The World Bank GN-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (P156557) REPORT NO.: RES34581 RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF GN-RURAL ROADS EMERGENCY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT APPROVED ON MARCH 8, 2016 TO REPUBLIC OF GUINEA TRANSPORT & DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT AFRICA Regional Vice President: Hafez M. Ghanem Country Director: Soukeyna Kane Senior Global Practice Director: Guangzhe Chen Practice Manager/Manager: Aurelio Menendez Task Team Leader: Cheick Omar Tidiane Diallo The World Bank GN-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (P156557) ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS The World Bank GN-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (P156557) BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P156557 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Approval Date Current Closing Date 08-Mar-2016 31-Mar-2019 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Ministry of Finance National Directorate of Rural Engineering Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The project development objective is to improve the accessibility of local communities to health services and Ebola treatment facilities in the targeted area by mitigating key bottlenecks along selected rural roads. OPS_TABLE_PDO_CURRENTPDO Summary Status of Financing Net TF Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed TF-A2432 08-Mar-2016 10-Jun-2016 10-Jun-2016 31-Mar-2019 2.85 2.61 .24 Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No The World Bank GN-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (P156557) I. PROJECT STATUS AND RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING The two main activities are the rehabilitation of about 40 km of rural roads under national competitive bidding and construction of 10 prefabricated steel bridges (130 meters’ total length) under international competitive bidding. Progress toward achieving the PDO (DO) and Implementation Progress (IP) were both rated Moderately Unsatisfactory in June 2018, because the installation of the metallic bridges was not completed despite two closing date extensions (from December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018 and from June 30, 2018 to October 31, 2018). A third closing date extensions from October 31, 2019 to March 31, 2019 was approved at the RVP level on March 15, 2019. Significant progress has been made by the Client. The containers with the steel superstructures that were shipped from China arrived on sites. The machinery and crews to install the bridges were successfully mobilized. Out of the total 10 bridges, about 6 steel bridge superstructures were installed. To meet the PDO, a fourth extension of closing date from March 31, 2019 to April 21, 2019 is needed so that the remaining 4 bridge structures could be installed. Should the project close for good, the Government would not finance the installation of the steel superstructures due to fiscal constraints. An official letter from the Government of Guinea asking for 3 weeks extension of the closing date was received. The task team concluded that the proposed additional 3-weeks extension of the project closing date is acceptable to allow enough time to finish the installation of the steel structures on all 10 bridges. The project roads cannot be passable all year round unless these metallic superstructures are installed. The Task Team thus confirms that the requirements of paragraph 42 of the BP10.00 have been met, and specifically that, (a) the project development objectives continue to be achievable; (b) the performance of the Borrower was satisfactory the past 6 months; (c) the Bank and the Borrower agree on actions that will be undertaken by them to complete the Project and (d) there are no outstanding audits, or interim financial reports (IFRs) for the grant. II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGES Change in Project Closing Date: This restructuring paper seeks the approval of the Country Director for a proposed 3 weeks extension of the closing date of the Guinea-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (TF-A2432) from March 31, 2019 to April 21, 2019. The World Bank GN-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (P156557) III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES Changed Not Changed Change in Results Framework ✔ Change in Loan Closing Date(s) ✔ Change in Implementing Agency ✔ Change in Project's Development Objectives ✔ Change in Components and Cost ✔ Cancellations Proposed ✔ Additional Financing Proposed ✔ Reallocation between Disbursement Categories ✔ Change in Disbursements Arrangements ✔ Change in Disbursement Estimates ✔ Change in Overall Risk Rating ✔ Change in Safeguard Policies Triggered ✔ Change of EA category ✔ Change in Legal Covenants ✔ Change in Institutional Arrangements ✔ Change in Financial Management ✔ Change in Procurement ✔ Change in Implementation Schedule ✔ Other Change(s) ✔ IV. DETAILED CHANGE(S) OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_RESULTS_TABLE RESULTS FRAMEWORK Project Development Objective Indicators PDO_IND_TABLE Direct project beneficiaries Unit of Measure: Number The World Bank GN-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (P156557) Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value 0.00 33000.00 66000.00 Revised Date 01-Jan-2016 29-Mar-2019 19-Apr-2019 Female beneficiaries Unit of Measure: Percentage Indicator Type: Custom Supplement Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value 0.00 16500.00 33000.00 Revised Travel time reduction Unit of Measure: Percentage Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value 0.00 35.00 50.00 Revised Date 01-Jan-2016 29-Mar-2019 19-Apr-2019 Intermediate Indicators IO_IND_TABLE Roads rehabilitated, Rural Unit of Measure: Kilometers Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 Revised Date 01-Jan-2016 29-Mar-2019 19-Apr-2019 Length of constructed bridges Unit of Measure: Meter(m) Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value 0.00 80.00 135.00 Revised Date 01-Jan-2016 29-Mar-2019 19-Apr-2019 The World Bank GN-Rural Roads Emergency Improvement Project (P156557) Number of Ebola Treatment Unit served Unit of Measure: Number Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value 0.00 4.00 7.00 Revised Date 01-Jan-2016 29-Mar-2019 19-Apr-2019 OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_LOANCLOSING_TABLE LOAN CLOSING DATE(S) Original Revised Proposed Proposed Deadline TF Status Closing Closing(s) Closing for Withdrawal Applications 30-Jun-2018, 31-Oct- TF-A2432 31-Dec-2017 21-Apr-2019 21-Aug-2019 2018, 31-Mar-2019 Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content, document is editable from here.