China - Fuzhou Urban Transport Project : environmental impact assessment (Vol. 1 of 14) : Executive summary - Nanjiang Binlu - Third Ring Road, Kuiqi Bridge and Jinshan Depot

El 072 Volume 1 Fuzhou World Bank Financed Project Nanjiang Binlu, Phase-II of Third Ring Road, Kuiqi Bridge and Jinshan Depot ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Constructor: Fuzhou Urban Utility Development and Construction Company Author: Guangzhou Research Institute of Environmental Protection March 2005 I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Constructor: Fuzhou Urban Utility Development and Construction Company Compiler: Guangzhou Research Institute of Environmental Protection Legal person: Luo Jiahai Institute's technical chief: Cui Xia Environment assessment project chief: Xu Guanpu Outline comilers: Name Title Env. ass. post Responsibilities certificate No. ._. General provisions, project Xu Guanfu Senior engineer No.A28020052 analysis, ecologic environmental impact assessment Wang Weide Senior engineer No.A28020024 Current noise environment and impact, noise treatment measures Alternative plan, profit and loss Lu Yan Assistant engineer No.A28020058 analysis of environmental economy, relocation and resettlement Current water environment and Peng Lin Engineer No.A28020044 impact, risk evaluation, treatment measures of water pollution Current environmental air and impact, treatment measures of Wang Junbo Engineer No.A28020039 atmosphere, cultural property _______________ ~~~~~~assessment Reviewer: Cui Xia Professor-level senior No.A28020003 engineer He Liangwan Senior engineer No.A28020025  List of Abbreviations ' 3RR/S Third Ring Road/South BOD Biological Oxygen Demands CO Carbon Monoxide COD Chemical Oxygen Demands dB(A) Decibel (Acoustic) DO Dissolved Oxygen EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan FBSRI Fuzhou Building Sciences Research Institute GERI Guangzhou Environmental Research Institute GIS Geographic Information System GPS Global Positioning System MIS Computerized Management Information System NH3-N Ammonia Nitrogen NJBL Nan Jiang Bin Lu, a project component road NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide OP (World Bank) Operational Policies pH Acidity unit NMHC None Methane Hydrocarbon. PM10 Particulate Matter smaller than 10 microns PMO (Fuzhou) Project Management Office PRC The People's Republic of China SEPA: State Environmental Protection Administration SS Suspended Solids TOR: Terms of Reference  Content 1. INTRODUCTION ..............................1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ..............................1 1.2 BASIS OF THE EA ............................. 2 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................. 3 3. BASELINE ENVIRONMENT ............................. 3 4. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ............................. 8 5. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................. 10 5.1 NoISE .1 5.2 VIBRATION ......................... . 10 5.3 AIR QUALITY .11 5.4 WATER ENVIRONMENT .12 5.5 EcosYSTEM .13 5.6 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT .13 5.7 RESETTLEMENT AND RELOCATION .14 5.8 SAFEGUARDS POLICIES ASSURANCE .14 6. MITIGATION ......................................................... 15 6.1 DESIGN PHASE ......................................................... 15 6.2 CONSTRUCTION PHASE ......................................................... 17 6.3 OPERATION PHASE ......................................................... 19 7. PUBLIC TRANSPORT ......................................................... 21 7.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND AREA BASELINE ......................................................... 21 7.2 IMPACTS ......................................................... 21 7.3 MITIGATION ......................................................... 23 8. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ......................................................... 24 8.1 OBJECTIVES .24 8.2 MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION ORGANIZATIONS .24 8.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .24 8.4 INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND TRAINING .26 8.5 ESTIMATED COST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT .26 9. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ........................................... 26 10. CONCLUSIONS .29  1. Introduction This document is the Executive Summary of Environmental Assessment (EA) for the partially World Bank financed Fuzhou Nantai Island Pen'-Urban Development Project (the Project) which consists of new roads to be constructed on green field, upgrading of existing urban roads, public transport (including bus depot construction) and technical assistance in the provincial capital of Fuzhou, Fujian province, P.R.China (PRC). The document provides a general summary of the findings from the Project Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for both the road/bridge and bus depot components, including legal and policy framework and applicable environmental standards, environmental baseline, major potential adverse impacts to the physical, ecological and socio-economic environments in the Project area, analysis of alternatives, mitigation measures, public consultation programs, and environmental management plan for the Project. This Executive Summary could serve as a concise Project environmental report to environmental administrators, decision-makers, project-affected groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), the general public and other stakeholders, as well as to the Executive Directors of the World Bank Board. 1.1 Project Background Along with other major urban centers in China, Fuzhou has been experiencing a continued rapid economic development and urban expansion over the past 20 years. This has been accompanied, particularly over the last few years, an unprecedented growth of motorization. It is expected that in about 2005, the city's motor vehicle fleet will reach a size of over 100,000 units in the urban area alone. At the same, as a regional translation hub the city has been also seeing a rapid growth of passing through motor vehicle traffic along the coast and entering into the interior, which has been utilizing the already highly congested urban roads. At the same time, the urban transportation system has lagged behind the overall economic development and motorization pace, impeding sustained development and improvement of standard of living for its residents. In particular, infrastructure such as road development in the Nantai Island, a peri-urban area south of Min Jiang River has been slow, seriously affecting the overall peri-urban development, as well as Fuzhou integrated urban transportation system and overall environmental quality of the city area. The proposed Project, to be