Inception Report SHway-Modified

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 General

1.2 Description of the Project

2. Objectives of the Study

3. Ters of !eference "TO!#

$. %ethodolo&y

$.1 'oents on TO!

$.2 'oposition of the Study Tea

$.3 Inforation 'ollection

$.$ !evie( and )nalysis

$.* Ipact Identification and %iti&ation

*. !eportin&

+. Tie Schedule

,. 'onsultations and -isits

Annexures

)nneure 1 / Ters of !eference

)nneure 2 / 'urriculu -itae of Study Tea

)nneure 3 / 0ist of Docuents

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1. Introduction

1.1 General

niversity of %oratu(a "O%# (as entrusted to conduct a Suppleentary nvironental

)ssessent and an pdatin& of nvironental %ana&eent Plan "%P# of the SouthernTransport Developent Project "STDP# by Director Project %ana&eent nit "P%# of the

!oad Developent )uthority "!D)#. )ccordin&ly the O% study tea coenced (or4 in

early October 255$. 6o(ever as of 2* October 255$ P% directed O% to teporarily

suspend the studies. The inception report for the (or4s coenced and copleted up to then

(as subitted to the !D) SPDP and the )D7 in Deceber 255$. pon resolution of any

issues bet(een the t(o parties O% reactivated the studies on 1 Septeber 255* based on a

revised Ters of !eference "TO!# presented by P%. This Inception !eport outlines

objectives of the study its ethodolo&y and schedule of (or4 pro&ra.

1.2 Description of the Project

The Southern Transport Developent Project "STDP# is presently bein& ipleented by

Governent of Sri 0an4a "GOS0# throu&h !oad Developent )uthority "!D)#. The project

is financed fro parallel fundin& by the )sian Developent 7an4 ")D7# and the 8apan 7an4

for International 'ooperation "87I'#. The ain coponent of this project is the construction

of an epress(ay "Southern 6i&h(ay# bet(een 9otta(a and %atara. The construction has

already coenced over a lar&e section of the road financed by the )D7.

The project approved by the )D7 (as based on a tentative :'obined Trace; (ithin a

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2. Objectives of the tud! and TO"

The objectives of the study by O% as etracted fro the revised TO! ay be stated as

follo(s@

2.1.

"i# !evie( all previous reports on the project pertainin& to environental issues@

includin& the nvironental Ipact )ssessent "I)# and Suary nvironental

Ipact )ssessent "SI)# to deterine their applicability to the entire len&th of

:=inal Trace; coprisin& both 87I' and )D7 funded sections and Galle Port )ccess

!oad "GP)!#.

"ii# Identify locations on the :=inal Trace; (hich re


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The aps tables and fi&ures in the draft for (ill be included for the preliinary (or4

reports. In the final report they (ill be done in a suitable forat for presentation. ?o

estiates have been ade for GIS (or4s and the tea do not intend to carryout di&itiBation of

aps.

TOR Item 6(i)

The revie( and


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nder this section the tea (ould copare the cobined trace and the final trace and revie(

the %P in the contet of the )D7 &uidelines. This (or4 (ill span the entire len&th of the

final trace.

a# In this section the revie( (ould be carried out for the sub sections &iven in the )D7

nvironental )ssessent Guidelines of 2553 under the ain section %P. Theade


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TOR Item 6(x)

The environental assessent report and %P (ill be finalised by the tea after a discussion

foru preferably includin& interested parties !D) and )D7. It is epected that the

coents fro the )D7 and other concerned parties as per !D) assessent (ill be received

(ithin ten days fro subission. The suary environental report (ill be done accordin&to the &uidelines of the )D7 and the forat is to be received by the tea at the

coenceent of the (or4.

The tea (ould have periodical discussions (ith both !D) and )D7 re&ardin& the process

and ethodolo&y of (or4 prior to the subission of each interi report.

The reportin& as per the TO! (ill be the Interi !eport Preliinary Study !eport Draft

=inal !eport and the =inal !eport respectively.

