The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Restructuring Stage Restructuring Stage | Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 13-Aug-2019| Report No: ISDSR23340 Regional Vice President: Victoria Kwakwa Country Director: Martin Raiser Regional Director: Ranjit J. Lamech Practice Manager/Manager: Binyam Reja Task Team Leader: Weimin Zhou The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) . I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. BASIC PROJECT DATA Project ID Project Name Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation P133114 System Task Team Leader(s) Country Weimin Zhou China Approval Date Environmental Category 28-Mar-2014 Partial Assessment (B) Managing Unit Is this a Repeater project? IEAT2 PROJECT FINANCING DATA (US$, Millions) SUMMARY -NewFin1 Total Project Cost 431.00 Total Financing 431.00 Financing Gap 0.00 DETAILS -NewFinEnh1 World Bank Group Financing International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 200.00 Non-World Bank Group Financing Counterpart Funding 231.00 Borrower/Recipient 231.00 2. PROJECT INFORMATION The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) Current Project Development Objective The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to upgrade the quality and efficiency of public transport services in selected public transport corridors of the project cities. . 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The US$200 million IBRD loan for the Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation Project was approved on March 28, 2014 and became effective on August 18, 2014; the closing date of the loan is June 30, 2020. The objective of the project is to upgrade the quality and efficiency of public transport services in selected public transport corridors of the project cities. The project includes two project cities, Harbin City and Mudanjiang City, and consists of five main components: (i) Public Transport Corridor Improvement; (ii) Public Transport Infrastructure Improvement; (iii) Traffic Management and Safety Improvement; (iv) Emergency Response and Road Maintenance; and (v) Capacity Building. Based on the discussion with two PMOs and the restructuring request from MoF, the following changes are proposed: (a) Harbin: Drop two public transport corridors: Hongqi Ave and Youyi Road from Component 1, and replace with two new public transport corridors: Nanzhi Road and Changjiang Road; (b) Mudanjiang: Drop (i) Xisantiao Road from Component 1; (ii) Jiangnan public transport interchange; (iii) Bada bus terminal; (iv) Fujiang bus terminal; and (v) traffic safety education center from Component 2; and (c) Create disbursement categories: (1)(e) and (2)(c), to allocate the undisbursed amount of the loan for Harbin and Mudanjiang to these two categories respectively with 100% disbursement percentage for “Civil Works, goods, consultant’s services, Incremental Operating Costs, Training and Workshops�, and to apply the change retroactively from September 20, 2017. Among the two project cities, only Harbin is required to update the safeguard documents. In Harbin, two new public transport corridors (Nanzhi Road and Changjiang Road) are proposed to be added. Changjiang Road and Nanzhi Road are existing roads within the urban area of Harbin, and the improvement is limited to the rehabilitation of these roads, such as the repair and re-pavement of road surface, bicycle lanes, bus lanes, sidewalks, bus stops, road markings and signs, and ITS facilities, within the existing right-of-way. In order to analyze the potential impacts and prepare proper mitigation measures of the new proposed activities: Changjiang Road and Nanzhi Road public transport corridors, the EA, EMP, and SA of Harbin components have been updated and disclosed. . 4. PROJECT LOCATION AND SALIENT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO THE SAFEGUARD ANALYSIS (IF KNOWN) The proposed project will support public transport improvements in two cities in Heilongjiang Province, namely Harbin and Mudanjiang. Heilongjiang Province is located in northeastern China and has a population of 38 million. Harbin is the capital city of Heilongjiang, and the largest city in northeast China. In 2011, Harbin Municipality had a population of 10.6 million (6 million urban population only), making Harbin the tenth most populous city in China. It is located in the central plains by Songhuajiang River, the third longest river in The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) China Mudanjiang is a much smaller city than Harbin. It is a prefecture-level city located in the southeast of Heilongjiang, bisected by Mudanjiang River, the second largest tributary of Songhuajiang River. In 2011, Mudanjiang Municipality had a population of 2.8 million (960,000 urban population only). Both Harbin and Mudanjiang are located above 45 degrees latitude and both cities have dry and extremely cold winter. Annual precipitation around 580 mm and snowing season from November to January. The temperature in Harbin averages around 3.6 ºC annually and in the coldest month (January) ranges from -13 ºC to -24 ºC, whereas those for Mudanjiang are slightly higher. 