Ladismith Reseal

The project involved the investigation of the reseal/pavement rehabilitation and upgrade of Trunk
Road 31 Section 5 (TR 31/5) from Ladismith (km 0.91) to Calitzdorp (km 47.63) including initial and
detailed assessment, detail design and documentation as well as the tender and construction
stages.
The project included the following works:

•  Pavement repair work and reseal using a rubber modified binder of some 46 km of the
  trunk road.
• Included in the reseal section were various section were pavement rehabilitation were
  undertaken.
• Upgrade of some 2km of the road, including improvements to the road geometry.
• The structural work included the rehabilitation of two bridges as well as the construction of
  a new cast insitu box culvert and rehabilitation works the existing box culverts.
• Flood repair works at various remote sites were done under the contract. This included the
  he reinstatement of a slope failure in the Garcia Pass as well as the construction of training
  walls in rivers for bank protection in various rivers and improvements to an existing
  concrete causeway.
• Also included under the contract was the upgrading of view sites in the Huis River Pass as
  well as geotechnical maintenance works on the rock cut slopes within the pass.