The studies (ill ostly utiliBe the available base data since it is only a suppleentary study as

it has been indicated. The tea (ould ephasiBe on the si&nificant deviations fro (hat hasbeen done previously. The other sections (ill be revie(ed and reported. The consultations

(ill be liited to that has been carried out so far the responses received by the !D) and

available inforation fro the social ipact assessent tea. =ro tie to tie the data

and inforation of the suppleentary social assessent should be ade available to the tea

to carryout the ipact assessent. The tea (ould fro tie to tie re


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#.' Infor&ation Collection

#.'.1 General

The inforation that (ill be collected by each specialist staff eber of the study tea in

outline for is presented in Table $.2. The ajor deviations of the =inal Trace haven alreadybeen identified "=i&. $.1# and each tea eber (ill focus on &atherin& relevant inforation

(ithin these deviations. Details of inforation to be collected on ajor aspects of the study

are described in sections $.3.2 to $.3.15.

)ll eetin&s and site visits as felt necessary by the tea need to be coordinated and assisted

by the !D). It is epected that the !D) (ould release t(o field en&ineers failiar (ith the

Southern Transport Developent Project or&aniBation at !D) site locations of the trace

control points and other landar4s to facilitate the site visits and necessary eetin&s (ith

interested parties. If possible release of personnel (ho have earlier (or4ed (ith the I)

tea of 1CCC is preferred. The tea epects a roo of reasonable siBe in the !D) buildin&

(ith furniture to conduct tea discussions (ith !D) and other officials and at least t(oresource persons could use des4 space and for the duration of the environental assessent

(or4 under this TO!.

#.'.2 (!drolo%! and Draina%e

)a* +,IC ection

The follo(in& inforation (ill be collected@

)vailable hydrolo&ical data fro previous Draina&e !eport "O%# and6ydrolo&ical Study report.

0and use land topo&raphy (ater bodies and draina&e patterns (ithin a *55

corridor of the deviated stretches of previous !D) and 'obined Traces identified

fro preliinary site reconnaissance.

!ainfall evaporation and strea flo( data alon& the identified road stretches.

)b* AD, ection

)ll previous I)! reports and the draina&e study reports (ill be revie(ed to cull the baselineinforation to perfor the suppleentary environental assessent. The study area

stipulated in the To! (ill be identified in ters of draina&e and hydrolo&y throu&h site

reconnaissance in consultation (ith the !D) en&ineers (ho has the 4no(led&e of the site and

its environs. The 4ey study areas (ill beA

The entire stretch fro 9urundu&ahahet4a to %atara (ith respect to the ipacts

caused by the on&oin& construction processes.

The deviated stretches in full.

Galle Port )ccess !oad in full

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-i%. #.1 Dev

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#.'.' Geotechnical Aspects

The follo(in& inforation (ill be collected@

o %aps and des4 study considerin& topolo&ical aps &eolo&ical aps land use

aps

o Data fro previous study reports other data available (ith !D) Irri&ation

Departent Geolo&ical Survey and %ines 7ureau "GS%7#

o

Site reconnaissance alon& the final trace in the 87I' and )D7 sections andGalle Port )ccess !oad includin& a survey of eistin& borro( pits and


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#.'.7 ociolo%ical Aspects

The inforation collection (ill be carried out by the consultant to&ether (ith his field

assistants fro several saple locations of the entire trace and especially t(o deviations and

Galle access road (ill be studied in detail usin& participatory approaches.

#.'.8 Transportation and Traffic -lo9

#.'.1: 3nviron&ent and Polic! Plannin%

#.# "evie9 and Anal!sis

#.#.1 General

The revie( and


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(ill be done (ith the inforation fro the reports and the observations at the sites.

!ecoendations (ill be ade for satisfactory environental iti&ation.

