Argentina

The Argentina, Rosario Port Infrastructure Project will produce improvements to the rail and highway accesses to the City of Rosario, a major Argentinean port for the... Show More + trans-shipment of grain and other rural products. The project will not only improve the efficiency of Rosario's transport network, but also reduce congestion and pollution within the urban core. The project will improve transport flows, eliminate traffic congestion in the affected areas, and enable an increase in the share of traffic transported to the port facilities by the railway. The project are the components include the following: improve efficiency of railway transportation to and from Rosario's port facilities, organize land transport accesses to port facilities located in the urban area of Rosario, reduce traffic congestion and decrease the rate of accidents in the city, and develop and implement measures to improve efficiency in the logistics chain. The project environmental impacts are to new rail rights-of-way (ROW) and to the expansion of roadways in both rural and urban areas. The project area is currently heavily developed with residential land-use, cattle ranching and high-value crops. The project potential impacts include: (i) re-routing of traffic during construction, (ii) disposal of construction waste; (iii) potential limitation in the access to housing and establishments during works; (iv) potential increase of accidents; (v) impact and potential interference on networks and adjacent infrastructure (phone lines, electricity wiring, water pipes and sewage mains, etc); and (vi) potential nuisance during construction (noise, dust, waste). The project social analysis are focused on local leaders, elected officials, community representatives, civil-society organizations, transport companies, agricultural producers and exporters, truck drivers, and road users, among others. Show Less -