Guangxi* An asphalt, oil and chemical material etc. cannot be stacked nearby houschold Comminiunications

wells, rivers, and shall be safely covered to avoid leaking to water body by Departmentstorm.

* Solid wastes can not be discarded without arrangement, nor be discharged toriver and ditches.

* Water containing oil produced by equipment cannot be directly discharged towater body and farmiand. _

5. Traffic 0 Construction materials shall be stacked in good arrangement. Special personnel Contractoradministration shall be employed to guide traffic.

6. Implementation of EAP environmental monitoring plans during construction period. EnvironmentalEnvironmental monitoring station

monitoring _ ._.Operating period

(continued)1. Noise & air * Afforestation on both sides of the road, especially on the sections 50 m withiin whiich Roads & llighway Guangxi Roads & |pollution are schools, hospitals and residential areas. Bureaus in cities & Ilighway

counties Administration Bureau

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I * To place "Horn Prohibited" nearby the section where schools are located. I Roads & Highway lI Bureaus in cities & I

counties* In land planning, construction of schools, hospitals and those of high environmental Local governmentsrequirement is prohibited within the range of 50 m on both sides of the road. Roads & Hlighway

Bureaus in cities &counties

* Sensitive points exceeding noise standards shall bc built with noise barrier or other Roads & Highwaynoise reduction measures. Details refer to Table 6-1. Bureaus in cities &

counties* To establish the inspection system for vehicles. Offgas inspections shall be done to Roads & -llighwaylocal and passing vehicles periodically or non-periodically. Over-discharging vehicles Bureaus in cities &are not allowed on road. counties; public security

& communications dept.* Vehicles of various leakages, bulk-carrying and over-loading are not allowed to run Roads & Highwayon the road. Bureaus in cities &

counties; public security& communications dept.

2. Risk of 0 To set up and perfect the examining and approving regulations for chemical- Roads & Highway Guangxi Roads &transportation of carrying vehicles which can only run on approved road in specific timc. Bureaus in cities & liighway

dangerous 0 To formulate emergency plans for hazard leakage. Hazard leakage shall be counties; public security Administration Bureaumaterials reported to concerned department to take necessary emergency actions. & communications dept.

3. To implement the environmental monitoring plans of this EAP based on Environmental Guangxi Roads &Environmental environmental monitoring standards. monitoring station Highway

monitoring Administration Burcau

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Table I-I Improvement Standards & Investment EstimatesExisting conditions Improvement standards

SL Section name & IT 5TimeRmakSL,~0 rfiSection No. ra *' -~~scheduleReyak

as n ~~~ n t

Total 236 47058

G324Baisc-Tianlin >Iirv akadtafcstaini(K 1977.26- 65 III 913 43 8.5 7 0.83 III 8.5 7 4;~ 5525 2000-2001 Imrebakrdratcittonn

2047.26)

G323 Pingcun- 2 JiuxuEJKl258-' 1 8 IV 3022 46 9 6 .3 I 85 7 400 21-02 lniprove backward traffic situation,to

K1276L11. connect Shui-Nan grade 11 highwayS20324 ___

3__ Mashancon road 4t 1V, 1975 5 2 9 7.5 0.5 I I 1 2 9 cc 1300 2002 Existing road scriously damaged, to4 S20324 Dahua C. 16 IV 1835 50 9 7.5 0.5 II 1 2 9 cc 5203 2002-2003 iniprove traff-ic condition.

Road____6209 Qintang-

5 Wuli it III 3923 St It 8 1.17 II II 9 cc 2530 2001-2002 Extsting road seriously damaged, to___(K31I37-K3 148) improve traffic condition,_________________

6 G209 wuli-Heng 30 II 39E785 6 11 1 85 7 c 00 20-03 xisting road seriously damaged, to(K3148-K3178) 30 II 392o7v8. 6r.a711i85 7 CCn000t002200

7 GHepuhK3310- 20 II 54 1 I1 7 33 1 I1 9 cc.,. 50 20120 Existing road seriously damaged, toHeuK3330-l 20iI54 1 I mprove traff-ic condition.

G324 Shin-an-Exsigraseiuldmgd,t8 G uigang(K 15 10- 37 III 5287 52 1 5 12 1.38 II IS5 12 cc 8100 2000-2001 Eitmp grovtaffi condiion.ydmae,t

G325Wujia- T improve traff-ic condition and9 Hepu(K644- 1 5 III 6755 60 I 9 1.79 if S1 12~ CC 4500 2001-2002 capacity (sectional improvement

K659) __ ___1] _________15km)

10 Wuming-Luoxu 20 III 4133 4212 7 9 iI 2 9 c 40 0220 Wuming to poor Pingguo countyOKI1O-K301J __ _ __ _______ __ ___ ___I- traffic.

Remarks: The above subprojects belong to road rehabilitation and improvement projects, without requirement of land requisition.

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