W.F.P. SUDAN PROGRESS REPORT
ROAD REPAIR AND DEMINING ACTIVITIES
AS AT JULY 2006
This report is intended to give a brief overview of the project history, and its progress to date.
Further questions can be directed to the Project manager – [email protected]
Summary of project details, progress and impact
1. Project Objectives
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Provide peace dividends, contribute to conflict prevention and confidence building;
Facilitate IDP/Returnee movements and resettlement;
Improve access by road, linking Kenya and Uganda to Sudan, South to North and the
River Nile to the road network;
Reduce cost of access to food and food production;
Reduce the flooding of villages and agricultural area in the Bor Counties, contributing to
improved access, living conditions and improved food security;
Stimulate the transportation sector, commercial activity and self-sufficiency;
Reduce transport cost of humanitarian operations.
2. Project Data.
The progress of repairs is depicted in word and graph form in the attached annex I
Annex II shows the ongoing roads under phase two and the phase three.
A “Progress map” and “Before & after” photos could not be sent in this report due to file
size restrictions, but are available on request to the WFP Roads Programme Manager.
Table1. Project data
Timing of phases and overview of funding status;
Projec
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Phase
Project Number
Period
Total Cost
Funds received
Status
EMOP 10048.2
Oct. 03 – Dec 04
US$ 21,450,000
US$ 18,366,926
Finalised
SO 10368.0
SO 10368.0
Oct 04 – April 06
Oct 05 – Dec 06
US$ 89,154,897
US$ 93,512,926
US$ 89,154,897
US$ 57,728,780
Ongoing
Ongoing
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III
Note. The overlap in time between phases is to make optimal use of the dry season period.
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Table 2. Targets vs. achievements, by phase;
Targets
Achievements
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Oct.
2003
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Dec.
2004
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Oct.
2004
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Undertake survey of mine
risks and road repair
requirements;
Conduct repairs on 3
trunk roads, worst
sections: Narus-Juba;
Kaya-Rumbek; and Bor
road/dyke;
Mine clear Rumbek
airstrip;
Feeder road spot repairs
with FFW
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Mine risk reduction and
route clearance on
sections to be repaired,
hand over of km. to road
Contractor on time to
enable them to undertake
road works
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Repair of 11 road
sections or 2,198 km
worst sections, linking
North to South; East to
West; neighbouring
countries (Kenya,
Uganda, Ethiopia) to
Sudan, and river Nile to
road network
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Key events in June-July
5500 km surveyed; interactive information CDROM
generated with cost estimates, maps, road conditions;
Approx. 360 km repaired out of total length of 980 km;
136 dangerous areas identified, over 200,000 UXO
destroyed;
Rumbek airstrip demined;
44 FFW road projects, 1323 km spot repair, 1083 MT food,
8,952 beneficiaries;
Funds spent US$ 18,366,962 (100%);
Phase Completed. Lessons Learned and completion reports
available. – please contact [email protected]
Foundation Suisse de Deminage (FSD) has been working
on finalizing survey reports for Juba-Bor, sections of NimuleJuba, Torit-Juba. Team 1 continues on Iddolo to Juba road
with Scanjack team working between Torit and Juba. Team
2 is working on the Nimule to Juba road just North of Moli
clearing identified Dangerous areas, and Team 3 is working
on the Juba-Bor road.
Mine Action Group (MAG) have started clearance activities
from Rumbek on the Shambe and Tonj roads.
Spent to date on de-mining US$14,348,989
A total area handed over to contractors has been
approximately 1200km of road.
10 road contracts and 6 supervision contracts let, for a total
of 1,884 km road length of which 1,539 km are planned for
repair.
Progress of roadwork: see graphs and text below in annex I
by stretch.
Delays in implementation: see Constraints section
To date over 1400 Sudanese nationals employed on roads
programme.
2006 FFW project figures for roads being compiled to be
reported in later report.