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS SPECIALISTS ON THE TEAM Zhefu Liu, Social Specialist Yongli Wang, Environmental Specialist SAFEGUARD_TABLE 6. SAFEGUARD POLICIES TRIGGERED Safeguard Policies Triggered Explanation To date, the implementation of the EMP is rated as MS. Minor drawbacks existed in the traffic management during the implementation of the Xinyang Road. Improvement had been made by the Harbin PMO. The lessons and experience have been considered in the impact assessment and mitigation measures in the updated EIA and EMP of this restructuring package. As required by the legal agreements of the project, the PMOs prepared and submitted the bi-annual EMP implementation report timely to the WBG, and these reports were found comprehensively and Environmental Assessment (OP) (BP 4.01) Yes satisfactorily reflect the status of the implementation. The site visits by the task team confirmed the above conclusions. For the proposed works under the restructuring package in Harbin, the PMO will continue to keep its strong commitment to the environmental management. The proposed works on the two existing urban roads under the restructuring stage are well aligned with the objective of the project. Most of the adverse environmental impacts are related to The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) construction activities, such as nuisance of dust and noise, wastewater, solid waste, disturbance to local traffic and local communities. During operations, adverse impacts include vehicle noise and emission, solid waste and wastewater, road safety, etc. However, the works are expected to bring about great positive environmental benefits in terms of reduced vehicular emission and traffic noise, and traffic safety improvement. These potential adverse impacts are moderate and site-specific. The EA concludes that these potential adverse impacts and risks can be mitigated with the engineering design, good construction management practice, and the proposed mitigation measures. EIA and EMP have been prepared for the new works which contain the measures for noise, dust, solid waste, traffic management, and noise and ambient air monitoring plan, etc. Public consultation and information disclosure have been conducted in line with the OP 4.01. And the EIA and EMP for the restructuring was disclosed locally in Harbin on 27 March 2019. Performance Standards for Private Sector No Not applicable Activities OP/BP 4.03 The project will take place in built-up area in both Natural Habitats (OP) (BP 4.04) No cities with no natural habitats in the vicinity of any project sites. Forests (OP) (BP 4.36) No Not applicable Pest Management (OP 4.09) No Not applicable There are three historical buildings alongside one proposed project (Youyi Road) corridor in Harbin during the appraisal stage. Physical Cultural Resources (OP) (BP 4.11) Yes The restructuring proposes to replace two bus corridors in Harbin. Youyi Road was dropped. And the two proposed bus corridors (Nanzhi Road and Changjiang Road) are not located within or in vicinity of any physical cultural resources. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) The project activities are located within developed areas of Mudanjiang and Harbin. According to the social assessment carried out in the project areas, Indigenous Peoples (OP) (BP 4.10) No the task team concluded that there are no ethnic minorities are in or present in the project areas. Therefore, the project does not trigger OP 4.10, Indigenous Peoples. The project will involve civil works, such as construction of bus terminals and depots; and install or make available overpasses and passage tunnels along the proposed corridors. For some of these works, permanent and temporary acquisition of state-owned land will be required. As a result, OP 4.12 is triggered. To date, the implementation of the RAP is rated as MS, mainly due to the delayed transferring of state- owned land to project owner in Mudanjiang. For the proposed project restructuring, social assessment as a screening tool to identify any resettlement impacts was conducted in Harbin. The proposed project restructuring will support facilities in right-of-way in the proposed bus corridors. No resettlement caused by the project restructuring were identified. The RAP for this Involuntary Resettlement (OP) (BP 4.12) Yes restructuring does not need to be updated. As required by the legal agreements of the project, Harbin PMO prepared and submitted the latest bi- annual report timely to the WBG as well as an updated SIA report, and these reports were found comprehensively and satisfactorily reflect the status of the implementation. The site visits by the task team confirmed the above conclusions. For the proposed works under the restructuring package in Harbin, the civil works of the two proposed corridors (Changjiang Road and Nanzhi Road) will be within the existing road widths and only temporary land acquisition for construction might happen.the PMO will continue to keep its strong commitment to the social management. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) The proposed works on the two bus corridors under the restructuring stage are well aligned with the objective of the project. The works are expected to bring about great positive social benefits in terms of providing better public transport services to people in Harbin. The sampled public consultation of the updated SA also proved the solid social support to the project. The updated SA for this restructuring was disclosed locally on Harbin Daily on 27 March 2019. Safety of Dams (OP) (BP 4.37) No Projects on International Waterways (OP) No (BP 7.50) Projects in Disputed Areas (OP) (BP 7.60) No KEY_POLICY_TABLE 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. As an urban transport project without building new roads or widening but rehabilitating existing roads and building/rehabilitating transit terminals/hubs and bus stops, the adverse environmental impacts during construction are moderate and mostly temporary in nature. The