Feasibility Study, Detailed Design and Tendering Support of Technical Assistance for Sub-Regional Road Transport Project Preparatory Facility-II under ADB Loan 3295-BAN: Additional Financing to the Sub regional Transport Project Preparatory Facility (SRTPPF-II).

Environmental Survey, Traffic Survey and Report Preparation.

The proposed project “Feasibility Study, Detailed Design and Tendering Support of Technical Assistance for Sub-Regional Road Transport Project Preparatory Facility-II under ADB Loan 3295-BAN: Additional Financing to the Sub regional Transport Project Preparatory Facility (SRTPPF-II)” falls within Rangpur Division of Bangladesh.

The main objective is to prepare the sub regional road projects for investment and implementation. All project roads were selected by the government with the expectation of significant implication to sub regional cooperation and integration.

The Scope of the project includes for Traffic survey:

§  Preparing the feasibility study,

§  The detailed engineering design,

§  The bidding documents for 590km of project roads,

§  Consultants will support to the procurement of civil works upon the government’s request and will provide support to ADB missions for loan processing,

§  Collect condition data of project roads,

§  Conduct traffic survey of project roads for the purpose of economic analysis and detailed engineering design, and enter the results into the database. The survey should at least include classified traffic counts, intersection volume count, origin-destination, and axle load spectrum.

§  Use the survey results and other related literature to forecast the future traffic for a period until 20 years (with a target of 2041) after the completion of construction for each project road.

§  Categorize the roads into homogeneous sections, and estimate the residue life of homogeneous sections.

Environmental Survey:

§  Carry out an environmental assessment of the project roads in accordance with ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS), and the government’s environmental regulations and policies,

§  Classify the road in accordance with the environmental impact assessment requirements under the Department of Environment (DOE), Ministry of Environmental and forests and ADB’s Screening Checklist for Environmental categorization according to the SPS,

§  Prepare the IEE and EIA reports following the suggested outline,

§  Prepare an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMOP) to implement and monitor the mitigation measures will be prepared with clear information on costs, time frame, responsible agencies, monitoring methods and monitoring indicators,

§  Incorporate into the EIA/IEE report including EMPs feedback from all relevant stakeholders including the EA, ADB, affected person and others.

§  During the feasibility study stage, the outputs will be complete IEE or EIA reports fulfilling requirements of both DOE and ADB SPS including as many site-specific details if possible.