E2999 v1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UKRAINE 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. PHYSIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGIONS ALONG THE ROAD 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 3. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM THE PROJECT 5. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT ON SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 6. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 7. MEASURES FOR MAINTENANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 8. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF INVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 9. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM CONSTRUCTION 2 INTRODUCTION The Feasibility Study for development of Kyiv-Kharkiv-Debaltsevo-Izvaryne Motorroad (M03, M-04) was developed by Ukrdiprodor State Enterprise with involvement of Kharkiv Branch of Kharkivdiproshliakh, Donetsk Branch of Ukrdiprodor, the Regional Research Center of Salvage Archeological Service, and Kyivsoyuzshliakhproject Close Corporation by virtue of Task # 20-1/05 issued on 10 February 2005 by the Motorroad Service in Kharkiv Oblast and approved by Ukravtodor State Motorroad Service of Ukraine. The Environmental Impact Assessment Section was developed by Geotechnologiyi Ltd. This Book of Environmental Impact Assessment Section is about assessment of environmental impact from the project in Kyiv and Poltava Oblasts. M-03 with M-04 Motorroad connects the capital of Ukraine with Ukraine’s eastern border with the Russian Federation and crosses the Oblasts of Kyiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Lugansk. It provides for local and transit motor transport communication between the Central and the Eastern Regions of Ukraine and for international passenger and freight traffic. In Kyiv Oblast the road starts at the end of Boryspil detour and crosses the Rayons of Boryspil, Pereyaslav-Khmelnitskiy, Baryshivka, and Yagotyn. In Poltava Oblast the road crosses the Rayons of Pyriatyn, Lubny, Khorol, Velyka Bagachka, Reshetylivka, Poltava, and Chutove. The need to develop M-03 Motorroad is accounted for by the current inadequate condition of pavement, lack of convenient interchanges and bypasses around the settlements, and unconformity of engineering and operational characteristics of the motorroad to modern standards. Development of M-04 Motorroad will enable to: - improve the riding qualities, the speed of traffic, and the ride comfort; improve transport links and increase the transit traffic; increase the levels of environmental safety; and increase the levels of road safety. Research and analysis of environmental conditions and predictive assessments of possible impacts during construction and operation of the motorway are conducted within the permanent right-of-way (40 m), in the safety buffer zone (150 - 300 m from the edge of roadway), and in the affected zone (2 - 3 km). Brief Description of Designed Activity and the Types of Its Environmental Impacts The length of Kyiv Oblast section is: along the existing route of M-03 Motorroad: 108.26 km, and together with the existing and designed sections of Boryspil detour: 139.76 km. The design includes rehabilitation of Boryspil northern bypass, approximate length 25 km, to conform to Category Ib, and rehabilitation of 9.947 km of the road across the city to conform to Category Ib. The sections are also being designed (approximate length: 4.8 km and 4.0 km) which will connect M-03 Motorroad with the section of Boryspil bypass and the section of southern bypass (approximate length 10.5 km). All the said sections will correspond to Category Ib. The bypass sections are shown on the map below: The length of Poltava Oblast section is: along the existing route of M-03 Motorroad (subject to existing kilometrage): 268.904 km. Besides, the Feasibility Study includes bypass sections where estimation of lengths is based on the design data: - Velyka Krucha Village, Pyriatyn Rayon: 5.205 km; - Pokrovska Bagachka and Kovtuny Villages, Khorol Rayon: 11.18 km (northern option), 12.03 km (southern option), and 1.37 km across Kovtuny; and - Vasylivka Town, Chutove Rayon: 8.76 km. The skeleton maps of bypass sections around the settlements are shown below: 4 The road along all the designed sections will belong to Category Ib and have the following critical parameters: two lanes per each direction, each 3.75 m wide; and 6.0 m wide centre mall and 3.75 m wide verge beyond the bounds of settlements. The pavement will be black bituminous concrete. The design speed will be 140 km/hr and 120 km/hr for irregular terrain. The vertical alignment will correspond to the requirements of State Building Specifications (DBN) В.2.3-4-2000 «Motor Roads» for Category I roads. Design loads: axle static: 11.5 ton-force; on engineering structures: A-15. The roadbed width will be 28.5m. In Kyiv Oblast seven interchanges in two levels are being designed for crossings with other roads and six interchanges for the area of Boryspil detour. Repair of the pavement and structures on the road will enable to provide for proper traffic capacity of the road, which, in accordance with predictive estimates of Ukrdiprodor, will increase by a factor of 2.8 – 3.0 in Kyiv Oblast and by a factor of 2.8 – 3.0 in Poltava Oblast by the year 2026. Traffic Volume, conditional vehicle/day Section of Road 2005 (actual) 2026 (predictive) in Kyiv Oblast km 45+000 - km 76+015 km 76+015 - km 103+690 km 103+690 - km 126+160 16,270 14,450 12,900 46,850 42,660 39,220 5 in Poltava Oblast km 126+160 - km 156+600 km 156+600 – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 km 243+720 – km 286+285 km 286+285 – km 306+628 km 306+628- km 336+873 km 336+873 – km 340+961 km 340+961 – km 362+500 km 362+500 – km 395+064 12,890 12,660 10,980 11,840 11,000 11,790 12,800 13,120 24,300 14,000 10,710 39,300 38,980 34,200 37,180 35,480 36,940 38,780 38,740 64,860 33,490 27,080 Construction works and further operation of the road after its commissioning will entail a number of negative environmental impacts. The list of expected environmental impacts from the project during construction and operation: - geological environment: occurrence or activation of hazardous geodynamic processes is possible (erosion, underflooding, ground flash, etc.); - landscapes: changes in local landscapes are possible during construction of the roadway, implementation of erosion- and landslide-prevention design approaches, excavation works, fill construction, and quarrying; - climate and microclimate: no impact expected; - air: exhaust gas emissions, noise, dust, and carbon black; - aquatic environment: temporary changes are possible in regimes of runoff in water bodies and in levels of the water table, abrasion, and pollution of aquatic environment with wastewater containing petrochemicals and other chemical compounds; - earth: temporary withdrawal of lands for reserves, quarries, rights-of-way, etc.; chemical and garbage pollution; - plants, animals, and protected areas: cutting down of green plantations in the area of mottorroad expansion; withdrawal of bush and light forest from the right-of-way; changes in migration conditions of wild animals and possible changes in the existing status of biological and ecological systems in the construction zone; noise; and aerosol fallout; - social environment (population): withdrawal of lands, demolition of buildings, temporary inconveniences during construction works, temporary man-caused impact on historical and architectural heritage; positive impacts: creation of new jobs and increase of investment appeal; - technological environment: impact on buildings and structures is possible from emissions, noise, and vibration; - positive impacts: upgrade of transport infrastructure, improvement of services, and rehabilitation of transportation links. Participatory Stakeholder Consultation 6 The communities gained a chance to have a direct influence on decision-making during design by informing the local governments of their requests as to proper improvements of the motorroad. Opinions of the stakeholder communities will be incorporated as required in par. 1.10 of DBN А.2.2-1-2003. A sampling poll of the citizens residing in the settlements along the motorroad and in the adjacent territories showed that the communities have a positive attitude to rehabilitation of the motorroad. The main benefits which they expect are improvement of conditions, quality, and speed of traffic, as well as increase in demand for services and private trade opportunities. The communities appreciate inconveniences which may occur during the construction works and may be caused by expected increase in the traffic. 2. PHYSIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ALONG THE ROUTE OF DESIGNED PROJECT In terms of geological structure, the territory of the project is located within the north-eastern flank of the Ukrainian Precambrian Shield and the south-western rim of the Dnipro-Donetsk Depression, and the surface of its crystalline basement features continuous gradient towards north-east. The quaternary land sediments form almost continuous cover. Aeolian soils prevail. In river valleys alluvial and fluviolacustrine sands and clays prevail. The territory of the project features landscapes of the terraced part of Dnipro Lowland. The surface is slightly divided and it features flat watersheds and wide river valleys with systems of quaternary and neogenic benches, which form benched surface of the lowland. The territory is shaped by erosion and accumulation, glacial and river waters, a glacier, agglomeration of loesstype rocks and fossil grounds, eolian processes, suffosion, etc. The mean elevations are 50-150 m. The relative elevations vary from 20 to 60 m. The following types of landscapes are observed within the region of the project (west to east): - mixed coniferous-broad-leaved forest, alluvial outwash, and terraced terrain with sod-podzol and turfy grounds, millet-grass, subors, and lowland bogs; - forest-steppe, terraced forest and sand with gray forest and taupe podzolized grounds, milletgrass, and subors. The high-water beds include flood-plain and meadow boggy landscapes. The climate of the territory is mild, moderate continental. The winters are long and relatively warm. The summers are sufficiently warm and humid. The climate is shaped by significant solar radiation and air-mass transport mainly from the west. The total annual solar radiation is 4,000-4,200 MJ/m2. and the radiation balance is 1,700-1,800 MJ/m2.. The sunshine duration is 1,850-1,950 hr/year. The mean temperatures of January are -6,3ºC and the absolute minimum is -36 ºС. Winter lasts from November, when the mean daily air temperature drops below 0ºC, till mid-March. The stable snow cover (mean height 25-30 cm) lasts from mid-December to mid-March. Summer starts early in May, when the mean daily air temperature rises above +15 ºС, and ends early in September. The mean temperature of July is +19,4 ºС. The absolute maximum of air temperature for the territory is +39 ºС. The frost-free period lasts 160-165 days. The period when the temperature is above +10ºС lasts 160-165 days and the effective heat sum is 2,600-2,700 º. The annual precipitation is 520 mm with their most part falling in the warm season. The adverse climatic conditions include intensive showers with thunderstorms, hail, rainless periods, hot winds (up to 5-10 days), dust storms in summer, ice crust, clear ice, etc. The territory belongs to a warm agroclimatological zone with insufficient humidity. 