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WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP) PÖYRY ENERGY LTD.
Mount Coffee HPP ESIA and RAP 2012-09-18
ESIA Report Page 109
15 INFRASTRUCTURE
15.1 Present Situation
15.2 Impacts
The project area is served by a dirt road that connects the bigger towns and settlements.
The main road is of reasonable quality but it becomes inaccessible for small cars during
the rainy season.
Paths and footbridges connect settlements if there are in the vicinity of each other, and
also lead from houses to the farms. These will be affected if they lie in the reservoir. To
cross the river, canoes are used and their quality has been found to be wanting.
There are no identified cultural sites that have been found. For the communities with
houses in the reservoir, the most likely sites for their secret society practices will either
be in the surrounding forests or even in the river. The ongoing HH survey will capture
this. In addition, there is a mosque in each of the likely affected settlements of Gbally
and Benben.
There are no foreseen impacts on social and economic infrastructure as these mostly do
not exist in the likely affected areas. The exceptions are the mosques in Gbally and
Benben that will be affected and these may have to be rebuilt in the new sites should
they be lacking.
Also secret society sites should these be captured in the ongoing HH survey, will have
to be relocated and costs paid for by the project, should the communities wish to have
them relocated. Accompanying rituals will also have to organised and paid for. In all
likelihood if these sites are in the forests and are
15.3 Conclusion and Recommendation
It is apparent that the present road will need to be upgraded to cater for heavy trucks and
vehicles during the construction and implementation stages.
It is recommended that for settlements that have clinics, like Raymond Camp, which is
very close to the dam, this be upgraded to a health centre or referral hospital to cater for
the population which is likely to increase once other settlements are relocated. The
clinic in Raymond Camp is the only one serving the affected settlements in Harrisburg.
The upgraded facility would also serve the workers and employees at the construction
site, thus avoiding constructing a whole new facility to cater for health.