China - Guangzhou City Center Transport Project - environmental assessment (Vol. 5 of 10)

SUMMARY VOL 5 January 1998 S GUANGZHOU CITY CENTER TRANSPORT PROJECT LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT A. PREFACE 1. The proposed Guangzhou City Center Transport Project (GCCTP) includes a series of related sub-projects aimed at improving the traffic management of a rapidly growing city of about 6.5 million people. The development of the Inner Ring Road sub- project in the congested city center will involve land acquisition and the resettlement of people, businesses, enterprises and public facilities. The project has developed a resettlement policy which will guide the preparation of annual resettlement action plans. The policy will be the guiding principle for all phases of the project whether Bank financed or otherwise. 2. The proposed project has been divided into several phases. The construction of the Dong Shan Kuo interchange segment, began in December 1996 using muIuicipal financing. The proposed implementation date for the segments using municipal and World Bank financing w-ill be in mid 1998. B. PROJECT IMPACT 3. The proposed Inner Ring Road (IRR) will be about 26.7 km in length. The recommended alignment starts from Liu'ershan Road, along Huangsha Avenue, Nan'an Road, eastwards through Huanshi xi Road and Huanshi'zhong Road, along Henfu Road to Yongfu Road, turns southwards to Meidong Road, Zhongshanyi Road. and then proceeds southwest to Dongshankou. There, it divides into two parts and reaches the eastern part of the planned Baogangbei Road (T13) in Haizhu district respectively through Jiangwan Bridge and Haiyin Bridge. It then continues to Industry Avenue through Nantian Road north to Renmin Bridge and then closes the loop at Liu'ershan Road. 4. The road is proposed to be completed in several phases. Detailed census have been conducted for the initial, first and second phases in January, 1996 and preliminary surveys undertaken for the third and fourth phase in February 1997. The estimated amount of total land acquisition (floor area demolition) for the IRR will be about 435,724 mi2. The estimated scope of resettlement will involve the following:  Land Acquisition and Resettlement - 2 - Guangzhou * residential units occupying 292,245 m2 of floor space (this includes 9,123 m2 of temporary structures);