Role and Meaning of Building Two Roads and One Bridge
With the fast development of the national economy of Fuzhou in recent years, traffic volume has increased greatly. It is estimated that the total automobile number of the city will be over 100,000 in 2005. The automobile number increases very fast, especially a large number of transit automobiles are driving on the limited urban roads. But urban road network construction relatively lags behind, thus leading an imbalance between the traffic supply and demand. The existing urban road network is hardly to bear such huge traffic pressure, so it is necessary to open other passages for transit automobiles
Since urban trunk roads have an overload operation, there are urban traffic jams all the time. It has become an important factor to restrict further development of the economy. Construction of Nanjiang Binlu, the Phase-II Project of the Third Ring Road and Kuiqi Bridge (hereinafter referred to as the two roads and one bridge in this report) would relieve the traffic pressure at the central urban area, which is a need for city’s economic development and fast transport development.
Fuzhou Nanjiang Binlu Project is located at the inner side of the flood dyke on the south bank of Beigang of the Minjiang River, Fuzhou. It is a part of the north ring road of the proposed island ring road on Nantaidao Island. It starts from Cangqianlu of the south interchange of the Minjiang Bridge, Sanxianzhou, passes through Jiefang Bridge, the second Minjiang Bridge, the third Minjiang Bridge and the proposed Qianheng Bridge. Nanjiang Binlu is the north ring road of Nantaidao Island road, a trunk road to connect the old Cangshan urban area with new Chengmen area and an important integral part of Nantaidao Island ring road. Its function is to form a bank road combining entertainment, landscape and transport.
The Phase-II Project of the Third Ring Road is positioned at the south part of the island. It starts from Wanbian in the west and ends at the south bridgehead of the proposed Minjiang Kuiqi Bridge. The Phase-II Project of the Third Ring Road passes through Nantaidao Island from the southwest to the northeast, which is an expressway to connect the urban area with the University City, Jinshan (Jianxin) and Gaishan area. The Phase-II Project of the Third Ring Road is positioned at the south ring part of the Third Ring Road, which would play a key role in the development and construction of Nantaidao Island.
Kuiqi Bridge is a key engineering for the east section of the proposed Third Ring Road to cross The Minjiang River, construction of a new bridge across the Minjiang River will greatly shorten the distance from north to south, that will become convenient and fast. Meanwhile, the project will connect with the airport highway, which shall not only shorten the distance between the central urban area and Changle International Airport and area along the airport expressway, but also add exit to Fuzhou in its east part. The construction of this project will not only perfect the third ring expressway, but also greatly promote the road network construction along the third ring line and perfect Fuzhou’s urban road network structure.
The construction of Nanjiang Binlu, the Phase-II Project of the Third Ring Road and Kuiqi Bridge will be conducive to land development and construction of the new area, and to the development of the traffic and the city. It will play an important role in promoting the development and construction of Cangshan District and Nantaidao Island, improving the investment environment, promoting the city’s economic development and exertion of a provincial central city. Therefore, the construction of the two roads and one bridge conforms to the need to implement the strategy of “expansion in the east, extension in the south and exploitation in the west”. The construction of the new area will not only exploit the city scale, but also promote the land development, improve the land utilization rate along the line, promote the redevelopment of the old urban area. It will play an important role in relieving urban land tenure and transport pressure, and scattering dense population. After the construction of the two roads and one bridge is completed, the cit size will be expanded, and Fuzhou will step into a new economic development phase.
1.1Assessment Purpose
The assessment purpose of the environmental impact is to guarantee the rationality and correctness of the decision-making of the project on environment, and to ensure that any environmental results shall be confirmed before the construction of the project, so as to take environmental impact into consideration in project selection. Environment assessment puts forward the preventive measures for adverse environmental impact so as to minimize the impact on environment and avoid taking corrective measures for various possible damages occurred after completion of project construction.
1.2Basis for Compilation
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《Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of China on Environmental Impact》(effective on September 1, 2003);
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N0.253 document 《Environmental Protection Management Regulations of the Construction Project》promulgated by the State Council in 1998;
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(3)《Notice on Strengthening the Environmental Impact Assessment Management of the Project Loaned by the International Financial Intuitions》, Huanjian (1993) No.324;
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The Business Manual of the World Bank - Environment Assessment (OP4.01);
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The Business Manual of the World Bank – Natural Ecologic Environmental Protection (OP4.04);
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The Business Manual of the World Bank – Cultural Relic Protection of the Project Financed by The World Bank (OP4.11);
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《Proposal of the Fuzhou Nanjiang Binlu Project (including the pre-feasibility study report)》
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《Proposal of the Phase-II Project of the Third Ring Road of Fuzhou (including the pre-feasibility study report)》;
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《Proposal of the Fuzhou Kuiqi Bridge Project (including the pre-feasibility study report)》;
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“Pre-assessment Site Investigation of the Fuzhou City Traffic Project Loaned by the World Bank” (consultation comments given by the specialist group);
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Fuzhou Urban and Rural Planning Bureau, Rongguizong [2002] No.237 《Reply on Coordination and Settlement of the Issues of the Three Projects Loaned by the World Bank》;
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Outline of the environmental impact assessment. In accordance with the requirements of the State Bureau of Environmental Protection and the World Bank, an assessment outline of the Phase-II Project of the Third Ring Road, Nanjiang Binlu and Kuiqi Bridge was drawn up before environmental impact assessment. The outline was approved by the State Bureau of Environmental Protection after being expounded by the specialists organized by the State Bureau and as well as reviewed and confirmed by the specialists of the World Bank.
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