June-July 58 km done. Total 1191 km repaired during phase
II. Total Phase I and II is 1,551 km repaired.
• Capacity Building
An Asset Management and Strategic Planning workshop was
conducted for the Ministry of Transport and Road’ senior staff
and States’ ministers from 27 June to 28 June 2006 in Juba
It was attended by 10 State Infrastructure Ministers and their
Directors General. Important conclusions of the Workshop
were: that the preparation of a strategic plan and an asset
management plan for Southern Sudan’s infrastructure is
paramount to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of asset
life-cycles; that improved communication and liaison amongst
the States and between the States and GOSS is imperative to
ensure the future success of asset management in the S Sudan;
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and there is a strong need to bring the county governments into
the planning process so that all the relevant parties are
integrated.
Further, the State Ministers developed a prioritized plan for the
rehabilitation of roads and bridges for agencies/donors’
consideration. At a forthcoming co-ordination meeting this plan
will be discussed.
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Oct.
2005
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Dec.
2006
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Extension of phase II
stretches (to allow for
more repairs);
Inclusion of 2 new
stretches;
Linking of feeder roads to
trunk roads
Doubling of demining
capacity
Increased maintenance
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The Kapoeta Vocational Training Centre is now completed
and will be handed over to GOSS.
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Recommendations and contracts prepared for Tonj-Wau,
Wau-Abyei, Yei River to Shambe, Juba – Mundri, Mabior –
Malakal.
This equates to 857km of road, giving the total for all phases
of 2769km of road. Of this approximately 2199km of the
worst sections will be repaired.
Awaiting Full Funding of these stretches. DFID contribution
will let WFP effect emergency repairs and maintenance to
bridge the gap until further more substantial funding is made
available.
Demining tenders - one let to MAG for Rumbek to Wau
road, including sections on Rumbek to Shambe, but FSD
contract awaiting full funding.
Other components of Phase 3, maintenance, HIV/AIDS and
Bridge survey and design are all awaiting funding. DFID
funding is allowing WFP to prepare extensions to contracts
to allow further work on Faraksika to Rumbek, Yei to Juba
and Rumebk-Payii River, as well as Bor dikes project, and
de-mining to end June 06. These are in lieu of contract to be
fully funded for maintenance, and further contracts on
stretches.
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3. Funding status, ongoing phase II and phase III.
The total amount of phase II and II combined is US$ 182,667,823
Funding given to date: US$ 146,883,677
Funding shortfall as of July 31st: US$35,784,146
Phase III Status
PHASE-3, Contract documents in relation to Phase 3 are being processed
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HBS: YEI (PAYII) RIVER-SHAMBE (West Corridor) km 82, US$ 5.448 million
CIVICON: TONJ-WAU (West Corridor) km 88, US$ 6.025 million
GTZ: MABIOR MALAKAL (East Corridor) Km 250, US$ 9.532 million
CONSULTANTS:
HH: YEI (PAYII) RIVER-SHAMBE (West Corridor) 10 months US$ 220,965
NORKEN: TONJ-WAU (West Corridor) 10 months US$ 205,428
Extension of phase II stretches (to allow for more repairs);
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YERI-LADO + 4 Bridges – 4 Months, US$ 1.868
AKOT-PAYII RIVER – 3 months, US$ 1.148 million
YEI-JUBA – 3 months, US$ 1.567
Highlights and Road conditions. –
The road repair special operation has received a huge boost in funding from the new
Government of South Sudan in July. A $30 million dollar contribution to the special
operation is both a huge vote of confidence in the rehabilitation and a timely donation
that will allow us to take advantage of the next dry season to full advantage. Funding
from this donation will allow the completion of the road from Bor to Malakal as well as
Tonj-Wau and the completion of the Rumbek to Shambe road. It will also allow work
to continue on the Bor dikes protecting the Bor-Malakal road.
The ongoing phase III has a funding shortfall of US$ 35,784,823. Phase III aims for the
creation of all weather roads by expanding on the repairs already done in phase II
putting more funds into structures and upgrading to all weather standards. Phase II
roads were largely spot repairs to large sections of road not enabling them to be all
weather. The lack of funding during the last dry season means that critical trunk
roads have already begun to fail during this 2006 wet season.
By the end of July critical funding from the MDTF/World Bank was still outstanding.
