INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET RESTRUCTURING STAGE Note: This ISDS will be considered effective only upon approval of the project restructuring Report No.: ISDSR12856 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 10-Jun-2015 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 11-Jun-2015 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Vietnam Project ID: P083581 Project Name: Hanoi Urban Transport Development Project (PO8358 1) Task Team Van Anh Thi Tran Leader(s): Estimated 1 1-Dec-2006 Estimated 03-Jul-2007 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: GTIDR Lending Specific Investment Loan Instrument: Sector: Urban Transport (84%), Other social services (12%), Sub-national government administration (4%) Theme: City-wide Infrastructure and Service Delivery (40%), Municipal governance and institution building (20%), Other social development ( 20%), Pollution management and environmental health (20%) Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and No O U Emergencies)? Financing (in USD Million) O Total Project Cost: 304.69 Total Bank Financing: 155.21 o Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount BORROWER/RECIPIENT 139.68 International Development Association (IDA) 155.21 Global Environment Facility (GEF) 9.80 Total 304.69 Environmental A - Full Assessment Category: Is this a No Repeater project? 2. Current Project Development Objectives Page 1 of 8 3. Project Description The Project has three key components: The Bus Rapid Transit Component (BRT) [total US$77.19 million, IDA US$67.88 million, Government of Vietnam US$5.31 million, GEF$4.0 million] will support the development of 15 km of segregated busways and bus priority along the Giang Vo- Lang Ha and Le Van Luong - Yen Nghia corridors, the construction of BRT stops, interchange stations, terminals and maintenance facilities. It will also support the establishment of a modem BRT management system, including bus ticketing and financial controls. Lastly, the component will finance the implementation of a public consultation, communications and media strategy for disseminating information on the BRT system. The Road Infrastructure and Sustainable Urban Planning [total US$162.67, IDA US$59.52 million, Government of Vietnam US$101.40 million, GEF US$1.75 million] component includes the construction of a section of the Second Ring Road (RR2) between Nhat Tan Bridge and Cau Giay on the main western radial arterial and construction of a resettlement site to house persons displaced by the proposed road, together with support for sustainable urban land development and transportation planning in Hanoi. The Institutional Development Component (ID) [total US$8.49 million, IDA US$4.44 million, GEF US$4.05 million] supports equipment procurement and technical assistance (TA) to: (a) strengthen Air Quality Management; (b) support traffic management; (c) support establishment and strengthening of a new Public Transport Authority; (d) support transport planning and policy development; and, (e) finance replication activities that have been designed to address GEF's priority on replication. The main reason for updating this ISDS is that project is undergoing level 2 restructuring and current status of safeguard implementation is detailed/provided in the updated ISDS. O U 4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) O The project area lies in Hanoi City and its ecological environment is highly artificial including some agricultural environment. The surface water system in Hanoi includes 2 major rivers (Red river and Nhue river), 4 small rivers and 118 lakes and ponds. West Lake is the largest and most rich in ecosystem, however it is located about 1 km away from the proposed RR2. Literature review and field survey showed that the major features of the flora include agricultural plants and road side plantation trees, and no protected fauna species were identified. There was no indication of the existence of valuable nature habitats. Water Quality. Baseline water quality monitoring was conducted in June and October 2005. The results showed that the water qualities of rivers and ponds along the proposed alignments often exceeded the relevant standards in terms of COD/BOD, amonia and coliform due to domestic and industrial wastewater. Air Quality. The baseline air quality was assessed based on the existing air quality monitoring data, as well as supplementary monitoring data conducted in July 2005 along the proposed alignments. In general, air pollution levels in the city exceed the national ambient air quality standards with respect to PM, and CO and N02 at some urban street locations sometimes exceed the air quality standards. Page 2 of 8 The result of supplementary monitoring was almost the same as the general situation, i.e. the concentrations of PM were mostly higher than the standards while those of N02, S02 and CO did not exceed the standards. O U Noise. Baseline noise monitoring was conducted in July 2005 together with the supplemental air quality monitoring. Noise levels along the proposed alignments were roughly around the relevant standard levels and often exceed the standards both in day-time and night-time. Cultural Relics. A cultural relics survey identified 11 cultural relics sites along the proposed alignments. They include 7 temples, 2 pagodas, 1 memorial house and ancient tree and ancient dike, however, no deteriorated impacts is expected or relocation is needed due to the construction of proposed new alignment. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Chaohua Zhang (GSURR) Hiroshi Ono (EASRE) Hoa Thi Mong Pham (GSURR) Khang Van Pham (GENDR) Ly Thi Dieu Vu (GSURR) Noreen Beg (GENDR) Satoshi Ishihara (GSURR) Son Van Nguyen (GENDR) Trang Phuong Thi Nguyen (EASVS) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Yes No change Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Natural Habitats OP/BP No No change 4.04 Forests OP/BP 4.36 No No change Pest Management OP 4.09 No No change Physical Cultural No No change Resources OP/BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/ No No change BP 4.10 Involuntary Resettlement Yes No change OP/BP 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP No No change 4.37 Projects on International No No change Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed No No change Areas OP/BP 7.60 Page 3 of 8 II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the Restructured project. ) Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: Environment Assessment (OP/BP 4.01). Although HUTDP would significantly contribute to O promoting the use of public transportation, reducing traffic congestion, and eventually improving air quality in Hanoi, construction and operation of RR2 and BRT might cause potential large scale impacts on the environment as follows: * Noise levels would exceed the relevant standards at sensitive sites along RR2 and BRT routes. Since the proposed alignments go through populated areas, heavy machinery and transport vehicle operation during the construction phase would cause noise problems. * Predicted results of CO and N02 showed general improving trends towards 2020 due to anticipated modal shift to public transportation and tightened vehicular emission control. On the other hand, dust and toxic air pollutants from hot asphalt mixing plants during the construction work were identified as a major air pollution problem. * Wastewater from bus transit and terminal stations and oily waste from bus cleaning and maintenance during the operation phase, and slurry wastewater produced from construction sites and domestic wastewater from construction camps during the construction phase might cause adverse impacts on water bodies and aquatic life. Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01 ) continues to be applied for the project. Monitoring of SEMP implementation is performed regularly. The current environmental safeguards management is moderately satisfactory along the BRT corridor, as well as under the Road Infrastructure component due to waste management and electrical and road safety issues. It is noted, however that these issues are limited in scope and relatively easy to remedy. Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) continues to be applied for the project. The Resettlement O U Action Plan has been updated to reflect more precise number of households affected by the second ring road (RR2) construction activities after the detail design. The cancellation of the second BRT line and the resettlement site CT5 has made RR2 the only component causing involuntary resettlement. Land acquisition area of the RR2 has decreased by about 2.5 ha thanks to realignment of Dao Tan intersection and Buoi interchange to minimize the impact on the local people. The number of project affected households (PAHs) under the RR2 has increased from 1,374 as in the original RAP to 1,560 but the number of relocated PAHs decreased from 653 to 607 respectively. The entitlements for affected households have also been updated to reflect the changes introduced under the new Government regulations including the requirement of land appraisal to ensure compensation rates reflect replacement costs. The new estimated resettlement cost has increased from US$105 million to US$ 140 million. Because the resettlement site CT5 was dropped and many PAHs want to be relocated in the vicinity, additional resettlement apartments have been provided from available apartments of the city to meet the demands of the PAHs. In order to expedite compensation and resettlement activities and provide advisory services to the PMU, the frequency of resettlement independent monitoring has increased from every 6 months to every 3 months. Similarly, it has been requested that the PMU will submit to the Bank internal monitoring report monthly instead of quarterly as in the original RAP. The updated draft RAP has been disclosed locally from August 26, 2013, and in VDIC in Hanoi on August 29, 2013, and sent to Infoshop for disclosure on the same day August 29, 2013. Page 4 of 8 Regarding the RAP implementation, the delay of compensation and resettlement activities has been significant for the RR2. MU has been rated for safeguard based on the fact that resettlement delay, which has led to delays in some civil works contracts for the RR2, is one of main reasons O that the project cannot be completed by the current closing date (June 30, 2015). At the time of this revision, 98% of the PAHs (1528 out of 1560) have received compensation and cleared the site. The city committed that all resettlement activities will be completed by end of June 2015. Once the project is extended, the rating will be upgraded to S/MS. * 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: The HUTDP is fully in compliance with the Hanoi Urban Master Plan and Hanoi Urban Transport Master Plan. Predicted results of air pollution showed general improving trends towards 2020 when anticipated modal shift to public transportation and tightened vehicularemission control are in place. In order to make sure this air quality improvement, besides BRT, Air Quality sub-component of HUTDP will support the development of improved air quality management policy making system, motorcycle pollution control measures and air quality monitoring system in Hanoi. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. In the design of the BRT component, three kinds of alternatives were considered before the choice of a closed BRT system trunk and feeder BRT system with special-buses running primarily on a network of exclusive bus routes was chosen. In addition to the chosen alternative simple bus priority measures (rejected because of their relatively little success in environments similar to Hanoi where there is the potential for significant problems of non-observance and enforcement) and open BRTs such as in Seoul, Kunming and Taipei where a variety of buses and access and egress from the exclusive lane system (rejected because of the potential for control problems leading to excessive bunching) were considered. The BRT system has been designed to be physically integrated with a potential urban rail system under consideration for financing from French bilateral donors. Discussions with Hanoi on the PTA have been coordinated with the relevant French donor agencies. In the design of the Second Ring Road a series of different alternatives were considered in view of significant technical, social, economic and financial constraints. The final solution chosen has many features of interest. First, the inclusion of bus-lanes on the main carriageways in the initial phases (to avoid congestion and conflict with local traffic and non-motorized traffic) and the subsequent reservation of an alignment for mass rapid transit compatible with longer term growth proposals for the area north of Red River and west of West Lake. Secondly, there are significant reductions in the area within the previously defined planning line at Buoi Interchange resulting in a significant reduction in involuntary resettlement and associated costs. The final design chosen for the section between Cau Giay and Buoi reflects an extensive analysis to provide forecast capacity needs in a very tightly constrained space bounded by the dyke and the drainage canal. As mentioned above, further minimization of land acquisition during project implementation has been conducted to reduce impact to the local people. 