The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Argentina | Transport Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2018 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 27-May-2020 | ISR41818 | Implementing Agencies: Dirección Nacional de Vialidad, The Argentine Republic Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 14-Dec-2017 Effectiveness Date: 09-Oct-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 16-Nov-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2023 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Proposed Project Development Objectives (PDO) are to improve connectivity and road safety along targeted road sections of the Northwestern Corridor and to support corridor development in the Northwest of Argentina. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Road Infrastructure:(Cost $300.00 M) Infrastructure for Development Corridor Management:(Cost $7.25 M) Project management:(Cost $3.00 M) Front-end fee:(Cost $0.75 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project was approved by the Board on December 2017 and the signing ceremony for the Loan Agreement took place on July 2018. The Loan became effective on October 2018. Disbursement to date amounts to US$27.75 million, executed under Component 1 (Road Infrastructure) corresponding to the signed contracts for Group 1 of civil works (total of US$130 million). All three groups of civil works are expected to be under execution during 2020, generating at its peak of activity about 2000 direct and indirect jobs. Its completion aims at improving road safety and reducing transport costs in this key corridor. One of the Project's objectives is to incorporate resilience into the planning of transport. In this regard, all culverts and river crossings included in the ongoing and future civil works have been checked for its climate resilience design. In addition, the Borrower has been collaborating with the Bank and a group of experts that undertook a study to model the risks and vulnerabilities to flooding of the multimodal transport network of Argentina. As 5/27/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) a result, a visualization tool that allows to prioritize investments and assess criticality of transport assets is currently installed in the National Roads Directorate (DNV). Following the review of the terms of reference by Bank's experts on logistics, the Borrower is ready to bid a series of logistics studies that will look for solutions to increase efficiency in the logistics sector of Argentina. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate High Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- Moderate Overall Moderate Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve connectivity and road safety, and support corridor development in the Northwest of Argentina IN00844542 ►Travel time savings (percentage) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 Travel time savings are expected to take place once civil works are completed. Comments: IN00844543 Travel time savings (cars) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 5/27/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 IN00844544 Travel time savings (trucks) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 IN00844545 ►Flow of passenger vehicles (vehicles per day) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8,745.00 8,745.00 8,745.00 10,011.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 Flow of passenger vehicles are expected to take place once generalized transport costs decrease, this is Comments: once civil works are finished. IN00844556 Flow of passenger vehicles (cars) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8,268.00 8,268.00 8,268.00 9,492.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 IN00844557 Flow of passenger vehicles (buses) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 477.00 477.00 477.00 519.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 IN00844558 ►Freight volume transported along targeted road sections of the Northwestern Development Corridor (millions of tons per year) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.63 6.63 6.63 7.87 Date 30-Dec-2016 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 Freight volume is expected to grow once generalized transport costs decrease, this is once civil works are Comments: finished. IN00844559 ►Number of traffic-related deaths per hundred million vehicle-kilometers travelled (vkt) along targeted road sections of the Northwestern Development Corridor (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 5/27/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) Value 7.10 7.10 7.10 5.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-Sep-2018 24-Oct-2022 Traffic-related deaths are expected to decrease once civil works are finished. In the meantime, the task team is monitoring and reporting to management every project and non-project related accident that takes Comments: place in the project's area of influence. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Road Infrastructure IN00844560 ►Roads constructed (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Sep-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 Currently, 25.2 km are being constructed ( Group 1 Lot 1) and the indicator will be updated once civil Comments: works are completed (Expected date- February 2021). IN00844563 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.10 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 Roads rehabilitated are those under Group 3 of civil works ( bidding process expected to be started before Comments: the end of July 2020) IN00844566 ►Number of culverts and river crossings rehabilitated/constructed with climate resilience design (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 127.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 This indicator will be updated once a lot or group of civil works is completed. Comments: Infrastructure for Development Corridor Management IN00844561 ►Regional Development and logistics initiatives prioritized and formulated (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 5/27/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) Value 0.00 0.00 5.00 3.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 15-May-2020 24-Oct-2022 (i) Study of Improvements and in the productivity and simplification of operational requirements of road transport freight transport; (ii) Development of a system of road freight transport survey; (iii) Study for the development of exports of containers from the Northwestern Region; (iv) Investigation and diagnosis of Comments: the logistic offer in the Northwestern Region, and (v) Proposals of adequacy of the law of multimodal transport and other regulations. IN00844564 ►Number of gendarmerie posts improved (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 Gendarmerie post (progressive 0+400) is under construction under Group 1 Lot 1 of civil works. Comments: IN00844567 ►Number of weight control stations improved and in operation (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 A weight control station will be built in Barro Negro, under Group 2 of Civil works ( Bidding process Comments: expected to begin before the end of June). IN00844568 ►Number of Fiscal Control stations improved (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 Fiscal control station is under construction under Group 1 Lot 1 of civil works. Comments: Project management IN00844562 ►Percentage of grievances received through the Platform that were responded accordingly to DNV’s protocol (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 5/27/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) DNV is currently addressing every grievance received through the agreed platform, respecting the proper protocol. Grievances have also been received and addressed since COVID outbreak, and the team Comments: expects to update this indicator once DNV sends the report monitoring latest complaints (before June 2020). IN00844565 ►Number of indigenous women trained in road safety, gender, and gender-based violence activities and participating in productive initiatives (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 400.00 Date 24-Apr-2017 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 24-Oct-2022 Indigenous People's Plan is included under group 2 of civil works (its bidding process is expected to take Comments: place before the end of June 2020) Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P163115 IBRD-88100 Effective USD 300.00 300.00 0.00 27.75 272.25 9.3% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P163115 IBRD-88100 Effective 14-Dec-2017 23-Jul-2018 09-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2023 30-Jun-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 5/27/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northwestern Road Development Corridor Project (P163115) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 5/27/2020 Page 7 of 7