The Government of The Gambia has received a loan from BADEA and FSD for the studies and construction of the crossing of the town of Brikama as well as the Brikama – Dimbaya – Darsilami – Marakissa loop over a length of 26 km.
The existing road has sections of earth and other asphalt, it crosses agricultural tracks and urban areas.
The works of this road mainly include:
• Reorganization and widening of the urban crossing of the city of Brikama including sidewalks and drainage works, expropriation of constructions and signage,
• Construction of a roadway consisting of a bituminous concrete wearing course (5cm thick), a laterite cement base layer (20cm thick) and a natural laterite subgrade (20cm thick);
• Development of crossroads and crossings of villages;
• The construction of two shoulders paved in bilayer;
• The coating of sidewalks with surface plaster at crossings of built-up areas;
• The construction of transverse drainage works such as culverts and scuppers;
• The construction of longitudinal drainage works such as earthen and concrete ditches. |
