China - Third Henan Highway Project : resettlement action plan (Vol. 1 of 7) : Summary of the migrant settlement plan

RP- 31 Henan III Highway Project VOL. I Summarization of the Migrant Settlement Plan The Third Henan Highway Project is proposed to be a World Bank loan supported project. This project shall include 3 parts: Zhumadian-Xinyang Expressway, linking highways to the Zhumadian-Xinyang Expressway and rural roads (location of the project see schematic map). Zhumadian-Xinyang Expressway is an important part of Beijing-Zhuhai National Trunk Highway (NTH), which shall connect two important areas in south of Henan Province---Zhumadian Prefecture and Xinyang City. It shall start from the terminal of Luohe-Zhumadian Expressway (under construction), go along the east side of Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, run through the south part of Henan Province, pass Runan County, Queshan County and Pingqiao District, and end in the east of Xinyang City where the interchange shall overpass the National Highway 312, with total length of 95 .52 km. IThis Project is planed to commence in June 2000 and complete in June 2003. The linking highways, as attachment facilities to the Expressway shall fuinction to convert and divert the traffic flow, will directly influence the integral benefit of the Expressway. Along the route of the Zhumadian-Xinyang Expressway, There are five linking highways connecting the Expressway to the local roads, they are Zhumadian Linking Highway, Queshang Linking Highway, Minggang Linking Highway, Fenjiatang Linking Highway and Guopeng Linking Highway. The rural roads, as a attachment project to the Expressway, is also an important part of the World Bank loan supported project. A Rural Roads Improvement Plan, combining with the " the 9th five-year-plan in highway network of Henan Province", is drawn up. This plan includes 9 systems, which contains 272km long rural roads to be improved or upgraded with total estimated cost of 224.10 million Yuan RMB. Seven impoverished counties including Shancai, Pinyu, Xixian, Luoshan, Guangshan, ShAgcheng, Xinxian and Pinqiao District in Xinyang City are invloved in this plan. The fulfil of this improvement plan shall greatly advance the economical development of the said impoverished areas and shall enhance the traffic capacity of the rural roads. The implementation of the Henan III Highway Project shall occupy a certain of land permanently and temporarily, demolish some of the attachments in the land requisitioned, therefore the normal life and production of the residences along the highway shall be influenced in various degrees. In order to handle these issues properly, have the residences affected got reasonable compensated and resettled, and safeguard the migrants lawful rights and benefit, the Migrant Settlement Plan is due prepared. The Migrant Settlement Plan for the third Henan Project includes three parts, i.e. the Migrant Settlement Plan for Zhumadian-Xinyang Expressway, the Migrant  Settlement Plan for Linking Highways to Zhumadian-Xinyang Expressway and the Migrant Settlement Policies for Rural Roads Improvement Project (attached below). The total permanent land requis tion for this project shall be 9,753.6mu, the temporary land requisition 2,0711 mu, and the houses to be demolished shall be 43,693sq.m. The total compensation cost shall be 242.21065 million yuan RMB and the people affected shall be 8,586. In which, for Zhumadian-Xinyang Expressway, the permanent lRdjequisition shall be 9,0'4mu, while the temporary land requisition shall be 1 mu, houses removal shall be 31,752sq.r, which totally need 218.760723 million yuan RMB for compensation with 4,920 affected people. For the linking roads, the permanent lend requisition shall be 67