PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID)

CONCEPT STAGE

Report No.: AB1206

Project Name / Second Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project (ROADS 4)
Region / EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Sector / Roads and highways (100%)
Project ID / P088824
Borrower(s) / MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Implementing Agency / Ministry of Infrastructure and Road Administration (GDDKiA)
Ministry of Finance
12 Swietokrzyska Str.
Poland
Tel: (48-22) 694-31-71 Fax: (48-22) 826-66-70

Environment Category / [ ] A [ ] B [ ] C [X] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined)
Safeguard Classification / [ ] S1 [X] S2 [ ] S3 [ ] SF [ ] TBD (to be determined)
Date PID Prepared / November 4, 2004
Estimated Date of Appraisal Authorization / January 20, 2005
Estimated Date of Board Approval / March 30, 2005
  1. Key development issues and rationale for Bank involvement

Roads IV is a continuation/“repeater” operation of the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation (RM&R) Project currently under implementation. It forms part of the Poland’s Government multi-year financial arrangement with the Bank, agreed in July 2003. This is the second specific loan out of the planned three, to be implemented over the next three years. That arrangement suits very well the Government’s annual budgeting process. The Ministry of Finance has already allocated the necessary project counterpart funding for its next fiscal year (2005). Moreover, the project will further enhance the ability of the Government and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) to plan and implement high priority road investments supported by the main donors (EU, EIB, EBRD). To that end the EIB has urged the Bank to continue its assistance towards improving the institutional capacity of the Road Administration.

  1. Proposed objective(s)

The objective of the project is to continue improving the effectiveness of Poland’s national road rehabilitation and maintenance systems by (i) further increasing the percentage of national roads in good condition, (ii) establishing reliable and stable funding for the national road maintenance and rehabilitation network, and (iii) improving the capacity within GDDKiA to operate efficiently and effectively.

  1. Preliminary description

The preliminary total project cost is USD 190 (EUR 152) million, of which the World Bank would finance USD 125 million, i.e., around 65%, split as follows: (i) continuation of the financial support to the road maintenance and rehabilitation program (about USD160 million) - according to the budget framework prepared by GDDKiA for 2005. The financing scheme and implementation principles will be similar to the ones applied under RM&R project. The component may include a pilot maintenance project in a selected region, to use a three-year performance – based contract; and (ii) implementation of a Management Information System (MIS) within GDDKiA (about USD15 million) – in line with the Strategy for a Comprehensive Information Technology System approved by the GDDKiA in February 2004. In addition, the project may include a small TA component to support GDDKiA Concessions Department in developing Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in the road sector.

  1. Safeguard policies that might apply

Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01). An independent assessment of Borrower’s safeguards capacity was carried out during preparation of the RM&R project, and found satisfactory to the World Bank. The existing project Operational Manual (OM) - covering the approach to consultation, expected mitigation measures, and monitoring and evaluation procedures – will be updated and reviewed to ensure that the lessons learned from the RM&R project are included. The content of this section is also based on (1) the background report and discussions held during the public workshop held in Poland in mid January 2004, (2) follow-up consultations and analyses in connection with the SWAp, and (3) the experience gained from the overall environmental management plan and site-specific environmental assessments done for previous World Bank-financed roads projects.

  1. Tentative financing

Source: / ($m.)
BORROWER / 65
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT / 125
Total / 190

6.  Contact point

Contact: Anca Dumitrescu

Title: Transport Specialist

Tel: (202) 458-9754

Fax: (202) 614-0900

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