environmental impacts during operation mainly include air pollution, noise, road safety and sewage from bus hubs and terminals, but these would be offset by the environmental improvement of reduced air pollution that would result from improved bus speed and lower congestion. Overall, net positive impact on the environment is expected. From the social safeguard side, with in-depth analysis on and extensive consultation with various stakeholders, including transport service users, affected citizens by land use and construction, officials and academics, It is concluded that the project will improve the public transportation system in both cities and provide direct benefit to the citizens in their daily life. In addition, the social assessment also recommended several measures to maximize the social benefits of the project by pursuing a user-friendly design. The proposed changes of this restructuring in Mudanjiang city only include dropping of several civil works activities, which would not generate additional impacts compared to the original EIA, EMP, SA, RPF and RAP of Mudanjiang city during the appraisal stage. Therefore, the additional impacts from this restructuring mainly come from the change of bus corridors in Harbin city. The proposed bus corridor works proposed in Harbin for this restructuring are limited to the rehabilitation of two existing urban roads city, such as the repair and re-pavement of road surface, bus stops, bus lanes, bicycle lanes, The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) sidewalks, road marking and signs, and ITS facilities, without widening or building new road sections. Most of the adverse environmental impacts are related to construction activities, such as nuisance of dust and noise, wastewater, solid waste, disturbance to local traffic and local communities. During operations, adverse impacts include vehicle noise and emission, solid waste and wastewater, and road safety. These new works will not trigger new safeguard policies and these potential adverse environmental impacts are moderate and site specific, and readily mitigated by good engineering design and mitigation measures. Physical Cultural Resources (OP4.11): The new works proposed in Harbin under the restructuring will not involve any physical cultural resources. For the proposed project restructuring in Harbin, a social assessment (SA) as a screening tool to identify any resettlement impact on land acquisition and resettlement was conducted. The task team concluded that all civil works related to the project restructuring in Harbin will be on the right-of-way to improve bus corridors; therefore, there will not be resettlement impacts to be incurred. The RAP of Harbin does not need to be updated. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area. Long term impacts occur mainly during operations, such as air pollution and noise from traffic, waste and wastewater from bus hubs and depots, passenger and vehicle safety etc., particularly in cold and snowing season. However, the works are expected to bring about great positive environmental benefits for the long term, in terms of reduced vehicular emission and traffic noise, and traffic safety improvement. Measures to address these impacts are specified in the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) developed for each city of the project. In addition, by design, the project will contribute to the reduction of negative environmental and safety impacts from transport. 3. Describe any potential alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. Alternative analysis of different design options was undertaken as part of the EA process, including a “without project scenario�, to avoid or minimize negative impacts from the project. Different lane configurations for the proposed corridors, access to bus stops via overpass/underpass versus ground level crossing at cross-roads, different layout of ground floor of bus terminals and hubs, different floor materials for bus terminals and hubs, and inside buses were compared. Alternatives that can better shelter passengers from the cold, wind and snow and can provide safety (e.g. non-slippery floor material) and comfort thus more user friendly, especially in cold weather, were recommended and included in the project design. Different heat sources and technologies for heating terminals that are not connected to district heating network were analyzed with the one that can meet relevant emission standard yet economically viable being recommended. These recommendations from the EAs have been incorporated in the feasibility studies (FS) or annexed to the FSs so as to be taken into account during design phase. 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 The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) Capacity building of the clients in Harbin and Mudanjiang has been an integral part of the project preparation process to address environmental safeguard issues. To ensure the EMP implementation, a budgeted training plan is included in the EMP. The EMP is the result of close collaboration between the PMOs and the EA consultants. This ensures the EMP’s ownership by the project entities which in turn helps guarantee its effective implementation. The EMP specifies supervising mechanism and institutional arrangement to foster its implementation. During construction, supervision engineers will be primarily responsible for daily supervision of EMP measures. The PMOs, assisted by environmental experts, will carry out random inspection. The EMP will be referred to in bidding documents and contracts with contractors and supervisors