EU money from this fund was earmarked for road maintenance and the completion of
several stretches of road including the final stretch from Tonj to Wau and the final
stretch on the Rumbek to Shambe road linking the main trunk road to the Nile.
Lack of funding during the last dry season meant that regular road maintenance and
bridge upgrades were not completed on time. The combination of a lack of
maintenance and unrestricted axle loads have left many roads in very bad condition
and have closed some roads while we undertook emergency repairs. We expect that
these conditions will prevail until the end of the rains and the maintenance
programmes that are in place now will have a full impact.
It is recommended that no more than 4MT per axle be loaded during the wet season
until December. It is also recommended that no heavy vehicles move for a period of 6
hours after any significant rainfall.
Capacity Building
An asset management and strategic planning workshop was conducted for the
Ministry of Transport and Road’ senior staff and States’ ministers from 27 June to 28
June 2006 in Juba. It was attended by 10 State Infrastructure Ministers and their
Directors General. Important conclusions of the Workshop were: that the preparation
of a strategic plan and an asset management plan for Southern Sudan’s infrastructure
is paramount to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of asset life-cycles; that
improved communication and liaison amongst the States and between the States and
GOSS is imperative to ensure the future success of asset management in the S Sudan;
and there is a strong need to bring the county governments into the planning process
so that all the relevant parties are integrated.
The State Ministers developed a prioritized plan for the rehabilitation of roads and
bridges for agencies/donors’ consideration and coordination. At a forthcoming coordination meeting this plan will be discussed.
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4. Impact to date, phase I and II
Starting July 2005, a basic impact assessment form is filled out by interviewing “people on
the road.” These surveys continue to date, and bear out findings below. A database is being
established. Some preliminary (qualitative) findings include:
• Travel time for people accessing markets and health centers etc. has been cut in half
along major routes. People are able to access more markets since the repairs began;
• Safety along routes has been reported as vastly improved;
• Cost of public transport has been decreased by as much as 50-60% in some cases along
repaired sections. This has led to an increase in the number of people using the roads by
matatu / trucks/ bus. Bicycle use has also increased; Daily bus services are operating on
all opened routes;
• Prices of basic commodities have fallen, but in some areas (e.g. near contractors and
NGO camps etc.) some prices have risen, due to demand, e.g. for cows and goats in
Rumbek e.g. Cement in Juba has fallen from US$29 per bag to 17 over the last three
months.
• All interviewees have confirmed that the road repairs have facilitated the return of
displaced people by all factors mentioned above;
• Some expressed the need for connecting the more outlying villages to the trunk road
network.
• Peace dividends are clearly visible and tangible. People are hearing about the
development activities, seeing the repaired roads, and looking for employment. Some
300 Sudanese are employed on the demining programme and approx. 1400 Sudanese
on the road repair programme;
• Increased small-scale trade has led to increased availability of essential supplies like
foodstuffs, beverages, medicines etc at a reduced price, due to reduction in
transportation costs.
• Easier access for humanitarian and recovery assistance, to more locations by road, with
FFW feeder roads linking into previously isolated communities increasing access to
schools, health centres and market centers;
• Some 180km2 of land has been reclaimed by the trunk- and community dykes in Bor
counties, to facilitate resettlement. Crop yields have increased (less destroyed by floods);
• In areas of tribal conflict – such as Kapoeta and Budi counties borders, small initiatives
with the local communities has helped ease tensions surrounding projects, and helped
with conflict resolution on the ground.
• On the W. Corridor linking Uganda to Sudan, WFP Commercial contracted transport rate
has reduced by 40% within 2.5 years of road repair work. Costs are expected to reduce
further when repairs reach final destination (Rumbek), as well as on the Eastern Corridor
when Torit and Juba are reached;
• Since the road was repaired, WFP moves on average 2500 MT of relief food monthly on
the W. Corridor, as compared to 800 MT in 2001-2002 when the road was in poor
condition. The food now brought in by road would previously have been delivered by air
at a much higher cost. Convoy turnaround times have improved by 100% (to 5 days),
and trucking capacity has almost doubled;
• Overall in the South, the percentage of road transport vs. air transport for food deliveries
has increased significantly. In 2003/2003 before repairs, road transport took up some
20% of deliveries. In April 2005, for the first time road transport was higher than air
transport, at 58%. For the months of January, February and March 2006 WFP has been
airlifting less than 7% of its food by air, with the rest being transported by road. This has
huge cost saving benefits to the WFP operation, which highlight the need for continuation
of road repair, and more importantly now with the dry season ending, Maintenance to
protect the investment already put into the project.
