Public Disclosure Authorized LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Argentina Transport & Digital Development Global Practice IBRD/IDA Investment Project Financing FY 2011 Seq No: 15 ARCHIVED on 02-Apr-2018 ISR31768 Implementing Agencies: ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Dirección Nacional de Vialidad (DNV) Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:20-Dec-2010 Planned Mid Term Review Date:15-Aug-2013 Original Closing Date:30-Jun-2016 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:23-Dec-2011 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:17-Mar-2014 Revised Closing Date:31-May-2018 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective of the proposed project is to reduce transport costs for users of provincial roads along selected corridors of the Norte Grande provinces, through the improvement of the quality of those roads and the introduction of improved road asset management tools and methods. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component 1: Rehabilitation, Upgrading and Reconstruction of Provincial Roads:(Cost $365.00 M) Public Disclosure Authorized Component 2: Institutional Development and Project Management:(Cost $34.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions 4/2/2018 Page 1 of 8
The Norte Grande Road Infrastructure Project was approved by the Board on December 20th, 2010 for an amount of USD 400 million, and loan effectiveness was declared on December 23, 2011. After Mid-Term Review, On September 1st, 2014 a restructuring was approved, which introduced an adjustment to the project's results framework. On May 19, 2016 a second restructuring was approved for the first extension of the project s closing date for 23 months, from June 30, 2016 to May 31, 2018. On March 19, 2018, a third estructuring was submit for approval to the RVP for second extension of the loan closing date, from May 31, 2018 to June 30, 2019 (36-month cumulative period); The project is well advanced in reaching its physical targets of kilometers of road rehabilitated and upgrading (400 kms); achieve its development objectives related to strengthening institutional management capacity of the Provincial Directorate of Highways (DPVs). Pipeline of sub-projects Contracts completed: Chaco: PR 3 (59 km) and PR 9 (40.9 Km); Tucuman: PR 304 (86.9 Km); Santiago del Estero: PR 5 (71.8 Km) and PR 18 in (42.1 Km). Sub-projects under execution: Catamarca: RP No. 46 of Catamarca, from Belen to Andalgalá (50.9 km). Corrientes: RP No. 94 of Corrientes, from Santo Tome to Arroyo Chimiray (66,45 km) Sub-projects under review: Corrientes RP 71 of Corrientes (12 km): Highlights from the Provincial Route (PR) 3 in Chaco: The Bank supported an analytical work to develop a conservation landscape in the Region of Chaco with a Special Focus on Road Infrastructure Works. As part of the project's Environmental Plan, the civil works contracts required to the implementation of safe corridors for fauna. It is important to highlight that eight ground and aerial passages for faunas where executed, becoming the first road project in the Chaco Province to include this type of ecological infrastructure. An innovative intervention has been added to these projects to enhance the shared prosperity and poverty reduction outcomes for indigenous women of the QOM ethnic group in the Chaco eco-region. The intervention is La Ruta de la Cultura Qom initiative ("QOM Culture Route Initiative", QCR) led by indigenous artisan women to support the creation of a touristic route that facilitates direct access to markets for local and environmentally sustainable handicraft production and also facilitates access for tourists to the areas where the QOM communities are established. has published the report Roads to Agency: Effects on Enhancing Women s Participation in Rural Roads Projects on Women s Agency to present the outcomes of these interventions in terms of indigenous women's agency. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Moderate Moderate 4/2/2018 Page 2 of 8
Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Substantial High Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators Evolution of average network roughness on targeted provincial roads (Number, Custom) Value 5.86 1.85 1.75 2.60 (i) Rehabilitation and Reconstruction: Calculated based on roads: RP 9 Chaco; RP 304 (sections I and II) Tucuman; RP 5 and RP 18 Santiago del Estero. (ii) Upgrading: Calculated based on roads: RP 3 Chaco; RP 304 (section III) Tucuman. Evolution of average network roughness on targeted provincial roads (i) Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 5.86 1.85 1.75 2.60 Evolution of average network roughness on targeted provincial roads (ii) Upgrading (Number, Custom Breakdown) 4/2/2018 Page 3 of 8
Value 8.86 1.67 1.71 2.30 Quality of service measured through user's perception (Percentage, Custom) Value 11.28 40.90 40.90 51.28 Date 31-Jul-2012 28-Jul-2017 22-Mar-2018 31-May-2018 Average of the values from surveys in RP 3, RP 304 RP 5,RP 9, RP 46 of users expressing satisfaction with the quality of their road network. Updated values from surveys are expected from RP 304 RP 5,RP 9, RP 46. Percentage reduction in generalized travel costs on targeted roads, measured per vehicle-kilometer in constant US dollars using HDM4 (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 17-Nov-2010 -- -- 31-May-2018 Calculated based on targeted provincial roads: RP 3 Chaco; RP 304 Tucuman; RP 5 Santiago del Estero. Percentage reduction in generalized travel costs on targeted roads, measured per vehicle-kilometer in constant US dollars using HDM4 (i) for light vehicles (with base of US$ 0.28 per veh-km) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) 4/2/2018 Page 4 of 8
Value 0.00 26.00 28.00 26.00 Percentage reduction in generalized travel costs on targeted roads, measured per vehicle-kilometer in constant US dollars using HDM4 (ii) for omni-buses (with base of US$ 5.55 per veh-km) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 26.00 29.00 31.00 Percentage reduction in generalized travel costs on targeted roads, measured per vehicle-kilometer in constant US dollars using HDM4 (iii) for heavy vehicles (with base of US$ 1.60 per veh-km) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 25.00 27.00 29.00 Number of provinces with multi-annual road maintenance plans and road database management systems in place (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 Chaco has a multi-annual road maintenance plan. The plans for Santiago del Estero, Salta Tucuman and Jujuy have been initiated recently and will be finished during the next calendar year. Overall 4/2/2018 Page 5 of 8
PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL Intermediate Results Indicators Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural (Kilometers, Custom) Value 0.00 321.50 334.00 400.00 Calculation: RP 304 - T1 * 22,37 / T2 304-33,17 km / T3 RP 304-31,36 km / S1 RP 3-33,35 km / S2 RP 3-26,10 km / RP 5-71,8 km / RP 9 * 40,96 / RP 18 * 42,10 / 50% RP 94 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) on targeted roads (Number, Custom) Value 871.00 1,234.00 1,234.00 1,151.00 TDMA is based on: RP 3 and RP 9 Chaco; RP 304 Tucuman; RP 5 and RP18 Santiago del Estero. No updated calculation was performed. Share of rural population with access to an all-season road (Percentage, Custom) Value 24.00 36.00 36.00 34.00 Calculated based on population within 2 km of all-season provincial roads (RP 3 Chaco and RP 304 Tucuman) as a proportion of the population of the Department. 4/2/2018 Page 6 of 8
PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL Number of rural people with access to an all-season road (Number, Custom Supplement) Value 27,724.00 42,424.00 42,424.00 30,496.00 Road Safety Plans developed in targeted provinces (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 17-Apr-2014 28-Jul-2017 22-Mar-2018 31-May-2018 Santiago del Estero and Salta the Road Safety Plans are being revised by the PIU. Tucuman and Jujuy will submit the Plans in the following months. Overall Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed 4/2/2018 Page 7 of 8
P120198 IBRD-79910 Effective USD 400.00 400.00 0.00 322.25 77.75 81% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P120198 IBRD-79910 Effective 20-Dec-2010 04-May-2011 23-Dec-2011 30-Jun-2016 31-May-2018 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 01-Sep-2014,Level 2 Approved on 19-May-2016 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 4/2/2018 Page 8 of 8