Owen Falls dam repairs to cost sh7b

Mar 09, 2011

SPENCON Services will rehabilitate the Nalubaale Bridge (Owen Falls Dam) in Jinja for sh7b.

By vision reporter

SPENCON Services will rehabilitate the Nalubaale Bridge (Owen Falls Dam) in Jinja for sh7b.

The rehabilitation works, which commenced on March1, will be completed next year in February, Dan Alinange, the Uganda National Roads Authority spokesman, said.

He explained that the bridge would remain open to traffic during the rehabilitation, with one service lane during low traffic at night, Alinange added.

The publicist disclosed that the repairs will improve the structural integrity of the bridge before the commissioning of the new one across the Nile at Jinja.

He noted that the bridge structural components had deteriorated due to environmental and traffic loads.

“Investigations reveal serious deterioration of some of the underwater bridge piers and overly stressed deck elements on account of increasing traffic loads in excess of what was initially designed,” Alinange said.

The scope of work shall include repairs and strengthening of existing deck slabs, replacement of deck drainage, and ancillary bridge parts, resurfacing of deck with asphalt concrete and underwater repairs to reinforce concrete piers.

Alinange pointed out that the design and supervision will be handled by Mott MacDonald, (UK) and Kagga & Partners (Uganda).

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