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South Sudan Rural Roads Project (SSRRP) (P129000)
AFRICA | South Sudan | Transport & ICT Global Practice |
Special Financing | Emergency Recovery Loan | FY 2012 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 28-Jun-2016 | ISR23648 |
Implementing Agencies:
Key Dates
Key Project Dates
Bank Approval Date:26-Apr-2012 Effectiveness Date:01-Aug-2012
Planned Mid Term Review Date:15-Sep-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:05-Nov-2014
Original Closing Date:30-Jun-2016 Revised Closing Date:31-Oct-2016
Project Development Objectives
Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document)
To enhance all season road connectivity to agricultural services for rural communities in high agricultural potential areas.
Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective?
No
PHRPDODEL
Components
Name
Component 1: Upgrading and Rehabilitation of Selected Rural Roads:(Cost $22.71 M)
Component 2: Maintenance and Spot Improvement of Selected Rural Roads:(Cost $11.90 M)
Component 3: Institutional Development for Rural Infrastructure Management:(Cost $3.39 M)
Overall Ratings
Name Previous Rating Current Rating
Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Risk Rating High High
Implementation Status and Key Decisions
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Overview: This ISR is prepared based on the findings of the implementation support mission conducted from March 30 - April 7, 2016. The project
activities include the rehabilitation of about 150km of roads, maintenance and spot improvement of about 300km of roads and institutional development
for rural infrastructure management. There is still an on-going insecurity in Mundri and Maridi counties which has directly impacted on the progress of
activities on the Amadi-Tali and Maridi-Kozi road works. These are localized conflicts between the nomadic cattle keepers and local agricultural
communities of the respective counties becoming severe to the extent that these disturbances have resulted to random surprise attacks on commuters
and the military, even though not directly happening on the project roads. As a precautionary measure, the contractor for the Amadi-Tali rehabilitation
contract was able to mobilize security to the site and managed to continue with the works accessing the site through an alternative route through
Terekeka to Tali. Meanwhile the contractors on the Maridi-Kozi (Lots 1&2) road maintenance contracts have been working despite continued disruption
along the road to the project site and the works are near completion.
Disbursements. As of June 7, 2016, US$ 32.95 million has been disbursed since project effectiveness on August 1, 2012. This represents about
86.7% of the project allocation. The project has already committed US$37.8 million (99.47%) of the Grant in signed contracts that are under
implementation.
Status of Results. A summary overview of implementation of the three components is provided below.
Component 1 – Upgrading and Rehabilitation of Selected Rural Roads (150km): Three (3) roads were proposed for rehabilitation and include Lot 1
Magwi-Lobone (89km), Lot 2 Amadi-Tali (65km) and Lot 3 Tali-Yirol (Awerial) (55km). The rehabilitation contract for Magwi-Lobone has been completed
and Amadi-Tali is in progress and close to completion. As of March 31, 2016, a total of 161 km of road length has been completed to gravel wearing
course. The Tali- Yirol (Awerial) road has been dropped by the government due to shortage of funds. The average travel time on the Magwi-Lobone
road has reduced from 3 hours in 2012 to 1 hour in March 2016. The rehabilitation contracts have provided employment opportunities to about 205
people. The supervision contract for the rehabilitation works is in place. The MTRB/PMT amended the contract for the Supervision Consultant to include
the supervision of the Yei-New Lasu road maintenance works and dropped the procurement of the of the supervision services for the maintenance
works.
Component 2 – Maintenance and Spot Improvement of Selected Rural Roads (300km): This component comprises roads proposed under Labor-based
and mechanized maintenance. Four (4) roads under labor-based maintenance are Morobo-Panyume, Panyume-Yaribe, Yaribe-Gimunu and Panyume-
Kanchu-Limbe. All 110km of the labor-based maintenance works have been completed by local contractors trained by the MTRB. The supervision
services for these contracts were provided by Individual Consultants (ICs) hired by the PMT. There were three (3) roads proposed for mechanized
maintenance and include Yei-New Lasu, Rasolo-Maridi and Mardi-Kozi. The works are in progress with 107km of road length has been completed. The
maintenance contracts have provided employment opportunities to about 396 people. The government decided to drop the Rasolo-Maridi road during
the Mid Term Review (MTR) due to its heavy deterioration and thick forest cover. This road was replaced by an existing high priority road section that
serves as direct access from Magwi-Lobone road to the main Juba-Nimule road – the only paved national road in South Sudan. Maintenance of this
section Magwi-Aru junction (55km) was included in the additional works awarded to the contract for Magwi-Lobone road under ongoing supervision
arrangement. As of March 31 2016, the Magwi-Aru road was completed.