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. Environment impacts: A stand-alone EMP was developed, and the proposed measures are to be incorporated into bidding documents and contracts. The EMP defines mitigation measures and Page 5 of 8 costs, training plan, environmental monitoring plan, and environmental management organizations. The PMU established under HPC is responsible for the implementation of EMP. Environmental monitoring will be carried out by a qualified independent monitoring institution to be selected through procurement process. o For the proper implementation of EMP, a specialized social and environmental unit was set up under the PMU with one professional staff designated to supervise the overall implementation of EMP. In addition, key staffs engaged in environmental management in contractors, construction supervision consultant, road operation company and government organizations were receive adequate training. During implementation, the original EMP for BRT component was updated by Ha Noi UTDPMU and cleared by the Bank. This updated EMP was subsequently disclosed locally in the project sites and VDIC. Social impacts: A Resettlement Policy Framework and a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) was prepared in line with the local laws, regulations and the World Bank's policy on Involuntary Resettlement. As mentioned above, the RAP has been updated to reflect the changes introduced under the new Gov. regulations. Its objective is to ensure that all project affected people (PAPs) will be compensated for their losses at replacement cost and will be provided with rehabilitation measures to assist them to improve, or at least maintain, their pre-project living standards A multi-level organization has been established for the management and implementation of the resettlement program at Hanoi Municipal, district and ward levels. Ha Noi People Committee have overall responsibilities for implementation of the RAP. The City Resettlement Committee assists the People Committee in carrying out its overall responsibility. The Department of Ha Noi Urban Transport Project Management Unit (PMU) is responsible for implementing the RAP on behalf of Ha Noi People's Committee. Both internal and external monitoring mechanisms have been established. While internal monitoring serves largely as a PMU internal tool for managing the resettlement program, an external agency has been engaged to carry out an independent monitoring, and evaluation of the RAP's implementation. As mentioned above, the frequency of both internal and external monitoring will be increased to expedite compensation and resettlement activities as well as to provide advisory services to the PMU to implement RAP properly Cultural Property: There are no significant impacts expected on cultural relics along the alignments due to their distance from the alignments and environmental considerations incorporated in the engineering design. However in order to minimize any unexpected environmental consequences during construction, prior to the construction the PMU and contractors will conduct consultation with relevant authorities and local communities on necessary protection measures. The civil work contracts will include a procedure in the event of chance finds during construction. There are about 600 graves to be relocated under the project, and all 600 graves were relocated smoothly. Grave relocation and its mitigation measures have been described in the project RPF and RAP as there had been practice in the region in the past to manage graves though OP 4.12. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Page 6 of 8 Environment: Two rounds of public consultation were carried out according to the World Bank's guideline in August 2005 (first round), and January/February 206 (second round). During this process, a total of more than a thousand project-affected individuals, groups and representatives of district PCs, NGOs, wards and communes were intensively consulted. The participants showed concerns about environmental issues during construction and operation such as dust, exhaust gas and noise, and requested adequate mitigation measures. Their feedback was reflected in the engineering designs and EMP. EIA and EMP were disclosed locally at DONRE, TUPWS offices and relevant 4 districts as well as at InfoShop in May 2006. Social: During the project preparation phase, project information and resettlement policy were disseminated through household visits, public meetings, group and focus group discussions and the household socio-economic survey. They were intensively consulted and actively participated in discussions on their development needs and priorities, about their perception towards project objectives. Their views, concerns and recommendations have been taken into consideration in the project design. This consultation process has been continued during implementation as further project design information becomes available. The RAP details the plan for consultation during project design and implementation, including the procedures, methodologies and subjects of consultation. A Public Information Booklet (PIB) was prepared and distributed to all affected population in the project area. The project has developed grievance redress mechanism and described it in the RAP. It describes the steps and procedures for grievance filing as well as the responsible institutions and timeframe for receiving and addressing the grievances. B. Disclosure Requirements Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank 14-Oct-2013 Date of submission to InfoShop 14-Oct-2013 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive /// Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors "In country" Disclosure Comments: Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process Date of receipt by the Bank 29-Aug-2013 Date of submission to InfoShop 29-Aug-2013 "In country" Disclosure Comments: If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources policies, the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/ Audit/or EMP. If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Page 7 of 8 Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] report? If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Practice Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] Manager (PM) review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated Yes [X] No [ ] NA [ ] o in the credit/loan? OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/ Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] process framework (as appropriate) been prepared? If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Yes [X] No [ ] NA [ ] Practice Manager review the plan? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] World Bank's Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] in the project cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ] include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? O Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed Yes [X] No [ ] NA [ ] with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in O the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Task Team Leader(s): Name: Van Anh Thi Tran Approved By Safeguards Advisor: Name: Josefo Tuyor (SA) Date: 11-Jun-2015 Practice Manager/ Name: Michel Kerf (PMGR) Date: 11-Jun-2015 Manager: Page 8 of 8