7 The vegetation period starts late in March – early in April and ends late in October – early in November. The total duration of such period is 190 - 220 days. М-03 Motorroad crosses the rivers of Trubizh, Nedra, Supiy, Sula, Psel, Vorskla, Uday, Khorol, and Kolomak, which belong to the Dnipro basin. The rivers are of plains type. They feed on snow- (almost 60% of the water yield), rain-, and groundwater. About 50% of the water is yielded for the rivers in spring, 25-30% in summer and autumn, and 25% in winter. The high flow is in spring. The low water discharge is in summer. The mean turbidity of the river waters is mainly about 50 g/m³. The virgin flows were changed significantly after having been regulated with many ponds and reservoirs. The territory of the project is located within the Eastern Forest-Steppe Lowland Agropedological Province, which occupies the eastern part of the Forest-Steppe Agropedological Zone. The soil cover of the province features diversity of structure and involvement of salinization process (mainly of soda-chloride-sulfate type) in its genesis. The vegetable cover of the territory features scarce remainder of aspen rickers with oaks and extensive waterlogging of river valleys and depressions. Meadow steppes, steppe meadows, and meadow halophytic aggregations prevailed here formerly. Silva occurs mainly on the sand benches and floodplains. It includes pine and pine-oak (with some alders) aggregations. In some places there are ravine forests, which, besides prevailing ordinary oak, also include Tatarian maple, Norway maple, ashwood, elm, and teil; buckthorn, hawthorn, wild rose, etc. in the shrub layer; and stellaria graminifolious, ordinary goutweed, ordinary lily of the valley, speckled melic, etc. in the grass layer. Meadow steppes, almost completely tilled, remain only on the valley slopes and include phytocenoses with prevailing fescue, feather grass, and narrow-leaved June grass. Formations of eastern fescue, Karelin sedge, white bent grass, suaeda prostrata, and herbaceous solonetz cover the lowland saline meadows. The modern vegetation has been affected by considerable man-caused changes: ploughing up of soils, bog reclamation, deforestation. Only 8-10% of the territory is covered with forests. The fauna is rich and diverse. It is of transient and mixed nature, i.e. it includes representatives of forest, steppe, and water-paludal faunal systems. All the territory has been developed intensively by agriculture. The lands which will be withdrawn temporarily or permanently belong to agricultural category. The territory of the project (the zone affected by the road, within 3 km) includes four protected areas in Kyiv Oblast: Description Category Area, km2 Established in Borshchivsky Forest 36 1994 Dubyna Botanic 4 1991 Vybla Mohyla Complex 2 1991 50 1979 Marsh in Solontsi Reserved Area Type Local sanctuary Local sanctuary Object of local natural heritage Reserved area Distance from the edge of embankment, m Distance from the beginning of road, km* 220 27.5 1,700 34.1 1,250 35.7 250 46.0 8 The protected areas are shown on the map below: 9 The following protected areas are located in the zone affected by the mottorroad in Poltava Oblast: L/I Distance from the beginning of road, km Description Category Area, ha Established in Type 1 98.2 Polohy Hydrological 100 1994 2 111.8 English oak Botanic 0 1982 3 111.9 Masalsky Iseland Recreational Forest Botanic 47 1982 4 117.6 Velykokruchansky Hydrological 90 1998 Local sanctuary 5 122.4 Kukvynsky Hydrological 300 1980 National sanctuary 6 152.1 Morozivska Dacha Botanic 855 1969 7 160.3 Torgovytsia 135.8 1993 8 162.6 Zhovtneva Dacha 57 1972 9 10 188 188.6 Gryntseve Radky 39 41 1992 1992 11 191.1 English oak 0 1992 12 13 191.3 191.5 Zayarie Dovzhek 38 76 1992 1992 14 192.5 English oak Botanic 0 1989 15 192.5 Oak-wood Botanic 1 1982 16 196.8 Khvoshchivka Hydrological 120 1992 Local sanctuary 17 196.9 Kostiuky Hydrological 237 1993 Local sanctuary 18 250.5 English oaks Botanic 0 1995 19 251.3 English oak Botanic 0 1995 20 255 English oak Botanic 0 1995 21 256.4 Shcherbaky Landscape 289 1995 Local sanctuary 22 259.5 Landscape 366 1993 Local sanctuary 23 271.3 Novodykansky Botanic 51 1995 Local sanctuary 24 291.4 English oaks Botanic 0 1975 25 292.1 English oaks Botanic 0 1975 26 292.2 English oak Botanic 0 1975 27 292.6 Oak-wood Botanic 2 1979 Gariachkivsky Forest Botanic Botanic Local sanctuary Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Reserved area Object of local natural heritage Reserved area Reserved area Object of local natural heritage Reserved area Reserved area Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage 10 28 293.3 Kotliarevsky Park 29 293.5 English oaks 30 294.7 English oak 31 295.8 32 296.2 33 297.5 English oak 34 298.3 35 Local Landscape Heritage Park 5 1970 Botanic 0 1970 Botanic 0 1982 Botanic 2 1970 Object of local natural heritage 5 1964 Local Landscape Heritage Park Botanic 0 1982 English oak Botanic 0 1982 300.5 English oak Botanic 0 1979 36 303.3 Tryby Reserved Area Botanic 5 1979 37 313.7 Kulykivsky 25 1975 Local Landscape Heritage Park 38 320.5 Vilkhivshchynsky Landscape 1,030 1980 National sanctuary 39 324.6 Storozhovy Hydrological 502 1989 Local sanctuary 40 346.3 Lyzniana Balka Landscape 60 1993 Local sanctuary 41 349 Iskrivsky Forest 2,243 1993 Local sanctuary Park of Elita Scientific Production Association Park of Teacher’s Training Institute Agrobiology Station Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage Object of local natural heritage The maps of forests and protected areas in Poltava Oblast are shown below: 11 12 Therefore, with one exception, the protected areas located in the zone affected by the road belong to the local category. No impacts additional to the existing ones are expected on the protected areas from construction works and further operation of the motorroad. 3. General Description of the Project M-03 Motorroad is an important component of Ukraine’s highway network: In accordance with the predictive estimates, by the year 2026 the traffic volume in the designed section of M-03 Motorroad will increase by almost a factor of three. The largest traffic volume is expected within Boryspil Rayon (almost 47 thousand units reduced to a conditional vehicle/day) and within Poltava detour (almost 65 thousand units reduced to a conditional vehicle/day). Therefore, if M-03 Motorroad is not overhauled and renovated to conform to Category I and if no new sections are built, the environmental impact of mobile sources of pollution may increase. The traffic accident rate is another important factor which accounts for the need to renovate the motorroad. Development of the motorroad includes: 13 - motorroad: a linear system of engineering and auxiliary structures designed for uninterruptible, safe, and convenient traffic of vehicles with standard specifications and proof loads, for provision of national and international passenger and freight transportation; engineering structures: overpass bridges, drain pipes, water treatment works, battering walls, etc.; auxiliary structures: protective structures and shelter plantations, ramps, etc. - Motorroad Engineering Data (as per DBN В.2.3-4-2000 „Motor Roads”): L/I Descripiton UOM Critical Parameters Parameters for Irregular terrain km/hr ea. m m m 140 4.6 110 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Design speed Number of lanes Width of lane Width of carriageway Width of verge 6. Width of reinforced verge strip m 7. Width of centre mall Width of reinforced strip on centre mall Width of roadbed Minimum seeing distance: - for stop - for oncoming vehicle Least curve radii horizontal vertical convex concave m 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Type of pavement 13. Design loads on engineering structures 3.75 7.50 – 11.25 7.50 3.90 0.75 2.75 - 6 5-6 m 1.0 m 28.8 – 36.3 28.8 m 300 500 250 450 1,100 700 m 25,000 13,000 7,000 4,000 Capital breakstone-mastic bituminous concrete А-15, НК-100 Estimations of the sizes of land plots to be alienated for placement of the roadbed will be based on the designed vertical alignment of the road and the cross profile of the roadbed as accepted in standard and individual designs. The permanent right-of-way will include areas for road interchanges, redevelopment of service lines, and other structures included in the construction documentation. On the plots where the surface drainage systems will be constructed, the right-of-way will be widened appropriately. The land area of temporary withdrawal is estimated subject to the conditions of accepted construction methods. The plots of land to be transferred for temporary use include territories allotted for development of roadside reserves, places for stockpiling of vegetation soil and turf and for creation of bypasses, and areas for passage of construction vehicles. The areas of permanent and temporary alienation must correspond to the standards of land allotment for motorroads (SN (Building Specificaitons) 467-74). During repair and construction works the territory of allotted lands needs to be cleared from the trees and shrubs of existing forest shelter belt. The quantity and quality parameters of green plantations to be cut down are determined by the Certificates of Green Plantations Inspection. The design includes restoration of green plantations with the quantity parameters not lower than those of the ex14 isting ones. The feasibility study includes planting of greenery during architectural styling by landscape group method and compensation planting along the sections laid on the new route. In order to protect the slopes of roadbed and the centre mall from erosion, they shall be anchored by sowing grass throughout 0.15 m thick layer of fertile soil. A surface drainage system with gutters, water channels, and chutes will be installed along the roadbed. In the places where