Multinational - Mano River Union Road Development and Transport Facilitation Program MRURDTFP Phase II - IPR April 2024

Implementation progress and results report ipr a. report summary and proposed actions report data project name: mano river union road development and transport facilitation programme mrurdtfp phase ii project code: p-z1-db0-172 country multi -countries sector: road transport highways environmental categorization 1-category 1 report type: date of report: 25.06.2024 mission: field mission 3 from: 15.04.2024 to: 21.04.2024 prepared by task manager: patrick tamba musa alternate task manager : division manager : ilboudo jean -noel picu5 project data project financing in uac financing sourceinstrument foreign currency local currency totala.d.f. project 10,720,.00 2,680,.00 13,400,.00a.d.f. projcyclegrant 0.00 2,800,.00 2,800,.00eu-aip inssup regrant 13,728,.44 3,432,.10 17,161,110.54fragile states facility project 7,320,.00 1,830,.00 9,150,.00fragile states facility projcyclegrant 5,384,.00 1,346,.00 6,730,.00t o t a l 37,152,.44 12,088,.10 49,241,110.54processing milestones bank approved financing only loan number date approved date signed date of entry into force date effective for first disbursement disbursement deadline 00.00.0 00.00.0 07.10.2011 00.00.0 31.12.2024 2100150040093 19.09.2018 03.10.2018 01.10.2019 12.02.2020 31.12.2024 5900152201 19.09.2018 03.10.2018 01.10.2019 12.02.2020 31.12.2024 5900155016199 20.02.2020 09.07.2020 09.07.2020 09.07.2020 31.12.2024 5110155258 19.09.2018 15.02.2019 15.02.2019 12.02.2020 31.12.2024 loan amount in uac loan number net loan approved uac signed uac cancelled uac net loan uac 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2100150040093 13,400,.00 13,400,.00 13,400,.00 0.00 13,400,.00 5900152201 9,150,.00 9,150,.00 9,150,.00 0.00 9,150,.00 5900155016199 6,730,.00 6,730,.00 6,730,.00 0.00 6,730,.00 5110155258 20,200,.00 16,022,283.40 16,403,959.69 0.00 16,403,959.69 t o t a l 45,302,283.40 45,683,959.69 0.00 45,683,959.69 disbursment status at supervision date in uac loan number disbursed to date disbursed to date uac disbursed to date undisbursed to date in uac undisbursed to date 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2100150040093 12,136,049.26 12,136,049.26 90.57 1,263,950.74 9.43 5900152201 6,324,767.67 6,324,767.67 69.12 2,825,232.33 30.88 5900155016199 2,870,141.22 2,870,141.22 42.65 3,859,858.78 57.35 5110155258 19,055,270.84 15,474,351.22 94.33 929,608.47 5.67 t o t a l 36,805,309.37 80.57 8,878,650.32 19.43 executing and implementation agencies borrower government of liberia regionalguarantor government of liberia ministry of financeexecuting agency ministry of public worksperformance status progress towards development objective rating on development objective do performance rating summary of key findings current previous the project implementation which was affected by the covid -19 restrictions, caused delays in the purchase and importation of constru ction materials; but has significantly improved. the government of liberia recently paid 100 of the rap from fish town to kelipo 20km. however, there still exist other implementation challenges from the employer, consultant and contractor. employer: payment of the remaining rap from km 26 to km 47.1 in the build -up-areas on the sanniquellie to loguatuo road and from km16 t o km20 on the fish town to kelipo road corridor. consultant: the consultant's enviromentalist resigned and needs to be replaced. the design of the joint border post is yet to be submitted to the employer for review and approval. contractor: the cause of delay in the implementation of work activities are mainly due to contractor equipment being broken down and requiring repairs, the lack of skilled staff and personnel on site, language barrier between chinese staff and other staff. satisfactory satisfactory implementation progress rating on implementation progress ip performance rating summary of key findings current previous as of march 30, 2023 monthly progress report,the implementation of civil works activities on the sanniquellie to loguatuo 47.1km road project overall progress stands at 55 of the total value of works, as against the work planned of 60.00. the progress has increased by 1.86 as compared to the contractor's revised workplan submitted on 9, 2022. all other consultancy services have been procured. satisfactory satisfactory overall project performance classification overall project performance pp, or n performance rating summary of key findings current previous ipr is rated 2.0. major civil works and services are ongoing satisfactorily with concerns on ehs implementation which the bank is fo llowing up on with the borrower. non potentialy problematic project potentialy problematic project issues, risks and actions for management consideration issues affecting project implementation key issues corrective actions responsible deadline status public health and safety the contractor has developed health and safety management plan. ppes are supplied to workers on regular basis although there remained some challenges with some workers refusing to use ppes given them. measures are been put in placed for workers refusing to make full uterlization of ppes. public health and safety awarenesses hiv and safety are being conducted by the contractor along the project corridor. mpwcontractor 01.06.202331.12.2023 in progress risk assessment and contractor management procedures and action plans assessment of rap for the border post gol 30.06.202330.06.2023 completed esmp implementation contractor to provide rainy season workplan crsg 20.04.202320.04.2023 completed counterpart funding rap implementation consultant's re -mobilization of the assistant resident engineer and environmentalist. aictsc 30.05.202330.05.2023 completed replacement of key staff of the consultant environmental expert bank's approval of the price adjustment afdb 15.04.202315.04.2023 completed submission of the joint border post design preliminary submission of the final design boq for the border post aictsc piu 30.05.202330.05.2023 completed civil works contractor crsg social acceptance of the site for the karnplay market construction by the community dwellers piu social safeguard expert 30.04.202330.04.2023 completed civil works contractor crsg finalization and recruitment of the visibility consultant piu 30.04.202330.04.2023 completed biodiversity management and ecosystem services finalization and recruitment of the auditor piu 31.05.202331.05.2023 completed hazardous waste and pollution management plans commencement of assignment for the technical road safety and me consultants piu 01.06.202301.06.2023 completed comply with all applicable national regulations and project environmental permit conditions the contractor has renewed all project permits mpwcontractor 01.06.202301.06.2023 completed incident reportthe project has not experienced any fatality, but there has been injuries, properties damaged as reflected in the monthly progress r eports under the captioned incident report . mpwcontractor 01.06.202301.06.2023 