Component 3 – Institutional Development for Rural Infrastructure Management: A procurement and contract management training of two-week duration
was conducted in August 2014 as a continuation from the training on procurement in April 2013. It was attended by 51 participants from the MRB and
State Ministries of Physical Infrastructure (SMoPI) among which 43 are males and 8 are females. On-the-job training on procurement and contract
management for five (5) MRB staff is ongoing. A staff is currently undergoing an advanced certificate training in M&E. TAs who have been recruited
under safeguards management, financial management, procurement, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) continue to support the project.
Financial Management: The Bank's last Financial Management (FM) supervision mission was conducted on March 10, 2015 and assessed the
adequacy of the FM system of the project. The Financial Management System was assessed to be adequate for the level of the project activities. The
next supervision mission has been planned for mid-April 2016. The External Audit for the year ended 30 June 2015 was completed and the report was
been shared with the Bank in late December 2015. The project received an unqualified audit opinion.
Procurement: The mission team reviewed the status of ongoing works contracts and noted that most of the contracts are either winding up or got
completed. No new procurement activities except for the technical Assistance with UNOPS for studies on road fund, development of transport sector
business plan and preparation of the road sector development program which being finalized by end of June 2016. The supervision consulting firm is
demobilizing except with essentials staff to ensure the smooth completion of the remaining works.
The Post procurement Review (PPR) was conducted in June and generally no adverse deficiencies noted in all the contracts reviewed. Final PPR report
when completed will shared with team. The overall procurement performance was assessed and rated as Satisfactory. The risk rating however for the
project remain rated as high considering the country environment.
Environmental and Social Safeguards
The final ESIA and ESMP was cleared by the Bank on March 11, 2014 and publicly disclosed in South Sudan on March 21, 2014 and in the Bank Info
shop on March 24, 2014. There have been no major environmental or social safeguards issues identified under the project, though there are some
issues that were raised during the mission.
Mines: Mines. The mission was informed about the presence of mines and discovery of Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) along the Magwi-Lobone and
Amadi-Tali roads. The landmines and UXOs were discovered on bridge sites and have delayed work progress as the demining agency takes up to three
month to clear mines on one bridge location.
Environmental issues: Environmental social management plans have been prepared for the various projects by the safeguards officers who have
been hired and inducted in handling environmental and safeguards issues on the road works for all rehabilitation contracts, labour based works and the
Yei – New Lasu maintenance contract. The Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and special specifications conditions are being used
as environmental supervision guide for monitoring compliance by the contractors. The aspects monitored include: (a) Impacts on water resources, noise
and dust generation and air quality, waste generation like yard site wastes, borrow pit management that is, operation and reinstatement after
exhaustion, loss of vegetation like trees, and occupational health and safety, road safety issues. Some exhausted borrow pit sites were partially
reinstated on the Magwi – Lobone; (b) road safety interventions –sensitive and appropriate location of both temporary and permanent work place signs;
(c) tidiness and safety at the worksites, use of safety equipment (PPE) and occupational safety; (d) presence of first aid kits and dispensary for workers;
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(e) adequate protection of water sources; the Bank team was informed that there have been no cases of water contamination on the project sites in
rivers or streams; (f) Tree planting;1,000 trees have been replanted under the management of the community member and supervised by the Contractor
on Magwi – Lobone road, and will be handed over at the end of defects liability period. 500 trees are being replanted along the Yei-New Lasu and 100
trees along the Amadi-Tali road. The project is being implemented in accordance with the ESMP and no major environmental issues have arisen to
date. Key issues raised during the mission include: (a) Borrow pit management goes well in all sections and those in areas where works have been
completed are being reinstated; (b) Tree planting program, which is ambitious and important, is underway and is expected to gear up further in the
coming months when the rainy seasons starts. It is important for the project to ensure that the tree planting schemes are fully followed through with by
the contractors; (c) Road Safety is a key issue for continued attention, particularly during the construction phase, with signage being improved,
particularly for culverts and other diversion points.
