RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LA PAZ EL ALTO HIGHWAY

8 Jun
The problem. The La Paz – El Alto highway was built more than 30 years ago and Due to the exhaustion of its useful life, the maintenance received is insufficient. He pavement, drainage system, walkways and lighting, among others, are are in poor condition. As a result of the above, They identify fissures that have caused the infiltration of surface waters. So Likewise, heavy load traffic has generated the breaking of slabs and erosion has caused deformations on the road. The current service level is ‘C’ and some sections during peak hours can reach ‘D’3 . If you do not do any intervention on the highway, the service level will very quickly reach ‘F’ generating vehicular chaos on the road. On the other hand, the security conditions Road traffic must be improved since the number of accidents has been increasing year on year. a year. Currently, there is a shortage of pedestrian walkways, traffic distributors, bus stops and both horizontal and vertical signage It is deficient. Due to the above, the highway rehabilitation project is 10.46 kilometers, 21 meters wide, three lanes and three return lanes, a useful life of 20 years, 13 walkways, three viaducts, more than 890 luminaires, more than 615 posts, pavement separators and a separating mesh, as well as cultural works.