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Maintenance Strategies

1.1. Introduction

“Maintenance” here is taken to include Major Rehabilitation, Resurfacing, and Routine

Maintenance as defined in Figure 1. Preservation of existing assets through these activities
should be an absolute priority for the State. Development, which covers Widening and
Reconstruction, is discussed in Chapter Error: Reference source not found.

Figure 1: Maintenance Activities

Works Type Works Activity/ Operation Specification

40mmBC with + 50mm

Widening & Increase in carriage way width
DBM+200 mm WMM+ 250 mm
Strengthening with or without paved shoulder
GSB.

40mmBC with + 50mm

Rehabilitation /
Overlay dense -graded asphalt DBM+200 mm WMM+ 250 mm
Reconstruction
GSB.

Providing and Laying bituminous

Resurfacing tack coat with emulsion + 25mm
SDBC
SDBC (60/70)

Routine
Maintenance Edge Repairs Filling with gravel for side berm

Pot hole filling with 36mm, with

bitumen 40 Kg
Patching
Pot hole filling with12 mm with
bitumen 60 kg
Crack filling using slow setting
emulsion and applying crusher
Crack Sealing dust in case cracks are wider than
3mm as per Tech Spec Cl.
3004.3.3
Maintenance of Eastern shoulders
Shoulders
filling with fresh soil.
Cleaning of Vents, apron repairs,
Culverts Stone pitching, and vegetation
clearing.
Bridges Vegetation Clearing,
Replacement of Bearings, Stone

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 Pitching, Drainage Spout,
Expansion Joints, Painting,
Railings, Etc.
Repairing and replacement of
Misc. Traffic signs, Road Marking and
Road Appurtances.

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