culverts will be installed, the roadbed slopes will be reinforced with concrete slabs near the culvert heads to prevent scour at the points of entry and exit. Significant amounts of ground for roadbed landfilling will be collected from explored roadside reserves. The excavated ground suitable for construction of the roadbed will also be used for embankment landfilling. The vertical alignment is designed to provide for the least restrictions and changes of speed subject to the principles of stitching the elements of horizontal and vertical alignment, recommendations on architectural and landscape engineering, and preservation, to the maximum extent practicable, of the roadbed elevations of the existing motorroad. Based on the estimations, nonrigid types of pavement design were recommended. A unified type of three layers of road concrete mix, 23 cm thick in total, was accepted to renovate the existing pavement. The skim of pavement shall be recycled to reinforce the pavement, the verges, and the slopes. Pavement design of the new passage: surface course of bituminous concrete, 5 cm thick, and two bottom courses: the first one of hot dense fine bituminous concrete, Grade I, Type B, 8 cm thick, and the second one of hot blown-out coarse bituminous concrete, Grade I, 10 cm thick. The verges will be reinforced with two layers of bituminous concrete covering 1.75 m width from the edge of carriageway under DSTU (State Standard of Ukraine) БВ.2.7-75-98. The remaining part of the verge, 1.25 m wide (1.40 m if a barrier fence is installed and on a road of Category Ib) will be anchored by sowing grass throughout 15 cm thick layer of fertile soil. In order to provide dependable surface drainage from the carriageway, the cross profile of curb is accepted on the sections which have vertical alignment over 30 ‰ on the embankments higher than 3.0 m and on the sections of concave curves at a distance of 50 m from each side of the vertex. Water will be drained from the carriageway by means of reinforced concrete water channels with installation of wasteway channels on the slopes and dashpots near the embankment bed. The designs of aforesaid works are included in the respective bills of work volume and drawings. Construction of new and rehabilitation of existing engineering structures is planned, including two-level interchanges and crossings at grade, bridges, overpass bridges, pedestrian crossings, and rectangular and circular culverts of reinforced concrete. Location and geometry of the engineering structures are determined by the general route of the road, the local hydrological and topographical conditions, and the accepted design at crossings and junctions in different levels. 15 The design includes the following treatment facilities: Location km, plus UOM Quantity Water Body 70+190 Kyiv Oblast ea. 2 the Trubizh River 74+554 ea. 2 the Nedra River 102+432 ea. 2 the Supiy River 117+131 ea. 2 brook the Gnyla Orzhytsia River the Sula River Poltava Oblast ea. 133+538 204+1,091 ea. 2 2 211+216 ea. 2 brook 242+578 ea. 2 the Khorol River Detour of Pokrovska Bagachka Village ea. 2 1+000 Total: ea. 18 brook — and noise screens: Settlement Screen length, m Total on the left on the right Kyiv Oblast Olexandrivka Village Ivankiv Village Bzov Village Borshchiv Village Semenivka Village Snizhkiv Village 1,000 2,800 150 — — 1,000 Olexiyivka Village Olexandrivka Village Mohylivshchyna Village Pyriatyn Town Vyly Village Pyshne Village Vilshanka Village Voinykha Village Kovtuny Village Khorol Town Chapayivka Village Total: 1,000 1,500 — 1,000 200 3,000 150 300 1,500 1,500 500 500 1,000 2,000 Poltava Oblast 100 2,000 1,500 3,000 Location km, plus km 0+200 – km 1+200 km 45+000 – km 48+000 km 58+250 – km 58+400 km 67+200 – km 68+700 km 81+150 – km 81+650 km 100+100 – km 101+100 km 133+000 – km 134+000 km 146+000 – km 147+500 – 500 500 km 148+500 – km 149+000 1,000 500 500 5,000 1,700 1,200 500 – 17,850 – 500 500 5,000 1,700 1,200 2,000 800 17,150 1,000 1,000 1,000 10,000 3,400 2,400 2,500 800 35,900 km 155+720 – km 156+720 km 183+500 – km 184+000 km 187+300 – km 188+000 km 199+200 – km 204+200 km 210+100 – km 211+800 km 229+000 – km 230+200 km 237+000 – km 239+000 km 260+220 – km 261+020 – The Feasibility Study includes construction of 34 interchanges in two levels, including three interchanges on Poltava detour. 16 The design approaches include stationary lamplight at the road interchanges in different levels. In view of envisaged increase of traffic, the design approaches accept an automated highway traffic control system, which includes automated highway access control system, traffic condition control, including speed limits depending on natural conditions, control of traffic emergency service and the services of regular and winter road maintenance, etc. The production residue and construction waste will be stockpiled in specially assigned places for temporary storing and then removed from the construction site. In order to ensure the proper level of traffic safety, the design includes a number of measures and structural concepts which will contribute to better operation of the road and vehicles. Rehabilitation of M-03 Motorroad will result in the following benefits: - the traffic capacity will increase, the traffic handling costs will go down, and the travel time of passengers and cargoes will be reduced; - the local, regional, and national transport infrastructure will be improved and conditions will be created to improve operating characteristics of vehicles; - transport, economic, and trade links among the oblasts and across Ukraine as a whole and international links will be intensified; - negative impact on the natural and technological environment will be reduced and environmental safety will be enhanced due to improvement of the riding qualities, provision for optimal traffic speed, and implementation of nature-conservative measures included in the project; - traffic safety will be increased; - new jobs will be created both during construction and during further operation of the motorway, its infrastructure, and the appropriate service facilities. After completion of the rehabilitation and commissioning of the road, all the negative environmental impacts will be reduced significantly in comparison with the present status due to implementation of nature-conservative (protection, restoration, compensation, preservation) measures included in the design, which is corroborated by the predictive estimates described in the following section. 4. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM THE PROJECT The estimates of noise, emissions, and pollutant dispersal caused by the traffic flow on the designed road were made by means of specialized software and GIS technologies based on the data on local conditions and envisaged future traffic volume. The pollutant dispersal was estimated for open territory and the obtained values are the highest concentrations of the pollutants in the most adverse weather conditions: wind speed: 0.5 m/c, wind direction: frontal from the road towards the assessed point. 17 Averaged predictive estimates of emissions in Kyiv Oblast: Section of Road km-km Motor Transport Emissions (predictive estimate)* at the border of safety buffer zone (300 at the border of affected area (3,000 m) m) 2006 2026 2006 2026 without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation СО, mg/m3 (single MPC: 5.0 mg/m3) End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border 45+000 76+015 76+015 103+69 0 103+69 0126+16 0 0.0028 0.0025 0.0080 0.0072 0.0359 0.0323 0.1035 0.0931 0.0025 0.0022 0.0073 0.0066 0.0319 0.0287 0.0942 0.0848 0.0022 0.0020 0.0067 0.0060 0.0285 0.0256 0.0866 0.0780 NОх, mg/m3 (single MPC: 0.085 мg/m3) End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border 45+000 76+015 76+015 103+69 0 103+69 0126+16 0 0.0002 0.0002 0.0005 0.0005 0.0024 0.0022 0.0069 0.0062 0.0002 0.0001 0.0005 0.0004 0.0021 0.0019 0.0063 0.0057 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0019 0.0017 0.0058 0.0052 SО2, mg/m3 (single MPC: 0.15 мg/m3) End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border 45+000 0.000009 0.000008 0.000027 0.000024 0.000120 0.000108 0.000345 0.000310 76+015 76+015 0.000008 0.000007 0.000024 0.000022 0.000106 0.000096 0.000314 0.000283 103+69 0 103+69 00.000007 0.000007 0.000022 0.000020 0.000095 0.000085 0.000289 0.000260 126+16 0 CxHy, mg/m3 (single MPC: 1.0 мg/m3) End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad 45+000 76+015 0.0005 0.0004 0.0013 0.0012 0.0060 0.0054 0.0172 0.0155 18 Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border 76+015 103+69 0 103+69 0126+16 0 0.0004 0.0004 0.0012 0.0011 0.0053 0.0048 0.0157 0.0141 0.0004 0.0003 0.0011 0.0010 0.0047 0.0043 0.0144 0.0130 Carbon black, μg/m3 (single MPC: 300 μg/m3) End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border 45+000 76+015 76+015 103+69 0 103+69 0126+16 0 0.0172 0.0155 0.0494 0.0445 0.2217 0.1995 0.6383 0.5744 0.0152 0.0137 0.0450 0.0405 0.1969 0.1772 0.5812 0.5231 0.0136 0.0123 0.0414 0.0373 0.1757 0.1582 0.5343 0.4809 Benzpyrene, μg/m3 (average daily MPC: 0.001 μg/m3) End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border 45+000 76+015 76+015 103+69 0 103+69 0126+16 0 0.00000 116 0.00000 104 0.00000 334 0.00000 301 0.00001 498 0.00001 348 0.00004 312 0.00003 881 0.00000 103 0.00000 093 0.00000 304 0.00000 274 0.00001 330 0.00001 197 0.00003 927 0.00003 534 0.00000 092 0.00000 083 0.00000 280 0.00000 252 0.00001 187 0.00001 069 0.00003 610 0.00003 249 Pb (intensity of atmospheric emission), μg/m3 (single MPC: 1.0 μg/m3) End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border 45+000 76+015 76+015 103+69 0 103+69 0126+16 0 0.0033 0.0030 0.0096 0.0087 0.0431 0.0388 0.1242 0.1118 0.0030 0.0027 0.0088 0.0079 0.0383 0.0345 0.1131 0.1018 0.0026 0.0024 0.0081 0.0072 0.0342 0.0308 0.1040 0.0936 19 Averaged predictive estimates of emissions in Poltava Oblast: Section of Road km-km Motor Transport Emissions (predictive estimate)* at the border of safety buffer zone (300 at the border of affected area (3,000 m) m) 2006 2026 2006 2026 without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation СО, mg/m3 (single MPC: 5.0 mg/m3) M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Motorroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with PyriatynGrebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka Motorroad to start of Lubny detour Lubny detour End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour Khorol detour km 126+160 0.0022 km 156+600 km 156+600 – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 0.0020 0.0067 0,0061 0,0285 0,0256 0,0868 0,0781 0.0022 0.0019 0.0067 0,0060 0,0280 0,0252 0,0861 0,0775 0.0019 0.0017 0.0059 0,0053 0,0243 0,0218 