06.02.2013

 Environmental Impact Assessment of works for upgrading E-60 East-West Highway section between Agara  – zemo osiauri section (km 114 to km 126)

Introduction

Due to its geographical position Georgia has gained the status of an important transport corridor connecting Europe and Asia and the development of the transport infrastructure has become a national priority. The Government of Georgia requested the World Bank to support modernization of the  East-West  Transport  Corridor.  Two projects for  the  improvement  of  the  E-60  East-West Highway have already been completed with the assistance from the World Bank and the Third East-West Highway Improvement project is under implementation Future investments will complete improvement of the Highway from Ruisi to the already rehabilitated Rikoti tunnel. A Regional Environmental Assessment (REA) and an Environmental Management Framework (EMF) were developed for the entire corridor Sveneti-Ruisi-Rikoti Tunnel.

 This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been carried out for Agara West -Gomi bypass (Didi Sative) section of the Highway, including an Environmental Management Plan (EMP). The objective of  this EIA is  to identify expected environmental impacts and risks of the proposed works, recommend measures for their mitigation, and develop  a plan for monitoring environmental compliance during construction and operation of the section of E-60.

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