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Client
Programa de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas (PNUD)-Secretaría de Obras Públicas, Transporte y Vivienda (SOPTRAVI)-Dirección General de Carreteras (DGC)
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Country
Honduras
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Location
Comayagua Valley
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Area
Transportation
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Year
2003-2004
Type of Work: Feasibility Study and Final Design for Construction.
Determination of the technical and economic feasibility and environmental studies of the execution of the Start-End improvement works project of the Comayagua Valley, with an approximate length of 29.6 km. The purpose of the study was to improve the capacity of the highway, through road duplication, crossings at different levels and other road improvements. The tasks carried out were the following: Road inventory; Volumetric censuses. Speed studies; Origin and destination surveys; Socioeconomic characteristics of the study area; Determination of rates for traffic projections; Study of alternatives; Economic evaluation of the global plan; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Topographic surveys; Economic-financial feasibility and Cargo Censuses.