partially financed by a World Bank loan, represents a major effort in alleviating transportation congestion in the urban center by providing access for through traffic at peri-urban area, improving the city transport system, and stimulating the overall economic and urban development in this peri-urban area of the city. During the project preparation, Guangzhou Environmental Research Institute (GERI, or the EA team), was retained to prepare project EA. The EA team has been working concurrently with the independently engaged project feasibility study and engineering team, contributing to project design and alternatives selection from the environmental perspective during the project preparation. For the EA itself, a terms of reference (TOR) was prepared in September 2004 and on November 2004 the TOR was reviewed by an expert panel and revised TOR was approved by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) in January 2005. The first draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report was prepared in November 2004 which was pre-appraised by the World Bank. After revision accordingly to the Bank's pre-appraisal comments, the revised draft of EIA, together with Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and EA Summary (this document) are complete in January 2005 and submitted to the SEPA for EA Executive Summary I Fuzhou Nantai Island Peri-Urban Development  its final review and approval, and to the Bank for its appraisal, which was conducted in March 2005. All EA documents were revised again based on the comments from the World Bank appraisal mission and final reports were submitted to the Bank for safeguard clearance by the end of March 2005. The Project is classified as a Category A project since it involves massive infrastructure construction on green field in the rural as well as built-up field in peri-urban areas. The construction and operations of the Project roads would result in increased noise, motor vehicle air emission, discharges to the rivers, disturbance to the ecosystem, visual impacts and resettlement of urban and rural residents. 1.2 Basis of the EA Relevant regulatory, policy and administrative requirements for environmental assessment of development projects in China, both at state and municipal levels, were followed during the preparation and evaluation of environmental assessment, as were the Bank's ten safeguard policies. Major laws and regulations applied in the EA are as follows: * Laws of Environmental Protection of the PRC of December 26, 1989; * Law of Air Pollution Control of the PRC of September 1, 2000; * Law of Water Pollution Control of the PRC of May 15, 1996; * Law of Environmental Noise Pollution Control of the PRC of March 1, 1997; * Law of Cultural Property Protection of the PRC of October 28, 2002; * Fujian Environmental Protection Regulations of 2002; * Management Regulations on Environmental Protection for Construction Projects of November 18, 1998; * Circulation on Strengthening EIA for Construction Projects Receiving International Financing of 1993; * Technical Specifications for Environmental Impact Assessment; and * Various applicable regulatory standards for air, water, noise, and electromagnetic fields. Of the ten World Bank safeguard policies, Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP4.01), Involuntary Resettlement (OD4.30), Cultural Property (OP4. 11), and Natural Habitats (OP/BP4.04) are applied in the EA first as a screening and, where triggered, included in the full assessment. Since there are no project components that would involve forest, pest control chemicals, indigenous people, international waterways, dams or construction in disputed areas as defined under the World Bank's OP7.60, safeguard policies related to these subjects are not applied in the EA. Relevant international environmental agreements in which China is a signing party have also been included where applicable as a basis for the EA. The EA also makes the reference to various project preparation documents, including project proposal, feasibility study reports for various project components, as well as expert opinions and review comments for the EA TOR. Fuzhou's Master Development Plan (1995-2010), Fuzhou City Environmental Master Plan of September 2001 and Fuzhou Nantai Island Development Plan of September 2000 have also been the basis for the EA. EA Executive Summary 2 Fuzhou Nantai Island Peri-Urban Development  2. Project Description The Project is located mostly in the peri-urban area south of the Fuzhou city core. Project components will include large scale physical works as well as improvement and . upgrading of relevant management systems. According to the common characteristics of various components, the project may be divided into three categories: road infrastructure development, public transport component, and technical assistance to implementation and institutional development. A summary description of the contents of Fuzhou Nantai Island Peri-Urban Development Project is shown in Table 2-1, their locations on Figure 1-1 and a more detailed description for each of the components are provided in the EIA report. Table 2-1 Fuzhou Nantai Island Peri-Urban Development Project Components Contents Cost (US, million) . 5.23 km total length Nan Jiang Bin Lu (NJBL) road . 40 m wide . mostly upgrading and widening of Road existing road along Min river bank Infrastructure . 12.47 km total length 249.8 development 3rd Ring Road/South (3RR/S) . 50-100 m wide . mostly new construction on green field Kuiqi Bridge * 1100 m long * 36 mwide . 186.3 mu total and 65.1 mu Phase I Bus depot . 300 bus units total and 200 in Phase I * maintenance and repair facility . refueling facility Public transport . GPS-based vehicle location system 21.6 Component Dispatch Center . GIS-based database * Computerized management information system (MIS) Bus Priority . bus priority lanes in major transport corridors . Support for Investment Framework - Master Plan Technical . Support for Sustainable Management of Fuzhou's Urban Development- Assistance to Strategic Planning Implementation . Support for implementation of investments - Construction Supervision 3.1 and institutional * Ensuring economic sustainability of investments - Road Maintenance development . Support for equity in service provision - PT operational I * Support for financial sustainability of investments - Financial Planning. Total cost 274.5 3. Baseline Environment Physical Setting Fuzhou City is situated along the China's east coast while Nantai Island is in the south part of the city, with Min River split around the island and a total area of 142 km2. The terrain of the island is partial plain with low hills of up to 202 m above the sea mostly on northwest and middle part of the island. Fuzhou belongs to humid sub-tropical monsoon region with abundant precipitation and mild climate: The average annual temperature is 19.6