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5. The HIV/AIDS Awareness Training:
Training continues on the road contracted by WFP. ARC are mainly focusing on the
Rumbek-Shambe road and Nimule-Juba road, and will soon start the Rumbek-Wau road.
During 2006 targeting will also include the de-mining teams.
6. Constraints
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Funding delays continue to be the major constraint. Despite WFP highlighting the
lessons learned from Ph II, funding this year has been even further delayed, and the
dry season is at an end. This leads to inefficient working conditions, longer contract
times.
Security related problems remain, including LRA activities on three stretches. NarusJuba site was stopped for several days due to threats from security elements
demanding fuel on site. Bor dikes secondary dikes has been stopped near the village
of Jalle, but now continues in the North.
Heavily loaded trucks (up to 22T on one axle has been documented) carrying goods
into Sudan, and logs from Sudan to Uganda, are having disastrous effects ion certain
sections of road – namely Kaya – Yei, where repairs under ph2 have not yet been
carried out. Sections of road once in good condition have rapidly deteriorated leading
to extra works in areas along the road, and emergency interventions to keep the road
open. This leads to inefficient working and more road repairs than anticipated,
straining funding. WFP have in conjunction with the Ministry of Transport and Roads
designed information signs highlighting the recommendations
ANNEX 1 Road Progress – report and charts.
See Charts on progress below
1. Kaya-Faraksika. Contract completed –Final draft report has been submitted for
comments... The maintenance contract has been re-negotiated with the
recommended tender. It is expected that the contract will be awarded over the next
two weeks.
2. Faraksika-Rumbek. Contract complete. Final draft report has been submitted for
comments. Approximately 22 Km of bad section (Movolo)/Yeri-Lado and three
bridges section will be repaired under the maintenance contract to ensure that the
road between Kaya Rumbek becomes passable during wet season. It is expected
that the contract will be awarded over the next two weeks.
3. Rumbek-Shambe. The section between Rumbek-Payii River has been completed
with the exception of a small section due to land mines. This section will be completed
over the next couple of months. Final draft report has been submitted for comments.
Phase three contract to continue works from Payii to Shambe will be let by end of
August. Fund has been secured for this project.
4. Yei-Juba-Mundri. Contract complete. Phase three contract to repair Juba-Mundri
section may be let by end of August. A smaller contact to complete gravelling of the
remaining section on Yei-Juba road will be awarded by end of August.
5. Nimule – Juba. Some progress has been made on this project. Currently Contract is
being discussed for Contractor to either accelerate or face possible termination.
6. Rumbek-Tonj.
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Work on this project started from both ends i.e. from Tonj-Rumbek and Rumbek to Tonj.
Approximately 38 Km of road has been repaired. The progress is being hampered due to
recent inter-clan fighting in the area.
7. Jekou Bridge. Contract completed. Bridge in pace, but further road works will be
needed for this important link for wet season use. Other possible funding mechanisms
being sought.
8. Rumbek Airstrip
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Emergency repairs of Rumbek Airstrip – 31 May – 31 July US$ 49,748 completed.
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Annex I
WFP Progress Map
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ANNEX IV. Information sign with MOTR/WFP. 40 number ordered to be put up along all
roads under WFP project.
Emergency Road Repair Project.
UN World Food Programme.
Information Signboard - DO NOT travel on the roads when raining STOP
and WAIT 6 Hours minimum until the roads are dry.
DRY SEASON USE –
Heavy Goods Vehicles over 8T axle loads WILL
damage the roads.
WET SEASON USE –
Heavy Goods Vehicles over 5T axle loads WILL
damage the roads.
PLEASE LOOK AFTER THE ROADS FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN’S
DEVELOPMENT !
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