0,0756 0,0680 0.0020 0.0018 0.0064 0,0057 0,0262 0,0235 0,0821 0,0739 0.0019 0.0017 0,0061 0.0055 0.0243 0.0219 0.0784 0.0705 0.0018 0.0063 0.0057 0.0260 0.0234 0.0816 0.0734 0.0020 0.0066 0.0060 0.0283 0.0254 0.0857 0.0771 0.0020 0.0066 0.0060 0.0290 0.0261 0.0856 0.0770 0.0037 0.0111 0.0100 0.0537 0.0483 0.1433 0.1290 0.0022 0.0057 0.0052 0.0309 0.0278 0.0740 0.0666 End of Khorol detour to junction of km (Lubny-Myrgorod- 243+720 0.0020 Opishnia) - Shy– km shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shykm shaky-Podil Mo286+285 0.0022 torroad (Т-17-20) – km to Dykanka306+628 Reshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with km Dykanka306+628Reshetylivka Mo0.0022 km torroad (Т-17-21) 336+873 to Poltava City km 336+873 Poltava City 0.0042 – km 340+961 Poltava City to km Poltava340+961 0.0024 Krasnograd Motor– km road (R-11) 362+500 20 PoltavaKrasnograd Motorroad (R-11) to Kharkiv Oblast border km 362+500 – km 395+064 0.0018 0.0016 0.0046 0.0042 0.0237 0.0213 0.0598 0.0538 NОх, mg/m3 (single MPC: 0.085 мg/m3) M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Motorroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with PyriatynGrebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka Motorroad to start of Lubny detour Lubny detour End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour Khorol detour km 126+160 km 156+600 km 156+600 – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 End of Khorol detour to junction of km (Lubny-Myrgorod- 243+720 Opishnia) - Shy– km shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shykm shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) – km to Dykanka306+628 Reshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with km Dykanka306+628Reshetylivka Mokm torroad (Т-17-21) 336+873 to Poltava City km 336+873 Poltava City – km 340+961 Poltava City to km Poltava340+961 Krasnograd Motor– km road (R-11) 362+500 Poltavakm Krasnograd Motor- 362+500 road (R-11) to – km Kharkiv Oblast 395+064 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0019 0.0017 0.0058 0.0052 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0019 0.0017 0.0057 0.0052 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0016 0.0015 0.0050 0.0045 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0017 0.0016 0.0055 0.0049 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0016 0.0015 0.0052 0.0047 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0017 0.0016 0.0054 0.0049 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0019 0.0017 0.0057 0.0051 0.0001 0.0001 0.0004 0.0004 0.0019 0.0017 0.0057 0.0051 0.0003 0.0002 0.0007 0.0007 0.0036 0.0032 0.0096 0.0086 0.0002 0.0001 0.0004 0.0003 0.0021 0.0019 0.0049 0.0044 0.0001 0.0001 0.0003 0.0003 0.0016 0.0014 0.0040 0.0036 21 border SО2, mg/m3 (single MPC: 0.15 мg/m3) M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Motorroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with PyriatynGrebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka Motorroad to start of Lubny detour Lubny detour End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour Khorol detour km 126+160 0.000007 0.000007 0.000022 0.000020 0.000095 0.000085 0.000289 0.000260 km 156+600 km 156+600 – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 0.000007 0.000006 0.000022 0.000020 0.000093 0.000084 0.000287 0.000258 0.000006 0.000006 0.000020 0.000018 0.000081 0.000073 0.000252 0.000227 0.000007 0.000006 0.000021 0.000019 0.000087 0.000078 0.000274 0.000246 0.000006 0.000006 0.000020 0.000018 0.000081 0.000073 0.000261 0.000235 End of Khorol detour to junction of km (Lubny-Myrgorod- 243+720 0.000007 Opishnia) - Shy– km shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shykm shaky-Podil Mo286+285 0.000007 torroad (Т-17-20) – km to Dykanka306+628 Reshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with km Dykanka306+628Reshetylivka Mo0.000007 km torroad (Т-17-21) 336+873 to Poltava City km 336+873 Poltava City 0.000014 – km 340+961 Poltava City to km Poltava340+961 0.000008 Krasnograd Motor– km road (R-11) 362+500 Poltavakm Krasnograd Motor362+500 road (R-11) to 0.000006 – km Kharkiv Oblast 395+064 border 0.000006 0.000021 0.000019 0.000087 0.000078 0.000272 0.000245 0.000007 0.000022 0.000020 0.000094 0.000085 0.000286 0.000257 0.000007 0.000022 0.000020 0.000097 0.000087 0.000285 0.000257 0.000012 0.000037 0.000033 0.000179 0.000161 0.000478 0.000430 0.000007 0.000019 0.000017 0.000103 0.000093 0.000247 0.000222 0.000005 0.000015 0.000014 0.000079 0.000071 0.000199 0.000179 22 CxHy, mg/m3 (single MPC: 1.0 мg/m3) M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Motorroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with PyriatynGrebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka Motorroad to start of Lubny detour Lubny detour End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour Khorol detour km 126+160 km 156+600 km 156+600 – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 End of Khorol detour to junction of km (Lubny-Myrgorod- 243+720 Opishnia) - Shy– km shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shykm shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) – km to Dykanka306+628 Reshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with km Dykanka306+628Reshetylivka Mokm torroad (Т-17-21) 336+873 to Poltava City km 336+873 Poltava City – km 340+961 Poltava City to km Poltava340+961 Krasnograd Motor– km road (R-11) 362+500 Poltavakm Krasnograd Motor362+500 road (R-11) to – km Kharkiv Oblast 395+064 border 0.0004 0.0003 0.0011 0.0010 0.0047 0.0043 0.0145 0.0130 0.0004 0.0003 0.0011 0.0010 0.0047 0.0042 0.0144 0.0129 0.0003 0.0003 0.0010 0.0009 0.0040 0.0036 0.0126 0.0113 0.0003 0.0003 0.0011 0.0010 0.0044 0.0039 0.0137 0.0123 0.0003 0.0003 0.0010 0.0009 0.0041 0.0036 0.0131 0.0118 0.0003 0.0003 0.0011 0.0009 0.0043 0.0039 0.0136 0.0122 0.0004 0.0003 0.0011 0.0010 0.0047 0.0042 0.0143 0.0129 0.0004 0.0003 0.0011 0.0010 0.0048 0.0043 0.0143 0.0128 0.0007 0.0006 0.0018 0.0017 0.0089 0.0081 0.0239 0.0215 0.0004 0.0004 0.0010 0.0009 0.0052 0.0046 0.0123 0.0111 0.0003 0.0003 0.0008 0.0007 0.0039 0.0035 0.0100 0.0090 0.1580 0.5354 0.4819 Carbon black, μg/m3 (single MPC: 300 μg/m3) M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Mo- km 126+160 - 0.0136 0.0122 0.0415 0.0373 0.1756 23 torroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with PyriatynGrebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka Motorroad to start of Lubny detour Lubny detour End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour Khorol detour km 156+600 km 156+600 – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 End of Khorol detour to junction of km (Lubny-Myrgorod- 243+720 Opishnia) - Shy– km shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shykm shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) – km to Dykanka306+628 Reshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with km Dykanka306+628Reshetylivka Mokm torroad (Т-17-21) 336+873 to Poltava City km 336+873 Poltava City – km 340+961 Poltava City to km Poltava340+961 Krasnograd Motor– km road (R-11) 362+500 Poltavakm Krasnograd Motor362+500 road (R-11) to – km Kharkiv Oblast 395+064 border 0.0134 0.0120 0.0411 0.0370 0.1725 0.1552 0.5310 0.4779 0.0116 0.0104 0.0361 0.0325 0.1496 0.1346 0.4659 0.4193 0.0125 0.0112 0.0392 0.0353 0.1613 0.1452 0.5065 0.4559 0.0116 0.0104 0.0374 0.0337 0.1499 0.1349 0.4834 0.4350 0.0124 0.0112 0.0390 0.0351 0.1606 0.1446 0.5032 0.4529 0.0135 0.0122 0.0409 0.0368 0.1744 0.1569 0.5283 0.4755 0.0138 0.0125 0.0409 0.0368 0.1787 0.1609 0.5278 0.4750 0.0256 0.0231 0.0684 0.0616 0.3310 0.2979 0.8836 0.7952 0.0148 0.0133 0.0353 0.0318 0.1907 0.1717 0.4562 0.4106 0.0113 0.0102 0.0286 0.0257 0.1459 0.1313 0.3689 0.3320 Benzpyrene, μg/m3 (average daily MPC: 0.001 μg/m3) M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Motorroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with Pyriatyn- km 126+160 - 0.0000009 0.0000008 0.0000028 0.0000025 0.0000118 0.0000106 0.0000361 0.0000325 km 2 3 0 2 6 8 7 6 156+600 24 Grebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka Motorroad to start of Lubny detour Lubny detour End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour Khorol detour km 156+600 – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 0.0000009 0.0000008 0.0000027 0.0000025 0.0000116 0.0000104 0.0000358 0.0000322 0 1 8 0 5 9 8 9 0.0000007 0.0000007 0.0000024 0.0000021 0.0000101 0.0000091 0.0000314 0.0000283 8 0 4 9 1 0 8 3 0.0000008 0.0000007 0.0000026 0.0000023 0.0000109 0.0000098 0.0000342 0.0000308 4 6 5 9 0 1 2 0 0.0000007 0.0000007 0.0000025 0.0000022 0.0000101 0.0000091 0.0000326 0.0000293 8 1 3 8 3 1 6 9 End of Khorol detour to junction of km (Lubny-Myrgorod- 243+720 0.0000008 0.0000007 0.0000026 0.0000023 0.0000108 0.0000097 0.0000340 0.0000306 Opishnia) - Shy– km 4 6 3 7 5 7 0 0 shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shykm shaky-Podil Mo286+285 0.0000009 0.0000008 0.0000027 0.0000024 0.0000117 0.0000106 0.0000357 0.0000321 torroad (Т-17-20) – km 1 2 7 9 8 0 0 3 to Dykanka306+628 Reshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with km Dykanka306+628- 0.0000009 0.0000008 0.0000027 0.0000024 0.0000120 0.0000108 0.0000356 0.0000320 Reshetylivka Mokm 4 4 6 9 8 7 6 9 torroad (Т-17-21) 336+873 to Poltava City km 336+873 0.0000017 0.0000015 0.0000046 0.0000041 0.0000223 0.0000201 0.0000597 0.0000537 Poltava City – km 3 6 2 6 7 3 0 3 340+961 Poltava City to km Poltava340+961 0.0000010 0.0000009 0.0000023 0.0000021 0.0000128 0.0000116 0.0000308 0.0000277 Krasnograd Motor– km 0 0 9 5 9 0 3 4 road (R-11) 362+500 Poltavakm Krasnograd Motor362+500 0.0000007 0.0000006 0.0000019 0.0000017 0.0000098 0.0000088 0.0000249 0.0000224 road (R-11) to – km 6 9 3 4 6 7 3 3 Kharkiv Oblast 395+064 border Pb (intensity of atmospheric emission), μg/m3 (single MPC: 1.0 μg/m3) M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Motorroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with PyriatynGrebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka km 126+160 km 156+600 0.0026 0.0024 0.0081 0.0073 0.0342 0.0308 0.1042 0.0938 km 156+600 0.0026 0.0023 0.0080 0.0072 0.0336 0.0302 0.1033 0.0930 25 Motorroad to start of Lubny detour Lubny detour End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour Khorol detour – km 192+100 km 192+100 – km 207+100 km 207+100 – km 235+840 km 235+840 – km 243+720 End of Khorol detour to junction of km (Lubny-Myrgorod- 243+720 Opishnia) - Shy– km shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shykm shaky-Podil Mo286+285 torroad (Т-17-20) – km to Dykanka306+628 Reshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with km Dykanka306+628Reshetylivka Mokm torroad (Т-17-21) 336+873 to Poltava City km 336+873 Poltava City – km 340+961 Poltava City to km Poltava340+961 Krasnograd Motor– km road (R-11) 362+500 Poltavakm Krasnograd Motor362+500 road (R-11) to – km Kharkiv Oblast 395+064 border 0.0023 0.0020 0.0070 0.0063 0.0291 0.0262 0.0907 0.0816 0.0024 0.0022 0.0076 0.0069 0.0314 0.0282 0.0986 0.0887 0.0023 0.0020 0.0073 0.0066 0.0292 0.0262 0.0941 0.0847 0.0024 0.0022 0.0076 0.0068 0.0313 0.0281 0.0979 0.0881 0.0026 0.0024 0.0080 0.0072 0.0339 0.0305 0.1028 0.0925 0.0027 0.0024 0.0080 0.0072 0.0348 0.0313 0.1027 0.0924 0.0050 0.0045 0.0133 0.0120 0.0644 0.0580 0.1719 0.1547 0.0029 0.0026 0.0069 0.0062 0.0371 0.0334 0.0888 0.0799 0.0022 0.0020 0.0056 0.0050 0.0284 0.0256 0.0718 0.0646 * - The estimates are made without taking into account any natural (relief, plants) and artificial (buildings) obstacles in the way of emissions. Therefore, the estimates show that during the next 20 years emissions will grow (with the growth of traffic concentration), but they will not reach the MPC, be it with or without rehabilitation. It is also obvious that all the emissions will be lower if the rehabilitation is performed than if it is not. In adverse weather conditions (calm, low inversions, etc.) concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere of roadside plots may rise above the estimated mean values. The estimates of noise load caused by the traffic flow on the designed road were made by means of specialized software. The input parameters of estimates are described in the previous section. 