1. Christopher R. Bennett Darejan Kapanadze The World Bank
Environmental Management Requirements of Road Projects
Christopher R. Bennett
Darejan Kapanadze
The World Bank

2. Contractual Requirements

3. Environment in Specifications

4. What environmental problems do we find on road projects?

5. Improper Dumping

6. No toe wall. Erosion, soil contamination evident.
Landfill
No toe wall. Erosion, soil contamination evident.

7. Landslide ready to go

8. Side Casting Damage

9. Road Side Dumps Dumping into ravine
Destruction of the fragile vegetation on slope
Discarded waste material mars a scenic landscape

10. Waste material dumped indiscriminately
Road Side Dumps
Waste material dumped indiscriminately

11. Road Side Dumps

12. Looks can be deceiving …..
Well completed road with parapet wall
But .. behind the wall
Excess waste material pushed into ravine

13. Unauthorized Dump Sites

14. Waste material being dumped and side casted from the ridge
September 14, 2009

15. Waste material being dumped on the ridge
September 16, 2009 – Note increase in the waste dump height and width and impact on vegetation.

16. Waste Dump Site View from the top

17. View from top of the dump site
No toe wall to contain the material from sliding

18. Damage to Water Courses

19. River Dumping
Note concrete waste dumped on the bank. River water abstracted through pumped wells to supply drinking water to nearby towns.

20. Compromised Watercourses
Steam affected by side dumping
Stream dried by construction activities

21. No Protection of Natural Water Courses
Natural Stream channelized

22. Damage to Vegetation

23. Dumping Impact on Shrubs and Fragile Cover

24. Improper Dumping and Digging

25. Waste material dumped and spread burying fragile ground cover
Improper Dumping
Waste material dumped and spread burying fragile ground cover

26. Improper Cut Slope Stabilization

27. Cut Slope Erosion

28. Cut Slope Failure

29. Improper Dumping Early sign of embankment failure
Waste material piled on top of an embankment

30. Failure to Stabilize Slope

31. Poor Work Camp and Site Storage Management

32. Contractor’s Camp - Waste Management

33. Contractor’s Camp – Sanitary facilities

34. Improper Fuel Storage

35. Poor Work Practices

36. Waste Material Handling & Disposal
Asbestos material dumped in a local landfill
Uncovered waste material trucked to a landfill

37. Borrow Area – Uncovered truck

38. River Bed Gravel Mining

39. Poor Supervision
…. and soil erosion

40. Restoration Not Done Properly, Difficult Or Impossible

41. Improper Reclamation
Slope needs stabilizing

42. Excessive Height and Poor Stability

43. Borrow Areas Not Operated Considering Restoration

44. Causes

45. Main Causes Contractors do not Supervision consultants do not
Follow the EMP’s requirements
Adopt work methods to minimize environmental impact
Try to save money
Do not view environmental management as important
Supervision consultants do not
View environmental management as important as civil works
Enforce the contract’s requirements (including EMP)
The client does not
Adequately monitor environmental impact and EMP compliance