completed mano river union road development transport facilitation programme phase ii: paving of fish town to kelipo lot i -20km and sanniquellie to loguatuo lot ii -47.1km. gac to conduct audit of the project from jan -december 2022. mpw 30.06.202330.06.2023 completedmain risks and mitigation risks mitigation measures applied or proposed responsible deadline lack of willingness to apply regional regulations lack of willingness to exertion of pressure by ecowas, mru and donors, raising of awareness for transporters and border control officers on their rights and obligations relating to international road transit. ivory coast liberia 30.06.2023 30.06.2023 apply regional regulations b. results reporting and assessment progress towards development objective project purpose state the project development objective usually the project purpose as set out in the results -based logframe and assess progress to provide efficient road transport access to south east and north west counties of liberia and western part of cote d'ivoire . outcome reporting outcome indicators as per rlf baseline value most recent value end target progress toward endtarget assesment reduced transport costs and travel operating costs vk 0.520 0.520 0.390 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. reduced average travel time between sanniquellie and loguatuo min 210. 210. 90. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. nos. people formally and informally employed during construction on skilled and unskilled jobs --sanniquellie -loguatuo nbr 0. 0. 550. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. [women] -nos. people formally and informally employed during construction on skilled and unskilled jobssanniquellie -loguatuo nbr 0. 0. 165. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. women -led enterprises accessing public procurement contracts 0. 0. 20. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. nos. women and youth owned contractors trained on technical know -how and financial management 0. 0. 100. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. [women] -nos. women and youth owned contractors trained on technical know -how and financial management 0. 0. 60. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. nos. people trained in book -keeping and simple accounting nbr 0. 0. 100. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. [women] -nos. people trained in book -keeping and simple accounting nbr 0. 0. 60. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. amount of time taken by a good truck to cross the border hr 12. 12. 4. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. number of checkpoints for every 10km -sanniquellie -loguatuo nbr 4. 4. 2. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. number of checkpoints for every 10km -fish town -kelipo nbr 3. 3. 1. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. nos. people formally and informally employed during construction on skilled and unskilled jobs -fish town -kelipo nbr 0. 0. 250. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. reduced average travel time between fish town -kelipo hr 2. 2. 1. 0.00 achievedlikely to be achieved the procurement process for the monitoring evaluation services ongoing. outcome rating rating on project outcomes performance rating summary of key findings current previous all the outcomes are on track. project activities are progressing well. 4 4 output reporting output indicators most recent value annual target end target progress towards annual target progress towards end of project target assessment length km of road paved fish town -kelipo km 0. 67.10 67.100 0.00 0.00 on track civil works has not commenced but on track to reach target length km of road paved sanniquellie -loquatuo km 0. 47.10 47.100 0.00 0.00 on track civil works has not commenced but on track to reach target percentage of reduction in co2 emission 0. 21.00 21. 0.00 0.00 on track civil works has not commenced but on track to reach target border bridge build and commissioned na na pre-stressed bridge constructed and commissioned na na on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced nos. of roadside markets at sanniquellie -loquatuo constructed in safe and secure spaces nbr 0. 2.00 2. 0.00 0.00 on track civil works has not commenced but on track to reach target number of separated toilets constructed in safe and secure spaces nbr 0. 3.00 3. 0.00 0.00 on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced number of boreholes constructed in safe and secure spaces nbr 0. 5.00 5. 0.00 0.00 on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced nos. of awareness, people sensitized and educational campaigns executed. nbr 0. 15.00 15. 0.00 0.00 on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced progress on completion of study on urban mobility improvement na na study completed and availaible na na on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced nos. of mpwpiu engineers trained nbr 0. 10.00 10. 0.00 0.00 not on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced [women] -nos. of mpwpiu engineers trained nbr 0. 3.00 3. 0.00 0.00 not on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced of reports on border procedure, processes and the role of cross border women na na reports on border procedure and processes na na on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced one stop border post constructed na na border post constructed and commissioned at loguatuo liberiagbeunta cote d'lovire na na on track trade facilitation activities of the project have not commenced output rating rating on project outputs performance rating summary of key findings current previous all outputs are generally on track to reach their end of project targets. 3 3 development objective do rating progress towards development objective rating on development objective do performance rating summary of key findings current previous the project implementation which was affected by the covid -19 restrictions, caused delays in the purchase and importation of constru ction materials; but has significantly improved. the government of liberia recently paid 100 of the rap from fish town to kelipo 20km. however, there still exist other implementation challenges from the employer, consultant and contractor. employer: payment of the remaining rap from km 26 to km 47.1 in the build -up-areas on the sanniquellie to loguatuo road and from km16 t o km20 on the fish town to kelipo road corridor. satisfactory satisfactory consultant: the consultant's enviromentalist resigned and needs to be replaced. the design of the joint border post is yet to be submitted to the employer for review and approval. contractor: the cause of delay in the implementation of work activities are mainly due to contractor equipment being broken down and requiring repairs, the lack of skilled staff and personnel on site, language barrier between chinese staff and other staff. additional andor unanticipated outcomesoutputs optional indicator baseline end target most recent value

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