Table 5 - 1 in Electricity Network Reinforcement and Expansion Project (ENREP) Update the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for LOT-I: Metu-Mesha 230 KV Single Circuit Transmission Line

Table 5-1. Key features and restrictions of the Metu – Masha 230 kV overhead transmission line (OHTL). ComponentsWidth/areaDescriptionActivitiesRestrictions Construction phaseOperation PhaseOverhead Transmission Line Right -of-Way (RoW)OHTL Right-of-Way40 m (20 m in either side)• This is established to ensure safety of the high voltage OHTLConstruction phaseTemporary crop damage limits farmers to tend their crops• No new houses• Removal of all high trees inside the RoW• No plantation of high trees will be planted inside the RoW• The RoW is 40 m (20 m in either side)• Construction of tower foundations• High trees will be removed along the entire length of the RoW• Cultivation of crops is allowed• Existing houses inside the RoW will be relocatedOperation phase• Regularmonitoring of the RoW to ensure it is free of high trees• Monitor for non-existence of new houses inside the RoWAccess Roads to the RoW4 m• Removal of vegetation to ensure vehicle accessConstruction phase• Cultivation can be temporarily disrupted• Vegetation growth is allowed• Clearing vegetation after payments of compensation (temporary effect)• Avoid cutting big trees along the access road (reroute the road)• Cultivation is allowedOperation phase• Transportation of construction materialsImmediate areas outside the RoW40 m (20 m in either side)• Houses and planting trees are allowed• Monitoring the distance of high trees to the RoW corridor and the OHTL• Cultivation restricted temporarily due to construction activities• Construction of houses allowed• Planting trees allowed• As some trees grow over 40 m, avoid plant these trees very close to the edge of the RoW on both sidesFootprint of the new Masha substationConstruction of new substation at Masha300 m x 300 m in area• This area is currently a grazing area with very scattered trees. These scattered trees will be removedConstruction phase• Dust emission due to truck movements and excavation• Permanent loss of land• Scattered trees will be removed• No other restrictions• Excavation of foundations• Relatively high traffic of dump truck to transport soil wastes may affect livestock and human movements• There are no houses and crop fields• Temporary increase in ambient noiseProject componentsTemporary working area at each tower site20 m x 20 m• Working area for construction, store materials temporarilyConstruction phase• Access to the site restricted• Clearing of vegetation and trees• Construction and erection of TowersPermanent tower area1 0 m x 1 0 m• There are about 1 80 Towers inside the RoWConstruction phase• No trees or crops allowed on 1 0 m x 1 0m area• Fully Clear tea bushes and vegetationOperation phase(permanent loss• Monitoring for the absence of vegetation that could potentially disrupt power transmissionof land)