WSA_NCRPB_FR FOGZB_Vol VA-1 (15 Jul 10)

64. The pavement design is carried out in accordance with the guidelines of IRC 37 – 2002.
The results of the traffic survey and the projected traffic volume worked out in Chapter 3
are made use of in the pavement design. The design traffic is considered in terms of the
cumulative number of standard axles to be carried by the pavement during the design life
of the road and is derived from the initial volume of commercial vehicles per day, growth
rate, design life in years and the vehicle damage factor (number of standard axle per
commercial vehicle) to convert commercial vehicles to standard axles.

65. 20 MSA and 15 MSA are adopted for the pavement design of flyover and at grade road
respectively to arrive at the pavement layer composition.

I. Utility Relocation Plan

66. Proposal for shifting the utilities which fall within the project alignment have been
prepared. The details of utilities falling along the project alignment are mentioned in
Chapter 2. There are 33 lampposts present along the project alignment, which have been
removed, and lighting arrangement have been proposed in the flyover portion for both
flyover and at grade roads. The cost for new lighting has been included in the cost
estimates. There are 36 trees falling along the proposed flyover alignment, which have to
be felled during the construction phase. As a compensatory measure, it is proposed to plant
thrice the number of trees to be felled with site specific indigenous species and also to
transplant the small trees wherever possible. For all the remaining utilities, shifting
proposal is given in a separate drawing.

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