According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to improve efficiency, connectivity and climate resilience of key regional transport and trade corridors in Eastern and Southern Africa. The PDO of SOP1 is to improve year-round transport and trade connectivity between Zambia and Tanzania and expand economic activity along the Dar es Salaam Corridor in Zambia.

The environmental risk rating is High. The high rating is mainly due to RDA’s inadequate E&S performance on IRCP. This is the result of (i) lacking enforcement of the Health Safety Management Plan by the contractors and a lack of oversight by the Supervising Consultants; (ii) unfilled OHS/E&S specialist positions within the Consulting Engineers and contractor’s organization resulting in selected E&S non-compliance issues at project sites; and (iii) a lack of enforcement using the available range of contractual penalties. The Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) will be reviewed when RDA and its PIU take positive action and improve their own E&S culture, ensure the Supervising Engineers and Monitoring Consultants on IRCP and TRACER are exercising the full range of their responsibilities to ensure contractor’s compliance to the agreed and approved ESCP, E&S and OHS mitigation measures and plans. The PIU should also exercise the appropriate level of contractual remedies to enforce the provisions of the contracts for consultants and contractors under IRCP and the proposed project. Substantial technical capacity support will be required during project implementation to implement the project in a manner which meets the ESF requirements.

The social risk rating has been assessed as High, primarily due to land acquisition, involuntary resettlement impacts (including physical and economic displacement), and restrictions on land use, risks of SEA/SH due to labor influx, and capacity constraints to manage the social risks. The activities under components 1 and 2 will pose most of the social risks. The potential negative effects will be evaluated once the ESIA report is completed.

The overall project cost is US$270 million (100 percent financed by an IDA grant), implemented over six years, and structured around the four components described below.

i. Component 1: Resilient transport and trade facilitation systems along the Dar es Salaam Corridor and preparatory studies for ensuing corridors under the SoP (US$234 million)

ii. Component 2: Corridor-oriented development (US$21 million)

iii. Component 3: Sectoral capacity development and project management (US$15 million)

iv. Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) – (US$0.0)

World Bank

Aymen Ahmed Osman Ali
Senior Transport Specialist

Moustafa Baher El-Hefnawy
Lead Transport Economist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Ministry of Finance and National Planning
Situmbeko Musokotwane
Minister
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Implementing Agencies

The National Road Agency Fund (NRFA)
Wallece Mumba
CEO
wallece.mumba@nrfa.org.zm

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