26 Averaged predictive estimates of noise intensity in Kyiv Oblast: Noise, decibel (permissible equivalent level for inhabited area: 55 decibel)* at the border of affected area (3,000 m) 2006 Section of Road End of Boryspil detour (R-03) to junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad Junction of Zgurivka-Berezan Motorroad to road towards Yagotyn Road towards Yagotyn to Poltava Oblast border without rehabilitation at the border of safety buffer zone (300 m) 2026 after rehabilitation without rehabilitation 45.2 42.7 44.7 44.3 2006 after rehabilitation without rehabilitation 54.2 46.7 42.2 53.9 41.8 53.6 2026 after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation 56.5 54.0 65.5 58.0 46.4 56.0 53.5 65.1 57.6 46.1 55.6 53.1 64.8 57.3 Averaged predictive estimates of noise intensity in Poltava Oblast: Noise, decibel (permissible equivalent level for inhabited area: 55 decibel)* at the border of affected area (3,000 m) 2006 Section of Road after rehabilitation without rehabilitation 44.3 41.8 44.2 Lubny detour 2006 after rehabilitation without rehabilitation 53.6 46.1 41.7 53.5 43.7 41.2 End of Lubny detour to start of Khorol detour 44.0 Khorol detour M-03 – DrabivZolotonosha Motorroad (Т-24-15) (Kyiv Oblast border) to crossing with PyriatynGrebinka Motorroad Crossing with Pyriatyn-Grebinka Motorroad to start of Lubny detour End of Khorol detour to junction of (LubnyMyrgorodOpishnia) - Shyshaky-Podil Motorroad (Т-17-20) Junction of (Lubny-MyrgorodOpishnia) - Shyshaky-Podil Mo- without rehabilitation at the border of safety buffer zone (300 m) 2026 2026 after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation 55.6 53.1 64.8 57.3 46.0 55.5 53.0 64.8 57.3 53.0 45.5 54.9 52.4 64.3 56.8 41.5 53.4 45.9 55.2 52.7 64.6 57.1 43.7 41.2 53.2 45.7 55.0 52.5 64.4 56.9 44.0 41.5 53.3 45.8 55.2 52.7 64.6 57.1 44.3 41.8 53.5 46.0 55.5 53.0 64.8 57.3 27 torroad (Т-17-20) to DykankaReshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) Crossing with DykankaReshetylivka Motorroad (Т-17-21) to Poltava City Poltava City Poltava City to PoltavaKrasnograd Motorroad (R-11) PoltavaKrasnograd Motorroad (R-11) to Kharkiv Oblast border 44.4 41.9 53.5 46.0 55.6 53.1 64.8 57.3 46.7 44.2 55.5 48.0 58.0 55.5 66.7 59.2 44.6 42.1 53.0 45.5 55.9 53.4 64.2 56.7 43.6 41.1 52.1 44.6 54.9 52.4 63.4 55.9 * - The estimates are made without taking into account any natural (relief, plants) and artificial (buildings) obstacles in the way of noise. As we can see from the estimates, in 2026, if the traffic concentration corresponds to the predictions and if no special noise protection is applied (noise screens, forest shelter belts, etc.), the levels of acoustic load at the border of safety buffer zone will exceed the MPC (55 decibel) to some extent. The noise levels will be lower if the rehabilitation is performed than if it is not. It is noteworthy that the settlements along the road are mostly rural-type developments established quite long ago. The survey revealed that actually all the homesteads near the road have natural protection against noise, such as perennial plants (fruit- and other trees). Therefore, the actual noise levels will be quite lower than the estimated ones. Moreover, the outskirts of settlements located at a distance of less than 100 m from the road must have additional protection in a form three-row forest shelter belt with several rows of bushes. Noise barrier panels will be installed in the places specified in the design. Such system of protection will allow to reduce noise nuisance of the road to the limits permissible by the sanitary code. Ivankiv Bziv Borshchiv Berezan Semenivka Boryspil 9.19457 3.46603 1.84954 36.3423 3.21992 Distance from the beginning of road, m Area, km2 Settlement Rayon The table below includes estimated noise intensity at the borders of developed areas in Kyiv Oblast settlements with the specified places of obligatory noise-protection measures: 600 13,500 25,100 31,300 37,000 2006 2026 at the border of developed area without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation 61.4 60.8 61.4 61.4 60.9 58.9 58.3 58.9 58.9 58.4 70.4 69.8 70.4 70.4 70.1 62.9 62.3 62.9 62.9 62.6 28 70.0 60.9 58.4 70.1 56,100 60.9 58.4 70.1 58,400 55.2 52.7 64.3 58,800 59.9 57.4 69.2 72,700 Installation of noise screens – reduction of noise to 30 decibel 59.0 Protective green plantations (forest shelter belts: 3-4 rows of trees with bushes) – reduction of noise by 8-10 decibel 2.45766 8.62092 4.62062 3.29562 Yagotyn Panfyly Yagotyn Nychyporivka Bogdanivka * 62.6 62.6 56.8 61.7 1 Olexiyivka 9 10 11 14 16 22 29 31 36 Victoria Olexandrivka Mohylivshchyna Pyriatyn Velyka Krucha Vyly Лубни Vilshanka Voinykha Pokrovska Bagachka Nastasivka Kovtuny Lobkova Balka Khorol Vyshniaky Chapayivka Shyroke Sydorivshchyna Morozivshchyna Krasnogorivka Bilotserkivka Konoplianka Podil Lobachi Glyboka Balka Reshetylivka Nova Dykanka Tsyganske Karpusi Abazivka Myltsi Govtvianchyk 44 45 47 52 57 61 72 77 81 83 85 87 92 93 96 100 103 113 115 122 124 134 137 Pyriatyn Lubny Khorol Reshetylivka Distance from the beginning of road, m Area, km2 Rayon Grebinka Velyka Bagachka Settlement Poltava L/I The table below includes estimated noise intensity at the borders of developed areas in Poltava Oblast settlements with the specified places of obligatory noise-protection measures: 2006 2026 at the border of developed area without rehabilitation after rehabilitation without rehabilitation after rehabilitation 2.47008 87,800 60.5 58.0 69.8 62.3 1.52891 0.835162 0.250748 9.64031 2.34882 0.514207 21.6658 1.58223 1.08804 94,100 101,400 104,000 113,000 115,900 138,800 151,400 154,800 165,300 56.2 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.4 60.4 54.2 59.9 60.2 53.7 58.0 58.0 58.0 57.9 57.9 51.7 57.4 57.7 65.4 69.8 69.8 69.8 69.7 69.7 63.5 69.2 69.6 57.9 62.3 62.3 62.3 62.2 62.2 56.0 61.7 62.1 4.04123 177,900 60.2 57.7 69.6 62.1 0.79673 1.37346 0.868585 12.449841 3.75246 1.670900 0.580100 0.596820 0.633754 2.109023 4.769026 0.582707 3.107003 1.958733 2.419821 10.717196 0.764894 0.936365 0.766161 1.732628 2.837861 0.153447 181,200 184,300 186,700 193,400 198,500 215,000 220,700 227,700 229,500 231,100 233,500 239,800 241,100 248,400 253,500 259,600 269,200 273,700 277,700 278,900 287,600 289,800 60.2 60.2 60.2 59.9 54.4 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.6 60.6 56.2 60.6 62.9 60.2 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.4 51.9 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.1 58.1 53.7 58.1 60.4 57.7 69.6 69.6 69.6 69.4 63.8 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.7 69.7 69.7 69.7 69.7 65.4 69.7 71.7 69.0 62.1 62.1 62.1 61.9 56.3 62.0 62.0 62.0 62.0 62.0 62.0 62.0 62.0 62.2 62.2 62.2 62.2 62.2 57.9 62.2 64.2 61.5 29 138 140 145 146 148 158 165 169 170 173 175 Gorbanivka Poltava Nyzhni Mlyny Kopyly Tereshky Davydivka Male Ladyzhyne Zelenkivka Voinivka Chutove Novofedorivka Chutove * 70.0 59.0 0.585691 77.131748 0.710739 1.285953 2.006194 0.600306 291,200 294,500 297,800 299,500 300,000 308,000 62.9 62.9 62.9 62.9 58.6 55.1 60.4 60.4 60.4 60.4 56.1 52.6 71.7 71.7 71.7 71.7 67.4 63.4 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 59.9 55.9 0.951129 320,000 59.8 57.3 68.3 60.8 2.947691 329,700 59.8 57.3 68.3 1.984649 331,700 59.8 57.3 68.3 2.220956 336,800 59.8 57.3 68.3 10.281613 341,900 59.8 57.3 68.3 Installation of noise screens – reduction of noise to 30 decibel 60.8 60.8 60.8 60.8 Protective green plantations (forest shelter belts: 3-4 rows of trees with bushes) – reduction of noise by 8-10 decibel In accordance with the current standards (VBN В.2.3-218-007-98), the right-of-way shall be 30 m for Category I roads. Within the right-of-way, sanitary standards of environmental pollution are always exceeded and any agricultural activity is excluded. The design parameters of pollution in the right-of-way at different predictive volumes of traffic at present and in 20 years show that noise and pollution of air and ground with lead compounds may exceed the MPC (average daily and single). Emissions within the right-of-way in Kyiv Oblast: Density of Traffic, conditional vehicle/day 2006 CO, mg/m3 Traffic Noise, decibel 2006 prognosis for 2026 2006 prognosis for 2026 3 Noise exposure equivalent limit for inhabited MPC: 5.0 mg/m (single); 3 mg/m3 (avarea: 55 decibel (day), 45 decibel (night) erage daily). Hazard Class: 4 16,270 46,850 0.1580 0.4549 63.4 72.5 14,450 42,660 0.1403 0.4142 63.0 72.1 12,900 39,220 0.1253 0.3808 62.6 71.8 3 3 3 NOx, mg/m SO2, mg/m CxHy, mg/m prognosis for prognosis for 2006 2006 prognosis for 2026 2006 2026 2026 3 3 3 MPC: 0.085 mg/m (single); 0.04 mg/m MPC: 0.15 (single); 0.05 mg/m (averMPC (single) – 1.0 mg/m3. (average daily). Hazard Class: 2 age daily). Hazard Class: 3 Hazard Class: 4 0.010532 0.030327 0.000527 0.001516 0.02633 0.07582 0.009354 0.027615 0.000468 0.001381 0.02338 0.06904 0.008350 0.025388 0.000418 0.001269 0.02088 0.06347 prognosis for 2026 Carbon black, μg/m3 prognosis for 2026 MPC: 150 μg/m3 (single); 50 μg/m3 (average daily). Hazard Class: 3 0.9742 2.8053 0.8652 2.5544 0.7724 2.3484 2006 Benzpyrene, μg/m3 prognosis for 2026 MPC (average daily) – 0.001 μg/m3. Hazard Class: 1 0.00015892 0.00045763 0.00014115 0.00041670 0.00012601 