This (or4 involves the entire final trace and the study of the environental ipacts. The

(or4 (ill be done in consultation (ith the parties indicated in the TO!. The consultations

(ill be liited to those or&aniBed and facilitated by the !D) and the )D7. The list ofconcerned personnel (ith the !D) (ill also be ta4en and their concerns (ill be ta4en into

consideration of the study. The public (ill be ade a(are of the road trace and the chan&es

ade fro the cobined trace done in the 1CCC I)!. The tea (ill carryout field

inspection and des4 studies (here there had been chan&es fro the cobined trace and

perfor the assessent of the environental ipacts. This study (ill cover all sections (ith

siilar iportance. Data &aps (ith respect to the eistin& environent (ill be covered in a

siilar anner as in the 1CCC I)!. The updated report (ill refer to the 1CCC I)! (here

there are no si&nificant chan&es and (ill include a detailed contents (here there are chan&es

that need to be ta4en for the environental assessent. The !D) is epected to provide the

list of personnel available (ith the !D) (ho are included in the cross section of personnel for

the consultative process as indicated in the TO! ite.

The revision of the %P (ill be done based on the identifications and studies done for the

environental assessent. The revisions (ill be done inline (ith the )D7 &uidelines and the

indicators level of iti&ation etc. (ill be identified siilar to the %P for the project that

has been prepared in )u&ust 255$.

The details of revie( and analysis of inforation pertainin& to ajor aspects covered durin&

the study are described belo(.

#.#.2 (!drolo%! and Draina%e

)a* +I,IC ection

=ollo(in& t(o reports (ill be revie(ed

o Draina&e report "O%#

o 6ydrolo&ical study report 87I' section

)t the deviated stretches of the previous !D) and cobined trace draina&e

pattern of the *55 corridor (ill be analyBed (ith chan&es of draina&e pattern

and its ipact to the environent.

)b* AD, ection

It is epected to study the follo(in& hydrolo&y and draina&e related paraeters especially for

the deviations (hich are no( in the ipleentation (here the environental ipacts have

not been sufficiently covered.

1. Surface (ater


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+. =lood Pea4 and !etention area> preparation of flood survey aps (ith locations and

etent of floodin& and Table of !etention )reas len&th alon& the road trace "len&th and

'haina&e

,. Siltation and Sedient !unoff "related to flood and draina&e#

H. Irri&ation and =lood Protection Schees> Preparation of the 0ocation and tent

aps.C. 6ydraulic Structures in the deviated routes> 0ocation of 'ulvert and 7rid&es / %ap

and Table

#.#.' Geotechnical Aspects

1. Ipact of the activities durin& pre>construction construction and post construction

phases related to the solutions for follo(in& &eotechnical&eolo&ical probles (ill be

assessed

i. ban4ent construction on soft &roundsA

ii. =oundations for brid&es and other structuresA

iii. Stability of slopes and earth retainin& structuresA andiv. Disposal of the construction (aste.

2. Investi&ation of the availability of construction aterials such as@ =ill aterialA Sand

and a&&re&ate "etal# in ters of both


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#. I&pact Identification and $iti%ation

#..1 General

The identification of the environental ipacts that have a bearin& on the desi&n

construction and operation of the project (ould be based on the site visits by the epertsproject docuentation (ith the !D) includin& the coents fro the public and other

a&encies. In case the detail desi&ns are not available the tea (ould a4e interpretations and

recoendations based on the data ade available.

The ethodolo&y used for ipact assessent (ill be consistent (ith that adopted in 1CCC

I). The project (ill be divided into 2$ project eleents coverin& investi&ation construction

and operation sta&es. The affected environent (ill be divided into environental eleents

considerin& the &eneral environent of the area and the environental issues hi&hli&hted in

the TO!. These environental eleents (ill cover physicalcheical aspects biolo&ical

aspects and socialsocio>econoic aspects.

Once the eleents are identified it (ill be possible to for the !elevance %atri. The

coluns in the !elevance %atri (ill be the identified project eleents (hile the ro(s (ill

be the environental eleents. The list of environental eleents (ill be divided aon&

study tea core ebers in accordance (ith their specialties. This eans that each eber

(ill be loo4in& at fe( ro(s and all coluns in the full atri. 7ased on the assessents

ade by each eber the Tea 0eader (ill eventually finaliBe the full !elevance %atri in

consultation (ith the entire tea.

