niltRe/o1s IRC-SP:19-2001 MANUAL FOR SURVEY, INVESTIGATION AND PREPARATION OF ROAD PROJECTS Published by INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110001 2001 Price Rs.320/- (plus packing and postage)IRC'SP:19-2001 First Published: December, 1997 inst Revision: December, 2001 (Rights of Publication and of Translation are Reserved) Printed at Nutan Printers, New Delhi (1000 copies)10. rT 2 1B IRC:SP:19-2001 CONTENTS Page Personnel of the Highways Specifications & Standards Committee ai) Introduction 1 ‘Scope 2 Stages in Project Preparation 3 Guiding Principles of Route Selection and Alignment Improvement 5 Survey of Socio-Economic Profile 7 ‘Traffic Surveys and Analysis 7 6.4, General 7 62, Classified Traffic Volume Counts 8 6.3. Origin-Destination (0-D) Surveys 8 6.4. Speed and Delay Smudies 9 6.5. Traffie Surveys for Design of Road Junctions 9 6.6. Traffic Surveys for Replacing Railway Level Crossings with Over-Bridges/Subways 10 6.7. Axle Load Survey 10 68. Accident Records 10 69. Traffic Projection 10 Reconnaissance Survey n 7.1. Purpose i 7.2. Survey Method n 7.3. Study of Survey-Sheets, Maps etc. u 74. Aerial Reconnaissance 2 7S. Ground Reconnaissance 2 7.6. Reconnaissance Report B Preliminary Survey B 8.1. Purpose B 8.2. Survey Procedure 24 8.3. Map Preparation 25 Environmental Impact Study and Resettlement and Rehabili 25 9.1. General 25 9.2. Environmental Analysis 26 9.3, Environmental Design 27 9.4. Environmental Management Action Plan 2 9.5. Resettlement and Rehabilitation Action Plan (RAP) 2 Feasibility Report 28 Selection of Optimum Alignment in the Design Office 30 Final Location Survey 31 12.1. Purpose 31 12.2. Staking Final Centre Line ET 12.3, Bench Marks 32 12.4, Longitudinal Sections and Cross-Sections 32 12.5, Proper Protection of Points of Reference 3 Soil and Material Surveys 3 13.1. General 3 13.2. Study of Available Information 33