Project Description
Client: Council for Development and Reconstruction
Location: Akkar North Lebanon
Value: $17,487,928.33
The works for the Road include the construction of 14 km length of road works. The roadways section consists of 7.0 m wide pavement with 0.25 m inner verge from each side and 1.50m shoulder on each side.
The first section of this road passes by the villages of Abboudieh, Janine and Noura El Tahta village. It also has a bridge structure. The total length of this section is approximately 7Km, and the alignment crosses a mountainous terrain. The land use is in majority agricultural.
The second section begins at Noura El Tahta intersection and ends at El Dabbabieh village. The total length of this section is approximately 3.SKm.
The third section begins at El Dabbabieh village, it passes through El Fraidis and ends at El Mounjez village. The total length of this section is approximately 3.SKm. The alignment crosses a hard mountainous area and the land use is in majority semi-urban.
Road Works Include:
- Site and geotechnical investigation (existing utilities, boreholes at bridges and retaining walls locations).
- Earthworks (625,000m3) for road construction, road widening, drainage channels, culverts, bridges, walls, etc.
- Sub-base and base course layers (106,000 m3)
- Two Asphalt Pavement layer (52,000 Ton). Construction of retaining walls, Culverts, 4 bridges, Concrete ditches for Storm water drainage network (in total: 25,085m3 of reinforced concrete with 2,500 Ton of steel reinforcement).
- Protection works (slope protection, drainage ditch, grouted riprap).
- Utilities works and relocation of existing utilities.
- Lighting works at intersections.
- Road accessories: New Jersey Barrier, signing and marking.