to ensure its implementation. During operation, responsibility to implement the EMP will largely be shifted to relevant public transport operators and government agencies. Component 5 of the project includes activities to enhance operators’ skills and project management. The institutional capacity of the Harbin PMO is being strengthened by implementing the EMP, particularly the training program and the institutional setup, with adequate input of resources. For the proposed works under the restructuring package in Harbin, the PMO will continue to keep its strong commitment to the environmental management. The EMP specifies environmental monitoring plans, institutional arrangement, capacity building activities, and the budget for the EMP implementation. Social Aspects For Harbin, the Public Transport Corridor (Component 1) is not expected to require land acquisitions as the improvements are within the right of way. However, during detailed design work, there may be a need to acquire small piece of land to make changes to alignment as needed. Because of this uncertainty, an RPF has been prepared, reviewed and agreed with the Bank. The Public Transport Infrastructure component will need land for the construction of three bus terminals, depot, and management centers. All the identified land is state-owned and have already been designated for the project. The RPF carried out due diligence review for the public infrastructure land and concluded that the three sites will utilize 5.2 ha state-owned land that have been allocated to the project and do not involve resettlement. For Mudanjiang sub-project, the Public Transport Infrastructure (Component 2) requires land acquisition for the five terminals/depots/management centers originally proposed. Among the five sites, three of them will need to acquire land from three villages, while the other two sites already have the land. Therefore, a RAP was prepared for the three sites and a due diligence review was done for the two sites. The two project cities have prepared RPF/RAPs, which provided details on resettlement policy procedures and requirements, compensation rates, measures to restore livelihoods, and institutional and monitoring arrangements. Gender Issues. The SA and the RPF/RAP cover gender-disaggregated analysis including women’s unique demand to explore measures to ensure women benefit from the new transport facilities. Women participated in the consultation meetings and the social assessment process. The women-related demand and proposed measures have been included in the FSR, which include the need to (i) monitor service quality at bus stops and inside buses; (ii) provide street lighting along project roads; and, (iii) provide cross bridges with cover. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) Consultations and Participation. The SA and the RPF/RAP were carried out through extensive consultation and participation in the preparation process. Users’ and other stakeholders’ concerns and needs were integrated into the project design and the resettlement planning. In Mudanjiang city 32 specific recommendations were generated in SA participation process, and of which 23 have been included in the FSR to be included in the project design for implementation; while in Harbin 46 specific recommendations were generated and 39 are included in the FSR. Grievance Redress. A grievance redress mechanism is included in the RAP, which provides a process and a grievance record table, in which grievances can be filed both orally and in writing. The grievance process starts with affected people filing complaint at village and neighborhood committee level. If resolution is not obtained, the complaint can be elevated to county/district, municipality level. Affected people can also file their complaints in court if not satisfied with the resolution by the project authority at the different levels. All grievances and their resolution will be recorded. The grievance filing mechanism has been disclosed to the local population and will be further disseminated through the Resettlement Information Booklet, which is attached to the RPF/RAP. Implementation Arrangement. The SA and RPF/RAP were well prepared by the client, reviewed by the Bank, and are compliant with the Bank requirements. A resettlement management arrangement with proper staff and resources in each city has been agreed up on and detailed in the RAP. Dedicated safeguard staff will be responsible for carrying out resettlement activities in each project cities. An experienced external resettlement monitor will be engaged according to the RAP to ensure regular monitoring and reporting. Training plan is included in the RPF/RAP, and will be provided to the PMO staff, related agencies, and affected people before and during resettlement activities. Monitoring & Evaluation. Internal and external resettlement monitoring arrangement is included in the RPF/RAP, which covers the monitoring indicators, frequency, agency qualification and their roles. The PMOs will provide resettlement progress monitoring report to the Bank semiannually. