Russia: WHSD Centre Sector PPP

The Project covers the construction and financing of the central section of the Western High Speed Diameter Road (WHSD), as well as the future operation and maintenance of the entire road, including the Northern and Southern sections built by OAO WHSD/the City of St. Petersburg, under a 30 year concession which was awarded to the Northern Capital Highway Consortium after an open and competitive tender.

The completion of the WHSD is expected to relieve the transport congestion problems in St Petersburg through:

• linking the City’s commercial port to the Ring Road;
• providing transport links between southern, western and northern parts of the city that by-pass the historic centre;
• reducing the traffic and other man-caused impact on streets, bridges, culture and architectural monuments of the city centre.

There is a project summary document available for this project.

ESIA Summary

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ESIA report (English) (3MB - PDF)

Non-technical summary (Russian) (3MB - PDF)
Non-technical summary (English) (3MB - PDF)

Stakeholder Engagement Plan (Russian) (1MB - PDF)
Stakeholder Engagement Plan (English) (1MB - PDF)

Resettlement and Compensation Framework (Russian) (730KB - PDF)
Resettlement and Compensation Framework (English) (603KB - PDF)

Environmental and Social Action Plan (Russian) (660KB - PDF)
Environmental and Social Action Plan (English) (586KB - PDF)

The Project is classified as a public sector project and the EBRD Public Information Policy would require the period of disclosure of 120 days from the date of publication which was 14 October 2011 prior to EBRD Board consideration. However, for commercial reasons derogation from the EBRD Public Information Policy is sought from EBRD’s Board to allow for the Project to be presented to the Board for consideration on 13 December 2011 following a 60 day disclosure period.

Further public consultation activities, including open houses and focused meetings with key stakeholder groups will be organised to discuss the findings of the ESIA and proposed mitigation measures during the disclosure period. Exact dates and venues will be announced well ahead of events.

Full ESIA availability

Full ESIA documentation is available locally at:
EBRD Headquarters in London, environmentandsocial@ebrd.com

Contact person: Elizabeth Smith
E-mail: smithe@ebrd.com

And

Full ESIA documentation is available locally in Saint Petersburg at:

• EBRD Resident Office
  Nevsky Prospekt, 25 – 3rd Floor
  Saint Petersburg
  Russian Federation
  Tel: (812) 703 55 25
• OOO "Northern Capital Highway"
  "Магистраль Северной Столицы"
  Nevskiy prospekt, dom 55, litera A
  Business Center "Regus"
  tel: (812) 346 78 78

Full ESIA documentation is available electronically in both Russian and English languages.

Enquiries

Alexey Marinychev
Tel: (812) 273 28 49
E-mail: marinichev@twopr.ru