Once the relevance atri is prepared the tea (ill be in a position to select areas that need

to be studied in detail. )ll ipacts identified as :hi&hly si&nificant; in the !elevance %atrineeds to be studied in detail in order to


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=or the places (here deviation have been affected the ipacts (ill be considered for

all three phases viB. Investi&ation and Preparation Phase 'onstruction Phase and the

Operation Phase. In these deviated stretches the critical ipact occurrin& places and

the ipact doains (ill be identified (ith special ephases. The ipact evaluation

criteria adopted in the previous study reports (ill be follo(ed .

%iti&atory easures and the onitorin& pro&rae alon& (ith the necessary details

to up&rade the %P (ill be presented after assessin& the ipacts. Inforation

necessary to prepare the Ipact %atri also (ill be obtained.

#..' Geotechnical Aspects

Durin& the preliinary revie( of the previous study reports it (as found that detailed I)

(ere already conducted for !D) trace and the 'obined trace at that sta&e and

nvironental %iti&ation Plans (ere also prepared. Therefore in this suppleentary studyattention (ill be ainly focused to the deviations of the final trace fro the cobined and

!D) traces. 6o(ever the localities (hich are si&nificantly chan&ed since the previous

studies due to the construction (or4s in the )D7 section or due to other reasons (ill be

identified and studied in detail. Identification of the already eperienced or anticipated

chan&es to the eistin& conditions of the environental eleents pertainin& to Geotechnical

en&ineerin& and Geolo&y durin& the construction sta&e of the project / )lready eperienced

chan&es in the project area (ill be studied throu&h field visits and anticipated chan&es (ill be

forecast based on "a# The Detailed Desi&n of the road eban4ent and other structures alon&

the trace and "b# The nvironental =indin&s !eport "2555# by Filbur Sith )ssociates Inc.

%oreover ipleentation of the previously proposed environental iti&ation easures and

its effectiveness (ill also be scrutiniBed.

#..#. ater /ualit!0 Air Pollution and oise Control

#.. 3colo%ical Aspects

Priary and secondary data inforation re


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vie(s to assess sae proble fro different an&les to verify the practical feasibility of

ipleentin& such sta4eholder su&&ested recoendations.

#..8 Transportation and Traffic -lo9

#..1: 3nviron&ent and Polic! Plannin%

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Table #.1 Co&position of the tud! Tea&

a&e Position Affiliation

1. Prof. ?.T.S. Fijese4ara Tea 0eader6ydrolo&ist niversity of %oratu(a

2. Prof. "%rs#. ?. !atnaya4a 'o>Tea 0eaderI) and Policy Planner niversity of %oratu(a

3. Dr. P.P. Gunaratna Deputy Tea 0eader "!evie( and !eports# niversity of %oratu(a

$. Dr. ?.P.D. Gaa&e Deputy Tea 0eader>87I' niversity of %oratu(a

*. n&. D.).8. !an(ala Deputy Tea 0eader>)D7

+. Prof. 0.0. !atnaya4a Traffic n&ineerTransport Planner niversity of %oratu(a

,. Dr. 6.S. Thila4asiri Soil and Geotechnical n&ineer niversity of %oratu(aH. Dr. %. F. 8aya(eera nvironental n&ineer niversity of %oratu(a

C. Dr. "%rs# %.D. )arasin&he colo&ist niversity of 9elaniya

15. 9. 8inapala Sociolo&ist International Fater %ana&eent Institute

11. Dr. O. )arasin&he )&ricultural conoist niversity of !uhuna

12. )rcht. S. da(atta 0andscape and )esthetics Specialist

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Table #.2 Details of Planned Infor&ation and Data Collection

"esource Personnel ature of Infor&ation to be

Collected

$ethod of Data

Collection

ources of Infor&ation pecial ite ;isits

1. 6ydrolo&ist 0and use land topo&raphy (ater bodies and draina&e patterns of

selected stretches (ithin a *55corridor (ithin the final hi&h(ay

trace and Galle Port access road

identified fro preliinary sitereconnaissance. !ainfall

evaporation and strea flo( data.