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanism for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Public consultation has been undertaken following public disclosure of EA/EMPs. The primary objective was to collect the public opinion about the project, the EA findings and the sufficiency of mitigation measures. These consultations took various forms, mainly through questionnaires, interviews and meetings with the public and experts. Altogether, 944 people with a wide range of background were surveyed in Harbin and more than 1200 people in Mudanjiang. Major concerns include dust and social disturbance during construction, and emissions and noise during operation phase. The EAs and EMPs provided feedback and counter measures to address these concerns, which were included in the Feasibility Study Report (FSR) and considered during engineering design. Information disclosures were undertaken during the EA preparation and investigation. The draft EA/EMP for Harbin was disclosed on the website of the Harbin Transportation Bureau on July 2, 2013, with a notice published on a local newspaper, Harbin Daily on July 15, 2013. The revised Harbin EA/EMP was re-disclosed on November 8, 2013. The hard copy of is available at the city PMO office and EA institute for public reading. For Mudanjiang, the draft EA/EMP was disclosed on the government website July 11, 2013. with a notice published in local newspaper on July 20, 2013. The revised Mudanjiang EA/EMP was re-disclosed on government website November 23, 2013. The hardcopy is also available at the city PMO office and the EA institute for public reading. The Chinese and English versions of the Harbin The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) and Mudanjiang EA/EMP documents were disclosed on the World Bank’s InfoShop on October 28, 2013. After incorporating comments from Bank safeguard review, the revised documents were re-disclosed on InfoShop on December 9, 2013. For the bus corridor works in Harbin proposed for the restructuring, the information disclosure and public consultation were conducted for the EA. Local communities and relevant government departments, eg. transport bureau, were consulted. The EIA and EMP has been disclosed at local government website and the affected communities, with the advertisements published on local prime newspaper on March 27, 2019. A updated version of the EIA and EMP for the restructuring works have been disclosed on the World Bank's ImageBank on June 13, 2019. On social side, the SA and the RPF/RAP recorded the conducted extensive consultation and participation in the preparation process, as well as a plan for next steps. Users’ and other stakeholders’ concerns and needs were integrated into the project plan and integrated into the project design, and the resettlement planning. In Mudanjiang, 32 specific recommendations were proposed through the participation process, of which 23 were accepted and included in the FSR project design; while in Harbin 46 specific recommendations were generated, of which 39 have been accepted and included in the FSR. Information Disclosure. Information about the project was distributed to local communities during the SA and RPF/RAP preparation. The SA and RPF/RAP were disclosed in Mudanjiang on Oct 10, 2013, and in Harbin on Oct 16, 2013 through government websites, as well as through making announcements on local newspapers. The hard copies of the safeguard documents are also available in the PMO offices. The Chinese and English versions of the documents were disclosed on the World Bank’s InfoShop on October 28, 2013. After incorporating comments from Bank safeguard review, the revised documents were re-disclosed on InfoShop on December 8, 2013. For this restructuring, the updated SA report of Harbin was disclosed on March 27, 2019 on Harbin Daily, and was disclosed on the World Bank's ImageBank on June 13, 2019. DISCLOSURE_TABLE B. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ENV_TABLE Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure 29-May-2019 13-Jun-2019 For Category ‘A’ projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors “In country� Disclosure Country Date of Disclosure China 27-Mar-2019 The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) Comments The updated EIA and EMP were disclosed in Harbin reflecting the change in the restructuring. RESETTLE_TA BLE Resettlement Action Plan/Framework Policy Process Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure 30-May-2019 13-Jun-2019 “In country� Disclosure Country Date of Disclosure China 27-Mar-2019 Comments The updated SA was disclosed in Harbin reflecting the change in the restructuring. COMPLIANCE_TABLE C. COMPLIANCE MONITORING INDICATORS AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL EA_TABLE OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report? Yes If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Practice Manager (PM) review Yes and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the credit/loan? Yes PCR_TABLE OP/BP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources Does the EA include adequate measures related to cultural property? Yes Does the credit/loan incorporate mechanisms to mitigate the potential adverse Yes impacts on cultural property? IR_TABLE OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/process framework Yes (as appropriate) been prepared? The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System (P133114) If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Practice Manager Yes review the plan? PDI_TABLE The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank for Yes disclosure? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups Yes and local NGOs? ALL_TABLE All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been Yes prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project Yes cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring Yes of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower Yes and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Task Team Leader(s) Weimin Zhou Approved By Practice Manager/Manager Binyam Reja 14-Aug-2019 .