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MAJOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORKS AT SALINI – IKLIN ROAD
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21/08/2001
21/08/2001
| One of the major roads projects currently being | carried out by the Ministry for Transport and Communications involves the reconstruction of the 4.9km road at Naxxar that links Salini, through the Birguma Bypass, to Tal-Balal Road at Iklin. The Roads department has invited members of the press to visit the works that are being carried out, in conformity with current plans to upgrade various sections of the roads network in the country. The Minister for Transport and Communications, Mr. Censu Galea, accompanied the Press and provided further details about Government’s objectives: Roads Restoration Initiative. |
| The contract for the implementation of this project | was awarded to Penza Tarmac Ltd., under a novel form of contract for Malta termed: DESIGN, BUILD and MAINTAIN CONTRACT. Under this form of contract the appointed contractor is initially responsible to design and build the road to Roads’ Department Standards and Specifications. Subsequently, the contractor will be responsible to maintain the completed road for a period of five years from the date of completion. This system ensures that the contractor carries out the necessary works to a high standard first time round as, at his expense, he would otherwise have to replace any defective work that could show up during the maintenance period, while the road is in use. In practice it means that contractor could be responsible for the works carried out for a period of nine years, if it would result that defective work starts to appear and has to be replaced at the end of the initial five year guarantee period. |
| Works have been carried out to date on 1.5 km of the | route. New ‘350mm diameter’ water mains have been laid. Service and storm water ducts are also under construction. Work is now commencing on the reconstruction of the road carriageway itself. A cement stabilisation layer is being constructed over which the road pavement would be constructed. |
| The Roads department is closely monitoring the | phasing of the works after discussions with the contractor, thus ensuring that each step of the works is appropriately agreed upon to avoid delays. The estimated cost of the project will be in the region of Lm1.5M. |
| Design Resources have been appointed by the | contractor to design and supervise the works, while the project management is being carried out in-house by Penza Tarmac Ltd. Progress of the work is monitored by Roads Department engineers who are also implementing an ongoing testing programme of materials being used in parallel with the quality assurance tasks being carried out by the contractor. |
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