Indonesia: Support for the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road (Cinto Kenang to Sentjalang) Project

DESCRIPTION

The proposed MCDF grant will facilitate active collaboration between the Government of Indonesia and AIIB in undertaking high-quality project preparation in the context of AIIB’s proposed investment in the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) (Cinto Kenang to Sentjalan) Project, particularly related to environmental and social (ES) safeguards, road safety, and understanding the secondary impacts of the proposed investment project from the perspectives of environmental and social sustainability and land use.

The activities to be financed by the grant will include a biodiversity baseline survey and a socio-economic survey, which will serve as inputs for the government to develop its environmental impact assessment and land acquisition plan in compliance with AIIB’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) requirements. The proposed grant will also engage a panel of local and international experts for consultations and review of the ES documents during project preparation. The proposed grant will also fund the conduct of a road safety review of the road engineering design, which will provide design recommendations that incorporate international best practices and demonstrate an economically viable design scheme. Finally, the proposed grant will fund a strategic environmental and social assessment to understand the secondary impacts of the JTTS alignment—especially important in the preparation of the project from the ES perspective—and will support the government’s plans to spur economic development in the Sumatra Island in a sustainable manner.