Social Issues: (i) HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns have been done for Magwi-Lobone and planned for Amadi-Tali and Maridi –Kozi but due to
insecurity the Bank team was informed that all works have been put on hold; (ii) there were new cultural significant sites identified on Amadi –Tali road
with sacred tree shrine within the borrow pit at Km 32+450 (RHS). Cultural rites were performed and the symbolic graves located at Agymitala at km 33
were relocated; (iii) Community social Mitigation plans have been prepared and so far based on community consultation meetings on their needs, the
Magwi-Lobone road project has fifteen (15) agricultural extension officers trained (iv) community cooperative warehouses have been completed and
handed over to facilitate food security among the farmers groups; and (v) the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan has trained and organized farmers to
increase their organization in cooperatives groups formation so as to improve marketing ability and status of the farmers by linking up with bulk buyers
like agents/suppliers of WFP (World Food Programme). On the Yei-New Lasu road project, outcome of the consultation meetings noted that the
community need was Model Market at Mitika and renovation of Youth/community resource centre. The devaluation of the South Sudanese currency
affected the renovation of these facilities; (vi) Grievance redress mechanism (GRM) has been established on Magwi-Lobone and is functional. GRM
establishment for the remaining roads projects has been completed to facilitate cordial relationship between Community along the roads and the
contractors as linked by a liaison officer especially for the Yei-New Lasu and Amadi –Tali. On the Yei–Lasu road, roads committee informally operational
has been tasked to handle road construction related issues and concerns between the community and the contractor after getting formal induction
training. For Maridi –Kozi project liaison officer has been appointed to mediate between the Contractors and the community.
Monitoring and Evaluation: Four (4) senior staff of the MTRB and the South Sudan Roads Authority (SSRA) attended a Senior Roads Executives
Training Program organized by the University of Birmingham in June 2015 as part of the capacity building of senior staff directly involved in road sector
planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation. The mission was informed that the project continues to monitor the activities on contractors at site.
Furthermore, as part of the M&E development the PMT continues to provide (i) Quarterly reports that includes updating the results framework indicators
and Financial Progress summaries; (ii) data collection tools have been developed for the project; (iv) the M&E framework plan has been developed and
presented to PMT staff during the training conducted on September 25, 2014. The PMT has finalized an M&E manual for the rural road project to
simplify the monitoring work for the project staff. The Project Implementation Manual (PIM) has been updated as well as the projects results framework
focusing on both ongoing activities as well as restructuring of the project.
Risks
Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool
Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating
Political and Governance -- High High
Macroeconomic -- High High
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Sector Strategies and Policies -- High High
Technical Design of Project or Program -- High High
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and
Sustainability
-- Substantial Substantial
Fiduciary -- High High
Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate
Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate
Other -- -- --
Overall -- High High
Results
Project Development Objective Indicators
PHINDPDOTBL
Roads in good and fair condition as a share of total classified roads (Percentage, Core)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 95.00 95.00 100.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDPDOTBL
Size of the total classified network (Kilometers, Core Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 426.00 426.00 465.00
PHINDPDOTBL
Share of rural population with access to an all-season road (Percentage, Core)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 10.70 10.70 10.70
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
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PHINDPDOTBL
Number of rural people with access to an all-season road (Number, Core Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 43413.00 43413.00 43413.00
PHINDPDOTBL
Reduction of travel time on roads targeted by the project (Minutes, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 3.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDPDOTBL
Number of agricultural production centers connected to all season roads (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 39.00 39.00 39.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDPDOTBL
Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 91090.00 91090.00 91090.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDPDOTBL
Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement)
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Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 48.10 48.10 48.10
Overall Comments
Intermediate Results Indicators
PHINDIRITBL
Strategy for road maintenance financing adopted (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value N N N Y
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDIRITBL
Employment generated under spot improvement and maintenance contracts (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 396.00 396.00 396.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDIRITBL
Roads improved, rural roads (Kilometers, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 265.00 265.00 290.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
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PHINDIRITBL
Roads rehabilitated, Rural (Kilometers, Core)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 161.00 161.00 175.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDIRITBL
Travel time on Magwi-Labone road (Hours, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 3.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDIRITBL
Employment generated under rehabilitation contracts (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 205.00 205.00 205.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDIRITBL
Travel time on Yei-New Lasu road (Hours, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 3.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
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PHINDIRITBL
Business plan for rural roads development prepared. (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
Date -- 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2017
PHINDIRITBL
Staff from states trained (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 51.00 51.00 51.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDIRITBL
Staff from Ministry of Roads and Bridges trained (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
PHINDIRITBL
Road Sector Development Program prepared (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value N N N Y
Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Apr-2016 30-Apr-2016 31-Oct-2016
Overall Comments
Data on Financial Performance
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Disbursements (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed
P129000 TF-12347 Effective USD 38.00 38.00 0.00 32.95 5.05 87%
Key Dates (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date
P129000 TF-12347 Effective 18-May-2012 18-May-2012 01-Aug-2012 30-Jun-2016 31-Oct-2016
Cumulative Disbursements
Restructuring History
Level 2 Approved on 30-May-2016
Related Project(s)
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