Environmental and Social Feasibility Study for the Boankra Inland Port and Eastern Railway Line Project

Project Details

Environmental and Social Feasibility Study for the Boankra Inland Port and Eastern Railway Line Project in accordance with local and World Bank environmental and social safeguard requirements under a Public Private Partnership arrangement

Client

Ghana Port and Harbour Authority/ Ghana Railway Development Authority/ Ministry of Transport (PPP Arrangement)

Location

From Tema to Kumasi (330 km) along Eastern Railway Line Corridor (Greater Accra, Eastern and Ashanti Regions)

Year

2015 - 2016

Project Summary

The project involved review of proposed railway designs and alignment in relation to the existing baseline environmental and social conditions to determine the feasibility of the proposed project including recommendations for managing critical environmental impacts and social safeguard/ health/ safety risks including resettlement. It also involved consultations and reporting in line with World Bank and IFC environmental and social safeguard requirements.

Our experts performed the following activities:

The project involved review of proposed railway designs and alignment in relation to the existing baseline environmental and social conditions to determine the feasibility of the proposed project including recommendations for managing critical environmental impacts and social safeguard/ health/ safety risks including resettlement. It also involved consultations and reporting in line with World Bank and IFC environmental and social safeguard requirements. Our experts performed the following activities:
Identification of risk and impact hotspots
Detailed risk and impact assessment
Geospatial analysis
Site visit and collection of baseline information
Stakeholder consultations
Compilation of inception report
Preparation of Environmental and Social Pre-feasibility report
Compilation of Full Environmental and Social Feasibility Report.