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WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP) PÖYRY ENERGY LTD.
Mount Coffee HPP ESIA and RAP 2012-09-18
ESIA Report Page 154
Issue Project component Impact Mitigation measures Related Sub Monitoring and
Management Plans (S-MMP)
Traffic and
roads
Offsite
transportation routes
Medium impact. Additional traffic
passing through villages.
A Traffic Management plan will have to be developed, which has to
be compulsory for all contractors and subcontractors on roads within
the project area as well as on all public roads.
Regular maintenance of the vehicles (brakes, wheels, lights, brakes
and power lines, etc.)
The driver has to adapt his driving style to type of charge and the
weight of the charge (braking distance increases with the weight),
special caution has to be taken in front of schools where children
suddenly cross the street.
Where possible traffic should avoid populated areas.
In the villages animals and pedestrians have the right of way.
Procedures if an accident occurs (whom to call, which is the next
hospital, etc.) including reporting procedures.
Actions to be taken if the driver does not comply with the set
guidelines.
Adequate signing, warnings and controls have to be implemented like
speed limits.
Enforce maximum load restriction
Implement a maintenance program for access roads carried out
before rainy season (cleaning gutters, improvement of the road if
necessary, etc.)
Develop procedures for parking and on-site traffic movement
Use if feasible project buses to transport workers to the site.
Traffic Management Plan
Equipment Maintenance Plan