0.00038310 2006 Atmospheric emission of solid Pb, mg / m x day Pb (intensity of atmospheric emission), μg/m3 2006 prognosis for 2026 MPC: 1.0 μg/m3 (single); 0.3 μg/m3 (average daily). Hazard Class: 1 0.18957 0.54588 0.16837 0.49706 0.15031 0.45698 Pb in ground (due to road operation during next 20 years), mg/kg 30 2006 prognosis for 2026 0.154 0.137 0.122 0.444 0.404 0.371 prognosis for 2026 MPC: 32 mg/kg 116.128 105.071 95.890 In Poltava Oblast: Density of Traffic, conditional vehicle/day CO, mg/m3 Traffic Noise, decibel 2006 prognosis for 2026 prognosis for 2026 Noise exposure equivalent limit for inhabited area: 55 decibel (day), 45 decibel (night) 39,300 62.6 71.8 38,980 62.5 71.8 34,200 61.9 71.3 37,180 63.8 72.2 35,480 61.9 71.4 36,940 62.2 71.6 38,780 62.5 71.8 38,740 62.6 71.8 64,860 65.0 73.7 33,490 62.9 71.2 27,080 61.8 70.4 2006 12,890 12,660 10,980 11,840 11,000 11,790 12,800 13,120 24,300 14,000 10,710 NOx, mg/m3 2006 MPC: 5.0 mg/m3 (single); 3 mg/m3 (average daily). Hazard Class: 4 0.1252 0.3816 0.1229 0.3785 0.1066 0.3321 0.1745 0.4173 0.1068 0.3445 0.1145 0.3587 0.1243 0.3765 0.1274 0.3762 0.2359 0.6298 0.1359 0.3252 0.1040 0.2629 SO2, mg/m3 prognosis for 2026 MPC: 0.085 mg/m3 (single); 0.04 mg/m3 (average daily). Hazard Class: 2 0.008344 0.025440 0.008195 0.025232 0.007108 0.022138 2006 CxHy, mg/m3 prognosis for 2026 2006 prognosis for 2026 MPC: 0.15 (single); 0.05 mg/m3 (average daily). Hazard Class: 3 prognosis for 2026 2006 MPC (single) – 1.0 mg/m3. Hazard Class: 4 0.000417 0.000410 0.000355 0.001272 0.001262 0.001107 0.02086 0.02049 0.01777 0.06360 0.06308 0.05535 0.011632 0.027822 0.000582 0.001391 0.02908 0.06955 0.007120 0.022967 0.000356 0.001148 0.01780 0.05742 0.007632 0.023912 0.000382 0.001196 0.01908 0.05978 0.008286 0.008493 0.015730 0.025103 0.025077 0.041985 0.000414 0.000425 0.000786 0.001255 0.001254 0.002099 0.02071 0.02123 0.03932 0.06276 0.06269 0.10496 0.009062 0.021679 0.000453 0.001084 0.02266 0.05420 0.006933 0.017529 0.000347 0.000876 0.01733 0.04382 Carbon black, μg/m3 2006 prognosis for 2026 MPC: 150 μg/m3 (single); 50 μg/m3 (average daily). Hazard Class: 3 Benzpyrene, μg/m3 2006 prognosis for 2026 MPC (average daily) – 0.001 μg/m3. Hazard Class: 1 Pb (intensity of atmospheric emission), μg/m3 2006 prognosis for 2026 MPC: 1.0 μg/m3 (single); 0.3 μg/m3 (average daily). Hazard Class: 1 31 0.7718 0.7580 0.6575 2.3532 2.3340 2.0478 0.00012591 0.00012366 0.00010725 0.00038388 0.00038075 0.00033406 0.15019 0.14751 0.12794 0.45791 0.45418 0.39849 1.0760 2.5735 0.00017553 0.00041983 0.20938 0.50079 0.6587 2.1244 0.00010745 0.00034657 0.12817 0.41340 0.7060 2.2119 0.00011516 0.00036083 0.13737 0.43041 0.7664 0.7856 1.4550 2.3220 2.3196 3.8836 0.00012503 0.00012816 0.00023736 0.00037880 0.00037841 0.00063355 0.14914 0.15287 0.28314 0.45185 0.45139 0.75573 0.8383 2.0053 0.00013675 0.00032713 0.16312 0.39022 0.6413 1.6215 0.00010461 0.00026452 0.12479 0.31553 Atmospheric emission of solid Pb, mg / m x day 2006 prognosis for 2026 Pb in ground (due to road operation during next 20 years), mg/kg prognosis for 2026 MPC: 32 mg/kg 0.122 0.120 0.104 0.372 0.369 0.324 96.019 95.007 83.122 0.170 0.407 112.136 0.104 0.336 85.514 0.112 0.350 89.653 0.121 0.124 0.230 0.367 0.367 0.614 94.897 95.412 164.036 0.133 0.317 87.372 0.101 0.256 69.526 The accepted design approaches include the following measures for prevention of landslips and ablation along all the road: 1. Leveling of roadside territory within the right-of-way, which allows to prevent stagnation of surface water. 2. Installation of culverts in low places with transverse gradient. 3. Strengthening of the surface drainage system (water channels, chutes, ditches, etc.) in order to prevent scour and infiltration of ground water. 4. Damp-course and reinforcement of water-storage grounds near inlets and outlets of the culverts. 5. Selection of a proper opening for the culvert to ensure free flow. 6. Installation of slopes with appropriate angles of dip, taking into account their height and composition of the ground. 7. Installation of lateral drainage on landslide-prone sections (on the slopes and in the places with close groundwater). Potential impacts on surface water from rehabilitation and operation of the motorroad: 1) Ingress of contamination into water bodies from the pavement surface. Possible negative impact: additional pollution of surface water. 32 2) Disruption of hydraulic conditions of water flow at cross-section wih the motorroad due to constriction of water course bottomlands with road embankments and drainage structures. Posible negative impacts: a) increased velocities of water flows and more intensive erosive processes; b) disruption of natural state of water levels and overdrying or overwetting of the territories in the headrace canals of drainage structures and water checks. 3) Disruption of conditions of surface flow formation. Possible negative impacts: more intensive erosive processes and less stable slopes. Estimated concentrations of pollutants in surface flows from the motorroad in Kyiv Oblast: Catchment area, Length of road in en- including Category I including Category ІІ km2 catchment, km (15 m wide), km (7.5 m wide), km River, basin the Trubizh + the Oster 5,698.03 the Trubizh 39.650 39.650 0.000 2,276.12 39.650 39.650 0.000 the Nedra 1,035.62 15.630 15.630 0.000 the Supiy 528.883 22.830 22.830 0.000 (continued) Area of road in encatchment, km2 0.5948 0.5948 0.2345 0.3425 Dilution factor 0.0001044 0.0002613 0.0002264 0.0006475 Pollutants washed off the roadway, concentration in the water course, g/m3 Chemical Biological oxySuspensions oxygen demand gen demand -5 Petrochemicals (COD) (BOD-5) 0.15657 0.05219 0.00783 0.00125 0.39195 0.13065 0.01960 0.00314 0.33958 0.11319 0.01698 0.00272 0.97125 0.32375 0.04856 0.00777 (end) Annual rainwater flow quantity from the basin, m3 Annual layer Runoff Flow quantity, of precipitacoefficient thousand m3 tions, mm 550 0.09 282,052.49 550 0.09 112,667.94 550 0.09 51,263.19 550 0.09 26,179.71 Annual discharge of pollutants from the roadway, t/year Suspensions COD BOD-5 Petrochemicals 44.16 44.16 17.41 25.43 14.72 14.72 5.80 8.48 2.21 2.21 0.87 1.27 0.35 0.35 0.14 0.20 In Poltava Oblast: River, basin Catchment area, Length of road in en- including Category I including Category ІІ km2 catchment, km (15 m wide), km (7.5 m wide), km the Gnyla Orzhytsia 549.302 34.030 34.030 0.000 the Sula 14,272.24 75.060 75.060 0.000 the Khorol 2,634.03 40.700 40.700 0.000 the Psel 9,814.33 46.900 46.900 0.000 the Vorskla 11,019.65 71.420 71.420 0.000 33 the Kolomak 630.962 29.980 29.980 0.000 (continued) Pollutants washed off the roadway, concentration in the water course, g/m3 Area of road in encatchment, km2 Dilution factor Suspensions COD BOD-5 Petrochemicals 0.5105 1,1259 0.6105 0.7035 1,0713 0.4497 0.0009293 0.0000789 0.0002318 0.0000717 0.0000972 0.0007127 1,39391 0.11833 0.34766 0.10752 0.14583 1,06908 0.46464 0.03944 0.11589 0.03584 0.04861 0.35636 0.06970 0.00592 0.01738 0.00538 0.00729 0.05345 0.01115 0.00095 0.00278 0.00086 0.00117 0.00855 (end) Annual rainwater flow quantity from the basin, m3 Annual layer Runoff Flow quantity, of precipitacoefficient thousand m3 tions, mm 525 525 525 525 525 525 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 43,257.53 1,123,938.90 207,429.86 772,878.49 867,797.44 49,688.26 Annual discharge of pollutants from the roadway, t/year Suspensions COD BOD-5 Petrochemicals 60.30 133.00 72.12 83.10 126.55 53.12 20.10 44.33 24.04 27.70 42.18 17.71 3.01 6.65 3.61 4.16 6.33 2.66 0.48 1.06 0.58 0.66 1.01 0.42 The aforesaid estimation of impact on surface water is conservative, because it does not take into account the designed measures for water treatment at treatment facilities. Therefore, excess of the MPC is not expected even under strict regulation of pollutional load in wastewater. The Feasibility Study includes design of treatment facilities described in the respective sections for drainage of water to the areas located beyond water protection zones and its treatment. Besides, a scheme of bioengineering treatment facilities (bioplato) is developed for water treatment as a separate volume of the design. Such facilities use microorganisms for biochemical degradation of organic matters. 5. DESCRIPTION OF SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Kyiv Oblast is located in the northern part of Ukraine, in the basin of the Dnipro River. In terms of political subdivision, Kyiv Oblast includes 25 rayons. The area is 28.4 thousand km2 (4.7% of Ukraine’s area). Population: 1,808.3 thousand persons (3.7% of Ukraine’s residents). Boryspil Rayon. Area: about 1,460 sq. km, 43 settlements, 53,485 residents. Baryshivka Rayon. Area: 957.6 sq. km (3.46% of the oblast area), 38 settlements, 41.5 thousand residents. Yagotyn Rayon. Area: 793.3 sq. km (2.8% of the oblast area). 34 Poltava Oblast is located on the left bank in the middle Dnipro River and covers the area of 28.8 thousand sq. km. Pyriatyn Rayon. Area: 863.5 sq. km, population: 36.6 thousand persons. Lubny Rayon. Area: 1,378 sq. km, population: 40.8 thousand persons. Khorol Rayon. Area: 1,062.33 sq. km. Velyka Bagachka Rayon. Area: 1,044 sq. km, population: 31.3 thousand persons. Poltava Rayon. Area: 1,259.89 sq. km (4.4% of the oblast area). Population: 66,850 persons. Reshetylivka Rayon. Area: 1,001 sq. km. Chutove Rayon. Area: 861 sq. km, population: 27.1 thousand persons. The area affected by the road in Kyiv Oblast includes 30 settlements with 14.4 thousand residents. The affected area in Poltava Oblast includes 178 settlements with about 550 thousand residents. Parameters of settlements in the area affected by M-03 Motorroad: Kyiv Oblast: Ivankiv Liubartsi Bziv Selychivka Ustynkova Greblia Shovkove Voloshynivka Borshchiv Berezan Semenivka Leliaky Khmeliovyk 13 Kozliv 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Zhovtneve Grygorivka Somkova Dolyna Radianske Panfyly Panfyly Yagotyn Nychyporivka Nychyporivka Yagotyn Yagotyn Voronivshchyna Rayon Boryspil 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Settlement PereyaslavKhmelnitskiy Yagotyn PereyaslavKhmelnitskiy Yagotyn L/I 9.19457 9.49246 3.46603 1.93197 0.249834 0.488635 1.83329 1.84954 36.3423 3.21992 2.93881 1.36394 360 390 500 250 260 3,000 160 340 590 2,100 510 330 Distance from the beginning of road, m 600 10,100 13,500 16,700 19,500 20,000 21,300 25,100 31,300 37,000 38,700 40,500 3.72468 940 41,900 1,120-1,650 7.02109 0.44238 2.05799 0.418191 2.45766 0.141071 8.62092 4.62062 0.189423 0.645171 0.252105 0.644359 680 2,000 60 280 100 30 110 70 30 50 510 80 44,700 48,700 50,000 52,600 56,100 56,300 58,400 58,800 60,800 62,600 63,100 63,700 530-770 1,650-2,440 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 