=ield observations !evie(of available topo&raphical

aps land>use aps.)ccess to data available at

Irri&ation and

%eteorolo&icalDepartents.

Topo&raphical aps land>useaps hydrolo&ical data fro

Irri&ation Departent and%eteorolo&ical Departent.

Site visits to cover selectedse&ents ostly not

coincidin& (ith cobinedtrace identified fro

preliinary reconnaissance.

2. I) and Policy Specialist nvironental ipacts identified by

other resource personnel

'onsultations (ith project

staff and !D) officials

Periodic pro&ress reports by

resource personnel Inforationprovided by !D) officials

Site visi ts to onitor

activities of other resourcepersonnel

3. Deputy Tea 0eader"!evie( !eports#

)ll inforation copiled by otherresource personnel and all relevant

docuents and past study reports

Throu&h re)D7 )ll inforation copiled by other

resource personnel and all relevant

docuents and past study reports

pertinent to )D7 section of thehi&h(ay.

Throu&h consultations in

the )D7 section pro&ress

reports relevant to this

section received fro othertea ebers.

Pro&ress reports of other tea

ebers (or4in& in this

section inforation provided

by local residents

Site visi ts to onitor

activities of other resource

personnel in the )D7 section.

+. Traffic n&ineerTransport

Planner

Infrastructure facilities of the project

area eistin& public and privatetransport facilities Planned

developent activities in the project

area.

!evie( of relevant

previous reportsconsultations (ith officials

of !D) D) Provincial

'ouncils

Previous study reports of STDP

and other relevant projectreports

Site visits to clarifyverify

inforation &athered toselected stretches.

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Collected

$ethod of Data

Collection

ources of Infor&ation ite ;isits

,. Soils Slopes and Geolo&ySpecialist

Data on ineral resourcesconstruction %aterials "a# !oc4A "b#

Gravel and fill aterial and "c# sand

Sub>surface condition 0and forstability of natural and an>ade

slopes.

!evie( of previous studyreports field observations

consultations (ith local

residents &roups andor&aniBations.

Previous study reports &eolo&ical aps of the project

area field observations and

local residents.

Site visits to cover criticalsensitive areas in ters of

&eotechnical&eolo&ical

stability as identified durin&preliinary reconnaissance.

H. Fater uality and

nvironental n&ineerin&Specialist

istin& bac4&round data alon& the

proposed trace on air


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Collected

$ethod of Data

Collection

ources of Infor&ation ite ;isits

11. )&ricultural conoist 0and use ployent )&riculturaland industrial production systes

Socio>econoic profile and resource

base 7usiness and self eployent6oe &arden systes )nial

husbandryfishin& and environentaletracts Ta revenues of local

authorities istin& ar4et prices of

land labour inputs and outputs and

their chan&in& patterns Touris andsupportin& services 6andicrafts andother area specific production

systes

Intervie(s of authoritiesand persons in the potential

area !apid rural appraisal

ethods to iniiBe thetie

Divisional Secretariats "DS#Graa ?iladaris "G?# 0ocal

)uthori ties "Provincial

'ouncils rban 'ouncils#)&rarian Service 'entres

=arer Or&aniBations?GOs7usiness enterprises !eli&ious

and social leaders People in the

affected area.

9o&&ala la4e %atte&odaarea !antotu(ila 7orala

tan4 7ol&oda tan4 7ol&oda

la4e Panape ela Pol(atu&an&a lo(er catchent

6i44adu(a tourist area.

12. 0andscape and )esthetics

Specialist

0andscape alon& final road trace

historical and archaeolo&icalonuents places of (orship and

reli&ious interest

!evie( of relevant

previous reportsconsultations (ith officials

of Departent of

)rcheolo&y field visits

Inforation &athered fro

Departent of )rcheolo&yprevious study reports field

study findin&s

Site visits to identified

stretches durin& preliinaryreconnaissance.

