Exhibit 6.4 Environmental Issues and Strategies Used to Address Them for International Transportation PPP Projects | |
Issues | Strategies |
Widespread public opposition to project due to broad array of environmental and community concerns | Held regular meetings with local community groups during both construction and implementation phases to identify and mitigate construction-related impacts and operational impacts once opened. |
Negotiated agreement with major opposition groups that included conditions requested to be included in the concession agreement, such as the use of noise-reducing asphalt. | |
Used comprehensive environmental studies prior to plan development that included extensive public outreach and stakeholder communications over a 4 to 8-year timeframe that resulted in adjustments to the original facility locations. | |
Used public outreach during the environmental planning process to convert a planned toll project to a non-tolled facility paid through shadow tolls. | |
Integrated new facility into the local geography, added landscaping, and built high embankments to hide toll plazas. | |
Constructed by-pass routes for trucks accessing the construction site during project development. | |
Integrated environmental mitigation and improvement mechanisms early in preliminary design process. | |