📋 Tender Overview
SUMMARY
STATUS
Approved
MEMBER
Tajikistan
SECTOR
Transport
E&S CATEGORY
Category A
PROJECT NUMBER
000309
FINANCING
APPROVED FUNDING
USD75.5 million
FINANCING TYPE
Sovereign
TIMELINE
CONCEPT REVIEW
September 20, 2019
APPRAISAL REVIEW/FINAL REVIEW
December 7, 2023
FINANCING APPROVAL
March 20, 2024
OBJECTIVE
To improve connectivity along the Obigarm–Nurobod section of M41 Highway by constructing a long bridge and its approaches.
DESCRIPTION
The proposed Project will construct a 920-meter bridge and its approaches (the Long Bridge) on Obigarm–Nurobod section of M41 Highway to replace the existing segment that will be submerged by the Rogun dam reservoir.
The alignment replacement will ensure continued connectivity along a vital transport corridor in Tajikistan that connects central part of the country with northeast and border to the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Obigarm–Nurobod section of M41 Highway (75km) is referred to as the Overall Project, which has been divided into three sections:
(i) The Obigarm–Tagikamar section is about 30km long financed by ADB and OFID; it is hereinafter referred to as Section 1;
(ii) The Tagikamar–Nurobod section is about 44km long financed by the EBRD; it is hereinafter referred to as Section 2; and
(iii) The 920-meter-long bridge and its approaches will be financed by AIIB; it is referred to as Section 3 or the Project.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION
AIIB’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) and Environmental and Social Exclusion List will apply to the Project. ESS 1 (Environmental and Social Assessment and Management) and ESS 2 (Involuntary Resettlement and Land Acquisition) are applicable to this Project. Given the project activities, location, and potential risks, the Project is rated as Category A.
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) covering the sections of the Investment Program supported by ADB and EBRD has been prepared and disclosed by the parallel financiers. A Supplemental ESIA has been carried for the bridge and approach roads as an addendum to the ESIA already prepared. The Supplemental ESIA includes an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP).
The Project will construct a long bridge to sustain connectivity of communities over the Rogun HPP reservoir being constructed. The HPP and its reservoir does not fit the definition of ‘associated facility’ (AF) under the ESP. The road sections financed by ADB and EBRD do not fall under the definition of AFs either, as these sections have been described as a single Investment Project in all project documents by financiers.
Dust, water, vibration, noise, and solid waste will be among the typical environmental impacts associated with the bridge construction. Civils works within the river (i.e., foundations) will be carried out strictly during the dry season when there is no flow and prior to the headwaters of the Rogun dam reaching the project site. Should this change, it will reflect mat