less than 50 1,650-2,440 less than 50 180-260 530-770 over 2,440 1,650-2,440 370-530 Area, km2 Number of residents Distance from the road, m less than 50 over 2,440 50-70 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 370-530 less than 50 less than 50 less than 50 770-1120 over 2,440 35 26 27 28 29 30 Dvirkivshchyna Cherniakhivka Cherniakhivka Koptevychivka Bogdanivka 0.77692 4.38463 0.592058 1.75932 3.29562 Total: 270 40 230 80 50 14,400 64,600 67,600 70,200 71,300 72,700 1,120-1,650 260-379 1,120-1,650 530-770 50-70 Poltava Oblast: L/I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Settlement Teplivla Olexiyivka Natalivka Arkhemivka Maliutyntsi Victoria Olexandrivka Mohylivshchyna Verkhoyarivka Rivna Pyriatyn Tarasivka Mala Krucha Velyka Krucha Novoselivka Ulianovka Povstyn Karpylivka Ivanivka Stepuri Bogodarivka Vyly Gubske Ostapivka Tarandyntsi Pyshne Vyshchyi Bulatets Novaky Lubny Klepachi Vilshanka Mgar Pisky Zasullia Solonytsia Voinykha Kupyevakha Nazarivka Ivantsi 2 Rayon Area, km Pyriatyn 2.68333 Grebinka Pyriatyn Grebinka Pyriatyn Grebinka Pyriatyn Lubny Orzhytsia Lubny Khorol 2.47008 0.922789 0.399791 3.1706 1.52891 0.835162 0.250748 0.75649 0.669609 9.64031 4.71729 0.518922 2.34882 0.185012 1.1353 1.67188 1.79351 0.524312 0.450987 0.810544 0.514207 2.73838 2.47958 1.97591 0.606063 2.11119 3.54543 21.6658 2.1148 1.58223 1.47435 1.9663 2.90619 2.96598 1.08804 0.226593 0.637729 0.492924 Number of residents Distance from the beginning of road, m 490 85,300 1,120-1,650 30 580 3,000 190 200 200 50 319 1,268 10,100 700 290 1,330 846 3,600 1,900 1,800 880 1,700 170 350 220 1,300 190 4,400 540 710 80 790 90 70 270 1,800 10 320 510 120 950 87,800 88,400 89,300 89,300 94,100 101,400 104,000 106,500 106,600 113,000 114,000 114,500 115,900 119,600 120,900 124,400 126,300 130,700 138,500 138,500 138,800 139,200 141,000 141,700 142,300 146,000 149,300 151,400 151,500 154,800 158,800 160,600 161,900 162,400 165,300 165,400 169,100 173,900 less than 50 over 2,440 770-1,120 770-1,120 130-180 less than 50 less than 50 1,650-2,440 1,650-2,440 less than 50 over 2,440 770-1,120 less than 50 1,650-2,440 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 1,120-1,650 530-770 1,120-1,650 over 2,440 less than 50 over 2,440 1,650-2,440 1,650-2,440 less than 50 1,120-1,650 370-530 180-260 770-1,120 less than 50 530-770 1,120-1,650 770-1,120 770-1,120 less than 50 770-1,120 530-770 770-1,120 Distance from the road, m 36 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 Krevelivka Zaporozhchyne Totchyne Shynkivshchyna Pokrovska Bagachka Nastasivka Bochky Kovtuny Vazhnyna Dolyna Shtompelivka Pavlivka Padusi Lobkova Balka Lisianshchyna Stavky Radky Glyboka Dolyna Khorol Prystan Popivka Mala Popivka Vyshniaky Kostiuky Demyna Balka Verbyne Pavlenky Novoivanivka Roplianske Yalosovetske Chervone Lagodivka Brygadyrivka Chapayevka Semenivka Radyvonivka Pushkareve Bagachka Persha Shyroke Mostovivshchyna Stefanivshchyna Vyshari Sydorivshchyna Shyposhi Morozivshchyna Dziubivshchyna Krasnogorivka Gerusivka Bilotserkivka Lugove Birky Balandy Ogyrivka Konoplianka Podil Lubny Khorol Lubny Khorol Velyka Bagachka 0.56376 0.371857 0.350846 0.653348 4.04123 0.79673 0.924928 1.37346 0.270148 1.19893 1.2723 0.438894 0.868585 0.103153 0.350139 0.897135 0.612057 12.4498 0.680092 1.93281 0.728908 3.75246 0.677176 0.948551 1.12979 0.495554 3.28986 0.212775 2.42041 0.499029 0.89815 2.23764 1.6709 1.27816 2.69959 1.09196 1.44034 0.5801 1.92677 0.910384 0.464803 0.59682 0.165788 0.633754 0.798442 2.10902 0.310568 4.76903 0.744542 1.30065 0.333283 3.77931 0.582707 3.107 1,370 940 210 810 3,500 1,860 40 0 0 140 200 370 360 320 90 60 60 50 150 310 70 100 140 200 40 70 130 60 150 40 90 120 150 70 110 110 320 110 100 730 80 90 150 130 80 90 270 60 200 160 180 170 1,000 200 174,500 175,000 175,300 176,000 177,900 181,200 183,200 184,300 184,800 184,800 185,800 186,400 186,700 186,800 187,300 189,700 192,600 193,400 194,400 196,500 198,200 198,500 199,300 202,500 203,100 206,100 206,600 207,300 208,200 210,000 210,500 210,700 215,000 215,900 217,400 218,000 219,900 220,700 223,200 226,500 227,600 227,700 228,500 229,500 230,300 231,100 231,800 233,500 233,900 236,100 238,000 238,400 239,800 241,100 1,650-2,440 over 2,440 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 less than 50 less than 50 1,650-2,440 less than 50 1,120-1,650 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 over 2,440 less than 50 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 530-770 1,120-1,650 less than 50 1,120-1,650 770-1,120 370-530 180-260 1,650-2,440 530-770 1,650-2,440 1,120-1,650 260-379 1,120-1,650 260-379 770-1,120 1,650-2,440 530-770 less than 50 over 2,440 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 less than 50 1,120-1,650 770-1,120 1,650-2,440 less than 50 over 2,440 less than 50 1,650-2,440 less than 50 770-1,120 less than 50 1,120-1,650 over 2,440 1,650-2,440 1,650-2,440 less than 50 less than 50 37 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 Krokhmaltsi Lyman Drugyi Lobachi Tryvaily Gryshky Bakay Glyboka Balka Korzhivka Goluby Reshetylivka Khoruzhi Prokopivka Bilokoni Shkurupiyivka Lytvynivka Kukobivka Liutivka Demydivka Dolyna Nova Dykanka Keleberdivka Tsyganske Vasky Kostochky Kirove Gutyrivka Umantsivka Vytivka Karpusi Chervona Dolyna Abazivka Solomakhivka Lavryky Rozhayivka Mazurivka Kovanchyk Ivashky Bayrak Suprunivka Gozhuly Myltsi Shostaky Kuklyntsi Govtvianchyk Gorbanivka Rozsoshentsi Poltava Shcherbani Shmygli Tiutiunnyky Gora Nyzhni Mlyny Kopyly Zintsi Reshetylivka Poltava 0.796324 3.07172 1.95873 0.550594 0.794989 1.45034 2.41982 0.641986 0.6356 10.7172 0.368364 0.91004 1.6692 1.22467 1.3517 1.12315 0.643363 2.54884 0.815856 0.764894 1.14712 0.936365 1.81631 0.530005 1.76787 0.551219 0.22133 1.26736 0.766161 0.255828 1.73263 0.441295 0.433781 0.552949 0.285651 1.16375 2.44568 0.569566 3.4247 3.77876 2.83786 1.53337 0.71482 0.153447 0.585691 2.31532 77.1317 1.97809 0.679321 0.44493 1.19066 0.710739 1.28595 1.14895 3,100 90 110 110 1,100 510 120 860 130 1,700 800 60 310 330 300 10 700 130 570 1,600 1,100 810 560 1,400 100 64 190 80 250 80 300 740 660 630 790 107 368 607 273 5,900 6,200 100 38 47 115 9,800 660,000 18,300 7,500 3,600 3,300 12,800 16,300 1,500 246,800 247,100 248,400 248,900 251,300 252,100 253,500 254,800 255,000 259,600 260,800 261,200 262,800 263,000 264,400 266,200 266,400 267,200 269,100 269,200 272,600 273,700 274,300 274,300 274,600 275,500 275,800 277,500 277,700 278,600 278,900 280,000 280,200 281,600 282,400 283,100 284,600 285,000 286,600 287,100 287,600 288,400 289,100 289,800 291,200 292,100 294,500 295,700 296,500 296,600 297,100 297,800 299,500 300,000 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 less than 50 370-530 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 less than 50 770-1,120 over 2,440 less than 50 1,650-2,440 530-770 1,650-2,440 530-770 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 530-770 1,120-1,650 770-1,120 less than 50 770-1,120 less than 50 1,650-2,440 770-1,120 1,650-2,440 1,650-2,440 over 2,440 530-770 130-180 1,120-1,650 over 50 1,650-2,440 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 1,650-2,440 over 2,440 370-530 1,650-2,440 less than 50 1,650-2,440 less than 50 770-1,120 1,650-2,440 90-130 less than 50 770-1,120 less than 50 1,120-1,650 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 770-1,120 less than 50 less than 50 770-1,120 38 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 Tereshky Makukhivka Mykilske Andrushky Markivka Sosnivka Verkholy Vatsi Grabynivka Kovalivka Davydivka Yizhakivka Zaliznychne Kulykove Dudnykove Stepanivka Velyke Ladyzhyne Male Ladyzhyne Vasylivka Burty Storozhove Zelenkivka Voinivka Vynomynivka Lysycha Novofedorivka Stinka Chutove Kochubeyivka Cherniakivka Verkhni Rivni Nyzhni Rivni Chutove Total: 2.00619 1.05227 1.65981 0.475433 0.693945 0.363431 0.96366 1.11406 0.568601 2.18614 0.600306 0.433659 1.58629 2.44237 1.93885 0.768685 0.599053 0.951129 3.10393 0.46145 2.8268 2.94769 1.98465 0.723018 1.26744 2.22096 1.1377 10.2816 3.0524 3.93491 0.36668 0.913572 110 2,500 15,700 22,800 22,800 300,000 303,100 303,300 303,900 304,200 305,200 305,500 305,900 306,200 307,300 308,000 308,100 309,300 313,000 316,800 317,700 320,000 320,000 322,200 322,600 328,000 329,700 331,700 334,100 335,500 336,800 340,800 341,900 345,400 347,900 348,800 349,700 130-180 1,650-2,440 over 2,440 1,650-2,440 770-1,120 over 2,440 770-1,120 1,650-2,440 770-1,120 1,650-2,440 180-260 260-379 over 2,440 370-530 770-1,120 1,650-2,440 1,650-2,440 less than 50 260-379 over 2,440 1,120-1,650 less than 50 less than 50 1,120-1,650 1,650-2,440 less than 50 1,650-2,440 less than 50 over 2,440 1,650-2,440 over 2,440 260-379 548,132 The estimates show that though a lot of residents will be affected by operation of the road, quite fewer residents will be affected along its route in comparison with other motorways in Ukraine. 6. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT The technological environment in the area affected by the motorroad includes power lines, adjacent local roads, and residential development. The project will have additional impact on civil residential and industrial buildings, above-ground structures, and social organization of the territory (including recreational areas and cultural landscapes) at the stage of rehabilitation due to temporary impairment of the infrastructure and passage and also because of environmental pollution. On the contrary, after the road is commissioned, it will have a positive impact on the technological environment. The world practice shows that motorroads of Category I and II extend their socio-economic impact on hundreds of kilometres and contribute to business activity, investment appeal of the territory, creation of new jobs, etc. 7. MEASURES FOR MAINTENANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 39 - - - - - - The environmental impact of the project will be reduced to noise and air pollution with dust and aerosol emissions from internal-combustion engines. The mitigation measures will include: prevention of landslide and ablation effects (strengthening of surface water drainage systems to prevent washouts and groundwater seepage, installation of a drainage system, and other measures to prevent landslip on safe sections with high water table); reduction of atmospheric emissions (proper control of compliance with work technique and leveling of horizontal alignment in order to ensure steady traffic); noise reduction measures (installation of noise screens and prohibition of pile-driving at night); protection of soil (removal and stockpiling of vegetation soil on specially assigned grounds with its further use for improvement of fertility); reduction of impact