National roads programme

Purpose of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments

• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”, the “Bank”) is considering providing a sovereign-guaranteed loan of up to EUR 165 million to the Macedonian Public Enterprise for State Roads (“PESR”) to finance the construction of four national road sections in Macedonia.
   
• The Loan will be provided in two tranches, with each tranche financing two road sections: Tranche 1: Reconstruction and widening of the section Stip – Kochani of national road A3 (approx. 27km) and construction of the section Raec - Drenovo of national road A1 (approx. 10km). Tranche 2: Construction of the section Trebenista - Struga of national road A2 (approx. 8km) and of the section Ohrid - Pestani of national road A3 (12km). The improvement of the national road network is a priority for the Government to promote regional economic growth.
   
• The Raec-Drenovo section in Tranche 1 and the Ohrid-Pestani section to be financed from Tranche 2 are expected to be in the Environmental and Social Impact category “A”. The environmental assessment of the Tranche 2 sections will be completed prior to the commitment of Tranche 2, including any required public disclosure and consultation.
   
• The Project will include a number of institutional strengthening measures, including efforts to promote road safety.

There is a project summary document available for this project.

ESIA Summary

The Tranche 1 ‘Disclosure Package’ for the Project includes the following documents in Macedonian and English.

A1 Expressway C

Non-Technical Summary (NTS) of the Environmental and Social assessments
Macedonian (4MB - PDF)English (4MB - PDF)

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), July 2013
Macedonian (12MB - PDF)English (8MB - PDF)

Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP)
Macedonian (3MB - PDF)English (3MB - PDF) 

Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework (LARF)
Macedonian (2MB - PDF)English (2MB - PDF)

Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP)
Macedonian (541KB - PDF)English (352KB - PDF)

Consultation Report

Biodiversity Management Plan
Macedonian | English

 

Full ESIA availability

Full ESIA documentation is available locally at:

EBRD Headquarters in London, environmentandsocial@ebrd.com

And

Public Enterprise for State Roads (PESR) in Skopje
Environment Protection and Social Aspects Unit
Dame Gruev 14, 1000 Skopje, FYR Macedonia
E-mail: j.jovanovski@roads.org.mk

And

Municipality of Kavadarci
Address: Bul Marsal Tito bb, 1430 Kavadarci
E-mail: opshtina@kavadarci.gov.mk

And

EBRD’s office in Skopje
Address: Soravia Centre Skopje, VII floor
St. Filip II Makedonski no. 3, 1000 Skopje
FYR Macedonia
Tel: +389 2 3297 800
Fax: +389 2 3231 238

And

Client website: Macedonian | English

Enquiries

Environmental or social enquiries

Mr Jozhe Jovanovski
Manager of Environment Protection and Social Aspects Unit
Tel: + 389 (0)2 3118-044, ext. 135
Fax: + 389 (0)2 3220-535
e-mail: j.jovanovski@roads.org.mk

General enquiries

Mrs Biljana Todorova, Department for Legal Affairs
Tel: + 389 (0)2 3118-044 ext.119
Fax: + 389 (0)2 3220-535
e-mail: biljanal@roads.org.mk
Address: Public Enterprise for State Roads
Dame Gruev 14, 1000 Skopje, FYR Macedonia
www.roads.org.mk