The Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Desert Highway (Road 15). Jordan Contract 2

The Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Desert Highway (Road 15). Jordan Contract 2

Rehabilitation of the second section of the desert road from Qatraneh at station 65+000 to up AL Hashimiyah at station 152+000.  The works include removing the existing asphalt layers by milling, widening the existing road to add a new lane at each direction, a new base-course layer and three asphalt layers, the wearing a coarse layer of basalt aggregates. It also includes "drainage works, traffic diversions, public safety, signs, road marking and furnishing.

Major aspects of the project:

• Removal of existing asphalt layers (Milling 20 cm) = 2,150,000 m².
• Sub base and base course layers = 705,000 m³
• Asphalt layers base & binder and wearing = 7,311,000 m².

Project information:

• Employer:  Ministry of Public Works and Housing
• Consultant: AI-Muhandis Nizar AI-Kurdi AI-Milli Engineering Consultants and Dar AI-Omran Infrastructure & Environment  
• Contract Value 91.61 Million USD
• Expected Value of project: 110 Million USD
• Project Status: Completed.