on flora and fauna (prohibition to cut trees beyond the borders of zone alloted for rehabilitation of the road and road structures, prohibition to cover with earth the root collars and the trunks of the trees growing near the rehabilitation site, and provision for migration of animals in the places of passages, bridges, overhead roads, culverts, etc.); waste management (regular transportation of building materials in the course of rehabilitation without stockpiling the large lots at the construction sites, temporary stockpiling of building refuse at the construction site in specially assigned places, availability of transportable containers for metal rejects, oiled rags, petrochemicals, etc. at the construction sites, and obligatory removal of building refuse from the construction site with its further utilization); prevention of negative changes in the hydrologic environment (prevention of pollutant ingress into the aquatic environment due to pollution of ground, installation of mimimum number of footings in water courses during rehabilitation of bridges, etc.). Key measures accepted for environmental protection: the road shall be rehabilitated with the maximum use of existing right-of-way; the fertile layer of soil shall be removed along all the road, stockpiled in the right-of-way and then used for consolidation of the roadbed, reclamation of ground-pits, and improvement of low-yield soils in other locations; the culverts are designed to provide for for free flow and fully equipped with chutes for water drainage to protect the ground in the roadside territories against erosion processes; the water courses shall be reinforced with concrete slabs and dashpots near the culvert heads to prevent scour at the points of entry and exit; the pavement structure shall not include toxic materials, either in the carpet, or in the bottom layers; in order to reduce dust formation in cases when vehicles drive down to the verges, the design includes reinforcement of the verges with asphalt coat; the lands disrupted temporarily during construction shall be reclaimed after completion of the construction and returned to their users for further economic activities; Special measures are also planned, including treatment facilities at the sections of active water courses and noise screens on the road near inhabited localities. In the places of animal migration, special biopassages shall be installed in a form of artificial structures: droves, bridges, tunnels, and corrugated-metal pipes. The list of additional design approaches to be taken into account in order to observe the environmental protection requirements during construction of M-03 Motorroad: 1. Provide compensations to and come to agreements with the users of forest plots to be cut down. The size of compensation shall not be lower than the value of material assessment of the green plantations specified in the certificates of inspection. 40 2. In the cases when roadside forest shelter belts are cut down, arrange alternative green plantations in coordination with the State Department of Ecological Resources and, if necessary, with the oblast forestries. 3. On all the bridges, install water drainage from the roadway to treatment facilities: of physical and mechanical treatment, filled with filter medium (fine-grained crushed rock), and bioplato. 8. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS After analyzing the factors of environmental impacts, we have to note that the motorroad will have a negative impact only in its zone of influence (affected zone) and within the limits of minimum atmospheric air pollution. The levels of atmospheric air pollution in the affected zone will not exceed the permissible limits. The estimated impact on surface and ground water is minimal. The system of design approaches to rainwater and meltwater drainage and organization of roadway cutting includes drainage both from the roadway and from the engineering structures. The impact on flora and fauna will be insignificant. No impact is expected on protected areas. In general, if the motorroad is operated properly, the estimated integral impact on most of the environmental components will be insignificant, provided that all the designed protective measures are applied. This project will have explicit positive social outcomes. The impact on technological environment is qualified as positive. Due to better riding qualities of the new road, as compared with the old one, the general effect of rehabilitation is expected to be rather positive than negative. - The residual effects will include: levels of noise, which will not exceed the current maximum permissible limits for inhabited localities, provided that the proposed protective measures are applied; pollutant emissions, which will not exceed the MPC; runoffs from the roadway surface, in which pollutant concentrations will be lower than the MPC and will not have any impact on the water quality in water bodies, provided that protective measures (channeling of the runoffs to treatment facilities) are applied. 9. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM CONSTRUCTION The construction works for rehabilitation of the road and bridgeworks will be performed by the general contractor which will win the tender. The plan is to start the construction works in 2006 and to complete them in 2013. All the materials, their transportation and storage, methods of construction works, and quality assurance of the materials and the construction works shall correspond to the technical specifications included in the tender documents. Provision for occupational safety shall be ensured by the construction management and include, without limitation, the following key measures: - provide personal and collective protective gear (overalls, footwear, goggles, etc.) to all the workers under the effective regulations; communicate the road-building safety code to all the workers; provide the appropriate safety code briefing before commencement of the works; equip the work sites with bright posters on safety codes for respective operations; 41 - arrange for transportation of the workers to their work sites only by the vehicles specially equipped for such purposes; install night-time lighting and appropriate fencing of the work sites; provide amenity premises and structures for building sites in accordance with requirements of normative documents on safety code, industrial sanitation, etc. The contractors shall include the specific engineering decisions on occupational safety and hygiene and sanitary conditions of the workers in the designs of construction works. The fire safety measures shall include the following: - ensure that the workers observe fire safety requirements; develop the schemes of personnel and machinery evacuation and communicate such schemes to the workers; - install fire safety shields with equipment (chemical extinguishers, boxes with dry sand, buckets, spades, gaffs, etc.) at the sites; - equip the premises with fire extinguishers with instructions and placards including the names of persons in charge of fire safety; - assign special places for smoking and equip them with appropriate fire fighting equipment and Smoking Place placards; - provide for possible passage of fire engines to each building and structure and ensure proper maintenance of such passages; Only the personnel familiar with the procedures and briefed on occupational and fire safety shall be admitted to the work. In order to ensure high riding qualities and durability of the road and create appropriate traffic conditions, the construction documentation includes application of state-of-the-art technologies, materials, machines, and mechanisms during adaptation of the road to motorway requirements. The feasibility study includes milling of the existing bituminous concrete pavement, cold recycling technique of pavement layers, and application of geotextiles, synthetic layers, and rubblymastic bituminous concrete. The roadbase layers shall be made of materials reinforced with cement, and the layers of carpet shall be made of bituminous concrete on cementic polymer bituminous material. The design documents include antirust metal fencing. For the engineering structures: - application of Spolimost S weldup damp-course; application of hermetic rubbly-mastic isolation joints; extension of superstructure dimensions with a cast-in-block overhead slab; application of durable antirust zinc-plating and three-coat painting on metal structures, with each layer of paint at least 220 micron thick; anticorrosive protection of concrete surfaces with paints based on acrylic compositions; application of damp-course carpet made of poured (modified) asphalt concrete; application of fine rubbly-mastic bituminous concrete for floors of structures; and application of repair materials based on polymer concrete compositions to renovate concrete surfaces. The main nature-conservative measures at the stage of construction include: - mandatory observation of safety code and occupational safety regulations; separation of dangerous areas and worksites with special multiple-use fencing installation of caution signs and placards in the necessary places; 42 - stockpiling of building materials and structures on the vacant grounds within the right-of-way in order to avoid passage blocking; exclusion of pollution caused by machinery and mechanisms to carriageways of communication roads and the places where ground and building refuse is handled; prevention of technological vehicles from driving beyond the right-of-way; bulk building materials and mixes shall be delivered packed to the construction site, and solutions and concrete shall be transported in concrete haulers; installation of night-time lighting for the passages; exclusion of continuous idling operation of vehicle and machinery engines; disposal of building refuse, garbage, and ground in strict compliance with the permissions obtained in accordance with the established procedures; control of engineering equipment, mechanisms and machinery operation, prompt repair and prevention of defective mechanisms from operation; prohibition to cut down trees beyond the strip allotted for construction of the road and road structures; strict compliance with effective fire safety norms and regulations; the garbage shall be localized and then removed in a centralized way by a specialized organization. The following measures shall be ensured: regular transporting of building materials in the course of works, without stockpiling of their large lots at the construction sites; temporary stockpiling of building refuse in specially assigned places at the construction sites; availablility of transportable containers for metal waste, oiled rags, petrochemicals, etc. 43