Brazil

This is the executive summary of the main documents prepared for the Sao Paulo Metro to comply with the environmental safeguards procedures for the construction of the... Show More + Largo Treze-Chacara Klabin extension of its Line 5 subway. The extension from 'Largo Treze' station to 'Chacara Klabin' station is divided in two segments: a) the Largo Treze to Adolfo Pinheiro segment of about 636 m, including the Adolfo Pinheiro station which is expected to start operations in March 2010; and b) the Adolfo Pinheiro station to Chicara Klabin station segment, with expected start of operation in December 2012, extending 11.12 km and including 10 stations: Alto da Boa Vista, Borba Gato, Brooklin-Campo Belo, Agua Espraiada, Ibirapuera, Moema, Servidor, Vila Clementino, Santa Cruz and Chdcara Klabin and the Guido Caloi yard. The route for Line 5 was based on guidelines established by the preliminary feasibility studies and other criteria, such as: a) regional characteristics, b) demand studies, c) public transport reorganization; and, d) technical constraints. Four alternatives were developed. The recommended alternative was the one with the integration of Line 5 to Line 1 a t Santa Cruz station, and integration with Line 2 at Chacara Klabin station. This alternative allows for the distribution of high number of potential passengers between the two stations and therefore, minimizes potential overloading at one station. This route also avoids concentration of three subway lines at one single place and meets demands from Vila Clementino. This design guideline was incorporated by Metro in the line 2 extension project until Sacoma and also incorporated by the Secretary of Metropolitan Transport in the Integrated Urban Transport Plan for 2020. Show Less -

This executive summary presents information on: (i) the safeguards policies triggered by the Santos Novos Tempos Project; (ii) environmental and social safeguard-related... Show More + risks and/or impacts identified through studies and assessments; (iii) the measures to be taken to address these risks; and (iv) procedures to ensure that the policies are carried out during project implementation. Based on these analyses and finding, the project was designed to be in full compliance with the World Bank's safeguards policy. Show Less -

The objective of the Sao Luis Enhancing Municipal Governance and Quality of Life Project is to improve public service in the Bacanga Basin of Sao Luis municipality,... Show More + and enhance the capacity of the city government in promoting local economic development and municipal management. The studies and surveys that have been conducted on the island demonstrate that the local water bodies are grossly affected by different sources of pollution caused by irregular land use and human occupancy The main sources of pollution have been identified as: (i) the disposal of domestic sewage in open-air ditches; (ii) untreated sewage flowing directly into the water courses; (iii) the precarious standards of individual sewage disposal, mainly involving the use of pits; and (iv) the inexistence of systemic and overarching methods for collecting and treating wastewaters generated in the area. To mitigates these issues some of the measures consider in the following areas are as follows: (i) the recovery of the structures of the Bacanga dam and its floodgate system and the implementation of new operating rules; (ii) the establishment of infrastructure in poor areas through the provision of proper sanitation (sewerage facilities, water supply, and urban cleaning), urban drainage, flood control, local access streets, surfacing and other complementary urban civil works; (iii) the removal of people living at present in flood risk areas, involving the resettlement of households potentially affected by flood hazards, developing appropriate resettlement alternatives and finding a socially useful purpose for the previously occupied areas in order to avoid further invasions; (iv) the promotion of land tenure regularization to benefit the households remaining in the intervention areas; (v) to increase the capacity of the local municipal government in land use supervision and supervision/inspection in order to avoid new invasions and further illegal parceling of urban land; (vi) to provide training for local people at present working in the informal job market with a view to their joining the formal market, and to help them to qualify for alternative employment and income generating activities; and(vii) improvement of the competitive capacity of the local municipal government through actions targeted at institutional strengthening. Show Less -