251110006640 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING REPORT FOR THE ECC APPLICATION OF: BORROW PIT AT KM 104 (DIRECTION RUNDU TO DIVUNDU) REQUIRED FOR REHABILITATION WORKS ON TR0804 PHASE 03: BETWEEN RUNDU AND DIVUNDU IN THE KAVANGO EAST REGION.

The Roads Authority of Namibia (RA) appointed Element Consulting Engineers (ECE) to perform the consulting services for the following project: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR THE EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT OF CHINA HENAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION GROUP (CHICO) TO CONTINUE WITH THE PENDING 27KM OF THE 78KM LIGHT REHABILITATION WORKS ON TR0804 PHASE 03: BETWEEN RUNDU AND DIVUNDU IN THE KAVANGO EAST REGION. Enviro Management Consultants Namibia (EMCN) is appointed to undertake an Environmental Assessment process relating to the proposed project. Rehabilitation works on the trunk road T0804 between Rundu and Divundu in the Kavango East Region are being undertaken in phases. The rehabilitation of this road requires suitable material to reconstruct the road shoulder which has severely deteriorated. Suitable materials are very difficult to obtain in this area of Namibia and the sources are limited. The engineers together with the Roads Authority identified suitable sources at: • Borrow Pit at km 104 from Rundu to Divundu – Ndonga Linena Constituency Previous extraction of suitable material for the construction of roads commenced at the borrow pits (BPs) and this application provides for the expansion of existing pit. The natural area around the pit has been impacted negatively in the past. One main objective of this application is that the BP will be fully rehabilitated once the material extraction for the road rehabilitation is completed.