ADB is helping Afghanistan improve major sections of its road and railway networks. The second tranche of the program will upgrade more than 180 kilometers of roads and include community development and security plans. It will also provide capacity building for the country’s Ministry of Public Works and support implementation of the investment program and project management.
Project Name | Transport Network Development Investment Program - Tranche 2 | ||||||||||||
Project Number | 44482-023 | ||||||||||||
Country | Afghanistan |
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Project Status | Active | ||||||||||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Grant |
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Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Partnerships |
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Sector / Subsector | Transport / Road transport (non-urban) |
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Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||||||||||
Description | Tranche 2 will finance outputs under both components of the approved MFF: Component A: Transport Infrastructure Development a) reconstruction and widening of the approximately 106 kilometer (km) Sapary to Jalalabad Road (the second section of the Kabul to Jalalabad Road), including provision of related design and construction supervision services; b) rehabilitation of the approximately 32 km Chan-e-Anjir to Gereshk Road, (the second section of the Lashkar Gah to Gereshk Road), including provision of related design and construction supervision services; and c) reconstruction of the approximately 50 km Sharan to Angoor Ada Road in Paktika, including provision of related design and construction supervision services. All road infrastructure development projects under Tranche 2 have been designed to include community development and security plans. Component B: Transport Network Management Capacity Development a) capacity building for the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) including restructuring support based on a revised business plan and design and implementation of an asset management system; and b) provision of support for project management and investment program implementation to MPW including procurement oversight, construction and contract supervision, safeguard policy and plan preparation and implementation, and feasibility studies to prepare subsequent tranches of the investment program. |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | As planned in the approved facility and linked documents, Tranche 2 of the investment program builds upon the ongoing Tranche 1 subprojects and the complementary efforts of other development partners in the sector to further improve domestic and regional connectivity while widening access to social and economic opportunities. Collectively, the proposed three subprojects involve the reconstruction and upgrading of approximately 188 kilometers (km) of roads, each of which has been previously identified as a priority in the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and subsequent national planning and implementation frameworks. The rationale for the proposed subprojects include: (i) creating increased capacity for cross border links with Pakistan, which is Afghanistan's largest trading partner; (ii) supporting completion of CAREC Corridors 5 and 6; (iii) completing key national road network radian links between the Ring Road and provincial capitals; and (iv) the dilapidated physical condition of the roads, which impede transport, southern Afghanistan's economy, and regional trade. After years of use and lack of periodic maintenance, the subproject roads are in poor condition beyond repair, thus requiring major rehabilitation. The state of these roads is hindering economic development in the southern provinces, impeding regional trade and the opening of alternative trade routes, and imposing efficiency losses as traffic volumes continue to rise. In addition to supporting the ANDS, justification of Tranche 2 stems from Afghanistan's strategic geographic center of gravity in the Central Asian region and potential to serve as the nexus between north-south and east-west regional trade corridors. Afghanistan is traversed by three major CAREC corridors, to which the proposed Tranche 2 subprojects support Corridors 5 and 6 providing landlocked Central Asian access to populous commercial centers in South Asia, and major ports in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. An efficient and sustained Afghanistan road network will improve regional connectivity, support increased domestic and international trade, and generate jobs and economic growth. The proposed tranche is consistent with the envisaged outputs, outcomes, and impacts of the investment program and additionally Strategy CAREC 2020 aimed at the development of priority transport routes, increasing trade through transport connectivity, and facilitating cross-border movement of goods. |
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Impact | Better connectivity and efficiency of the southern road network with focus on cross border links to Pakistan. |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Rehabilitated and reconstructed sections of national and regional highways. |
Progress Toward Outcome | As of March 2020, all civil works for the Sapary-Surkhrod Section (33 km), the Sharana-Angor Ada (50 km), and the Chah-e-Anjir to Gereshk Section (32km) have been completed. The Land Acquisition Resettlement Plan (LARP) for Sharana-Angor Ada Section and Chah-e-Anjir to Greshk Section have been approved, disclosed, and implemented with compliance reports to be submitted to ADB for acceptance. The LARP for Sapary-Surkhrod Section 1A is still under updating by the EA for resubmission to ADB whereas the LARP for Section 1B has been submitted and review by ADB is underway. |
Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | 115 km [Sapary-Jalalabad (33km), Sharan-Angoor Ada (50km), and Chan-e-Anjir-Gereshk (32km) sections) of reconstructed, rehabilitated, and appropriately maintained national and regional highways. Strengthened Capacity of MPW |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | A total of 115 km (Sapary-Jalalabad 33km), Sharan-Angor Ada (50km), and Chah-e-Anjir to Gereshk (32km) completed. Under the capacity building component of this project three international consultants have been engaged: design specialist, contract management specialist, and resettlement specialist. They have supported the PMO and the MPW staff in on-the-job- training and provided technical advice to PMO and MPW management. The PMO under MPW have been restructured. |
Geographical Location | Angoor Adda, Bermal, Chah Anjir, Gereshk, Helmand, Hisarak, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Jalalabad, Jalalabad, Khugyani, Nad `Ali, Nahr-e Saraj, Nangarhar, Sar Rowzah, Sarobi, Sharan, Sharan, Sherzad, Surkh Rod, Urgun, Wilayat-e Paktika |
Safeguard Categories | |
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Environment | B |
Involuntary Resettlement | A |
Indigenous Peoples | C |
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Environmental Aspects | The road alignments will not pass through an environmentally sensitive areas. The subproject roads have been classified as Category B. Initial environmental examinations for each subproject road have been prepared and approved. |
Involuntary Resettlement | LARPs have been produced for each road subproject. Each of these LARPs require further work before finalization. Based on the estmated resettlement impacts of one road subproject, Chan-e-Anjir to Gereshk road, in which land acquisition and resettlement is assessed as being significant, Tranche 2 is classified as Category A. |
Indigenous Peoples | There are no people definable as indigenous people based on ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) found in Afghanistan as the structure of the state reflects and encompasses the multi-ethnic multi-tribal composition of the national population. In such a situation all ethnic groups fully participate in local socioeconomic processes and none of them could be considered as relatively vulnerable. As such Tranche 2 is classified as Category C. |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
During Project Design | Consultations were conducted with local people and the benefits of improving the land transport infrastructure under the investment program were explained. Consultations were open for all to share and exchange views, ideas and experiences. |
During Project Implementation | Public consultation will continue as a means to achieve maximum beneficiary buy-in during implementation. |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | All consulting services financed under Tranche 2 will be procured in accordance with the Guidelines on The Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers (2010, as amended from time to time). |
Procurement | Procurement of all civil works, equipment and goods will be undertaken in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2010, as amended from time to time). |
Responsible ADB Officer | Kailasam, Ganesh |
Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Transport and Communications Division, CWRD |
Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Transport [email protected] First Macrorayan, Kabul,Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | - |
Fact Finding | - |
MRM | 22 Nov 2012 |
Approval | 10 Dec 2012 |
Last Review Mission | - |
Last PDS Update | 08 Dec 2020 |
Grant 0327-AFG
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
10 Dec 2012 | 07 Mar 2013 | 04 Apr 2013 | 30 Jun 2017 | 31 Dec 2020 | - |
Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 336.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 298.00 | 10 Dec 2012 | 111.45 | 0.00 | 99% |
Counterpart | 38.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 0.00 | 10 Dec 2012 | 108.82 | 0.00 | 97% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Partly satisfactory | Partly satisfactory | Satisfactory | Partly satisfactory | - | Partly satisfactory |
Grant 0328-AFG
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
10 Dec 2012 | 07 Mar 2013 | 04 Apr 2013 | 30 Jun 2017 | 31 Dec 2020 | - |
Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 147.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 0.00 | 10 Dec 2012 | 0.00 | 40.94 | 100% |
Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 147.00 | 10 Dec 2012 | 0.00 | 40.94 | 100% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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Tenders
Contracts Awarded
Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Contractor Address | Executing Agency | Contract Description | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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RECRUITMENT OF RESETTLEMENT SPECIALIST | Grant 0327 | 12 Mar 2018 | DR. JAMSHED TIRMIZI | 7191 YONGE STREET SUIT 511 THORNHILL O NTARIO L3T OC4 CANADA | Ministry of Public Works | 351,572.00 | — | |
Recruitment of Resettlement Specialist | Grant 0327 | 23 Jan 2017 | Dr. Jamshed Tirmizi | 6083A Second Floor Yonge Street Toronto Ontario M2M 3W6 Canada | Ministry of Public Works | Recruitment of Resettlement Specialist | 529,770.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Transport Network Development Investment Program - Tranche 2: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Jul 2016 |