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. "eportin%

The follo(in& reports (ill be subitted (ithin the course of the study period.

1. Inception !eport on proposed ethodolo&y approach and assessent teas (ithin 1

(ee4 fro the coenceent of (or4.2. Interi !eport (ithin , (ee4s fro the coenceent of (or4.

3. Draft =inal !eport for )D7 revie( (ithin 15 (ee4s fro the coenceent of (or4.

$. =inal !eport 1* (ee4s after coenceent of study.

4. Ti&e chedule

The tie schedule of activities planned (ithin the study period is as &iven Table +.1.

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Proposed Time Schedule

Item Description 0

.5

1

.0

1

.5

2

.0

2

.5

3

.0

3

.5

4

.0

4

.5

5

.0

5

.5

6

.0

6

.5

7

.0

7

.5

8

.0

8

.5

9

.0

9

.5

1

0

.0

1

0

.5

11.

0

11.

5

1

2

.0

1

2

.5

1

3

.0

1

3

.5

1

4

.0

1

4

.5

1

5

.0

1 Mobilisation and Initial Meetings

1-1 Inception Report

2 TOR items 6(i),(ii),(iii), (iv),(v)

2-1 es! "or! and Meetings

2-2 #ite Inspection and ata $ollection

2-3 Internal Report %reparation

3 TOR item 6(vi)

3-1 &otices' $orrespondance ( es! "or!

3-2 #ite inspection' )ield "or! and Meetings

3-3 Maps' )ig*res' +ables and +e,t

4 TOR item 6(vii)-(ix)

4-1 Reision and es! "or!

4-2 Report )ormatting and preparaion

4-3 Interim Report

4-4 ra.t )inal Report

4-5 $omments o. R/' /0 and oters

4-6 )inal Report .or R/

5 TOR item 6(x)

5-1 $omment Incorporaton and #*mmar /

5-2 Report and #*mar / %reparation

5-3 Interim Report

5-4 ra.t )inal Report

5-5 R/ and /0 comments

5-6 )inal Report

*Commencement is from the signinig of the contract and receipt of the first advance payment

"ee!s .rom $ommencement

Table 4.1 Proposed Ti&e chedule


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5. $eetin%s0 Consultations and ;isits

5.1 $eetin%s

Since the reSTDP# as &iven in

Table ,.1.

Table 5.1 Details of $eetin%s bet9een tud! Tea&0 "DA0 AD, and $CSTDP and )D7

* October 255$ !D) O% !D) and %'>STDP

H October 255$ )D7 O% )D7

1$ October 255$ !D) O% !D) STDP>%'

25 8uly 255* !D) O% !D) / STDP STDP>%' SecyJ%inistry of 6i&h(ays

5.2 ;isits

The O% study tea undertoo4 t(o preliinary site reconnaissance visits to 87I' and )D7

sections of the hi&h(ay on 15>11 October 255$ and 1+>1, October 255$. The findin&s of

these visits (ere revie(ed by the individual ebers to&ether (ith available inforation and

data to plan specific individual site visits.

Since the reactivation of study the O% study tea undertoo4 a reconnaissance study on $

Septeber 255* (hich covered both 87I' and )D7 sections.

5.' Consultations

'onsultations (ith local residents and other concerned parties (ill ta4e place if deeed

necessary durin& this study period and (ill be or&aniBed and facilitated by the !D) and )D7.

7. Pro%ress of or=

The pro&ress of (or4 ade to>date ay be suariBed as follo(s@

1. Several reports and docuents relevant to the study "See )nneure 3# collected copiesand dispatched aon& tea ebers.

2. Di&ital aps of the hi&h(ay trace prepared and distributed aon& tea ebers.

3. 6ydrolo&ical and environental data and relevant aps purchased.

$. ) eetin& of the study tea (as held to coordinate and distribute the (or4.

*. Three field reconnaissance surveys successfully copleted in 255$ and 255*.

+. Soe individual site visits by specialist staff already underta4en.

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