ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT Detailed Project Report Executive Summary (DHANSURA - MEGHRAJ) January 2013 LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd. LEAdership in engineering & planning solutions Project Preparatory Works Consultancy Services for Roads & Buildings Department, GoG Gujarat State Highway Project - II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................ 1 1.2 BROAD OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE ......................................................................................... 2 1.3 DETAILED PROJECT REPORT ................................................................................................ 2 2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE CORRIDOR .................................................................. 5 3 CORRIDOR CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................... 7 3.1 PROJECT CORRIDOR ............................................................................................................... 7 4 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND FORECAST ......................................................................................... 8 4.1 INTRODUTION .......................................................................................................................... 8 4.2 EXISTING TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................. 8 4.3 TRAFFIC FORECAST ................................................................................................................ 8 4.4 IMPROVEMENT OPTION ......................................................................................................... 9 5 ROAD SAFETY AUDIT .................................................................................................................... 10 5.1 PROJECT BRIEF ...................................................................................................................... 10 5.2 ACCIDENTS STATISTICS ...................................................................................................... 10 5.3 SAFETY ISSUES FOR PROJECT CORRIDOR ....................................................................... 10 5.4 IDENTIFIED ISSUES AND SUGGENTIONS ......................................................................... 11 6 DESIGN OF CORRIDOR .................................................................................................................. 12 6.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 12 6.2 IMPROVEMENT OPTION ....................................................................................................... 12 6.3 GEOMETRIC DESIGN INTERVENTIOINS ........................................................................... 16 6.4 INTERSECTION/JUNCTION DESIGN ................................................................................... 18 6.5 WAYSIDE AMENITIES AND SAFETY ASPECTS ................................................................ 19 6.6 PAVEMENT DESIGN .............................................................................................................. 22 6.7 IMPROVEMENT PROPOSAL FOR STRUCTURES .............................................................. 26 7 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................... 28 7.1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ....................................................................... 28 7.2 LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ................................................... 28 8 ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY TO TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN VILLAGES: SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 30 8.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 30 8.2 PROFILE OF SAMPLE POPULATION ................................................................................... 30 8.3 MAJOR FINDINGS .................................................................................................................. 30 9 PROJECT COSTING ......................................................................................................................... 31 10 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................... 32 10.1 RESULTS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS .................................................................................. 32 10.2 IMPACT OF PROJECT DELAY ON ECONOMY ................................................................... 33 10.3 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 33 LASA-India DPR: Dhansura-Meghraj i Project Preparatory Works Consultancy Services for Roads & Buildings Department, GoG Gujarat State Highway Project - II List of Tables Table 1.1: List of Project Corridors ................................................................................................................. 1 Table 3.1: Existing Corridor Characteristics ................................................................................................... 7 Table 4.1: Total Forecasted Traffic ................................................................................................................. 8 Table 6.1: Emerging Traffic Scenario and Improvement Needs ................................................................... 12 Table 6.2: Proposed Widening Scheme ......................................................................................................... 14 Table 6.3: Design Chainage ........................................................................................................................... 16 Table 6.4: Location of LA ............................................................................................................................. 17 Table 6.12: Proposed Footpath and Closed Drains Locations ....................................................................... 18 Table 6.6: Major Intersections/Junctions ....................................................................................................... 18 Table 6.9: Location of Crash Barrier ............................................................................................................. 19 Table 6.10: Existing Bus Shelter ................................................................................................................... 20 Table 6.11: Proposed Busbay and Shelters ............................................................................................... 21 Table 6.12: Proposed Footpath and Closed Drains Locations ....................................................................... 21 Table 6.13: Summary of Pavement Condition and Treatment Option........................................................... 23 Table 6.14: Proposed Pavement Composition ............................................................................................... 24 Table 6.15: Pavement Widening Scheme Dhansura-Malpur ......................................................................... 25 Table 6.16: Pavement Widening Scheme Malpur-Meghraj........................................................................... 25 Table 6.17: Type design in Widening Scheme (Dhansura-Malpur) .............................................................. 26 Table 6.18: Type design in Widening Scheme (Malpur-Meghraj) ................................................................ 26 Table 6.19: Proposed Treatment: Dhansura-Meghraj (SH-145) .................................................................... 26 Table 6.20: Summary of Proposed Treatment ............................................................................................... 27 Table 9.1: Project Cost .................................................................................................................................. 31 Table 10.1: Result of Economic Analysis .................................................................................................... 32 Table 10.2: Results of Sensitivity Analysis ................................................................................................... 32 List of Figures Figure 6.1: Proposed Improvement Option (SL/IL to 2L+HS) ..................................................................... 13 Figure 6.2: Design Interventions ................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 6.3: Typical Design of Bus-Shelter .................................................................................................... 21 Figure 6.4: Integration of Wayside Facilities ................................................................................................ 22 Figure 6.4: Typical View of Welcome Sign .................................................................................................. 22 Figure 10.1: Value of Travel Time Savings – Dhansura Meghraj ................................................................. 33 List of Maps Map 1.1: Project Corridors ........................................................................................................................