The TA aims to assist the Government in preparing an urban transport project to facilitate growth and poverty reduction by providing efficient and safe urban transport infrastructure and services, and to support policy reform and institutional development in the urban transport sector. The TA will (i) assist the Xi'an Municipal Government in refining the feasibility study, environmental impact assessment, and resettlement plan in conformity with ADB's requirements, and (ii) review the urban transport sector issues, such as urban transport policy and regulations, public transport, vehicle emission controls, road safety, and non-motorized transport, and prepare a policy and institutional development component under the Project.
| Project Name | Xi'an Urban Transport | ||||||||||
| Project Number | 33459-012 | ||||||||||
| Country | China, People's Republic of |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Transport / Urban public transport |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||||||||
| Description | The TA aims to assist the Government in preparing an urban transport project to facilitate growth and poverty reduction by providing efficient and safe urban transport infrastructure and services, and to support policy reform and institutional development in the urban transport sector. The TA will (i) assist the Xi'an Municipal Government in refining the feasibility study, environmental impact assessment, and resettlement plan in conformity with ADB's requirements, and (ii) review the urban transport sector issues, such as urban transport policy and regulations, public transport, vehicle emission controls, road safety, and non-motorized transport, and prepare a policy and institutional development component under the Project. | ||||||||||
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| Environment | A |
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| Consulting Services | About 18 person-months of international consultants and 23 person-months of domestic consultants are required with expertise in road engineering, traffic engineering, urban transport planning/public transport, transport economics and finance, environmental analysis, resettlement planning, social and poverty analysis. Consultants were fielded on 2 December 2002. |
| Procurement | N.A. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Ojiro, Makoto |
| Responsible ADB Department | East Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Transport and Communications Division, EARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Xi'an Municipal Urban & Rural Constrction Commssn Mr. Mao Zhongan [email protected] 51 Housaimen Street Xi'an 710003, People's Rep of China Mr. Wang Dean, Deputy Manager |
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| Concept Clearance | 10 Mar 2002 |
| Fact Finding | 05 Jun 2002 to 13 Jun 2002 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 27 Aug 2002 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 03 Jan 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 27 Aug 2002 | 23 Sep 2002 | 23 Sep 2002 | 30 Apr 2003 | 28 Feb 2005 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 27 Aug 2002 | 749,991.55 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Xi'an Urban Transport Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Sep 2002 |
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