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Resurfacing of roads at Manikata - Site visit by Minister Censu Galea together with the Mayor of Mellieha at Manikata
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23/08/2001
23/08/2001
| The Minister for Transport and Communications, the Hon Censu Galea | together with Mr Joe Borg, Mayor of Mellieha, paid a visit to the site where road resurfacing works are underway at Manikata. |
| This project consisted of the resurfacing of Triq | il-Manikata, Triq il-Biedja, Triq San Pawl and various residential roads at Manikata. The Roads Department carried out asphalting works in the above mentioned three main road networks which together, outline the bus route that reaches the Manikata area, whilst the Mellieha Local Council carried out construction works in the residential area of Manikata. Due to the large scale of the two projects in question, the Roads Department and the Local Council co-ordinated the phasing of the works together with the necessary Service Utilities sections. In this way construction of these roads could progress well, thus avoiding unnecessary delays and ensuring that the traffic flow along these roads was not hindered in any way. |
| The project itself could commence after an extensive | road engineering survey in the form of sub grade plate–bearing tests was carried out by the Testing team at the Roads Department. Once this information was retrieved and evaluated the Engineers designed the structural pavement sections according to the relevant standards. |
| The testing information revealed that some areas of | the road surface required a renewal of the asphalt layer whilst in other areas, particularly in the Manikata valley area, unsound ground was encountered and construction of road foundations in the form of cement stabilisation was carried out. |
| This type of foundation construction will ensure the | structural adequacy of these roads and the necessary details required for such construction were forwarded accordingly from the Roads Department to the contractor undertaking the works. |
| Owing to the large area to be asphalted, this project | consisted also of several co-ordination phases with the necessary service utilities. In several instances, before construction commenced, pilot holes were drilled along road sections so that the existing pipes and ductwork could be localised and their longitudinal direction traced. In this way any form of damages to pipes and ducts was avoided. |
| Before the road surface construction started, renewal | of old water mains was carried out and trenches were excavated so that new underground ductwork for other service utilities was laid in well compacted material. The renewal of 1,390 meters of underground water services pipe work was carried out and a water feeding dual system through Triq il-Manikata was installed. |
| The total area of road surface that was asphalted by | the Roads Department is of 12,600 square meters and the total contract value of this project amounts to around Lm 100,000, whilst the residential roads that were asphalted by the Mellieha Local Council amount to around Lm140,000. |
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