Introduction:
 The
2 lane Kombo (aka Combo) Coastal Road runs from Greater
Banjul
right down south through the Gambian villages of Kololi,
Bijilo, Brufut, Tanji, Sanyang, Gunjur and Kartong.
The total cost of the bituminized highway is D168
million which runs for 80km along the Atlantic strip
(112km including ancillary routes). The section that
runs from the Kairaba Avenue traffic lights up to the
Brusubi Roundabout is called the Bertil Harding Highway.
 The
Kombo Coastal Roads Project, which is aimed at expanding
the road network serving the country’s most beautiful
beaches,
to develop the southern Atlantic Coast from Tanji to
Kartong. Funding was provided to the Gambia Government
for the highway by the Kuwait Fund and the Arab bank
to the tune of 112 million Dalasis. Taiwan also provided
financing which enabled the building of the Kerewan
road and river crossover.
Construction Routes:
• The modernisation
to an asphalt grade of 80 kilometres of laterite gravel
routes from Sukuta to Kartong and in the Western
Region between Brikama and Gunjur,
Sukuta to the airport and between Kololi up to Ghana
Town.
• The upgrading
of the 28 kilometres section of the Serrekunda
to Mandina Ba Road.
 •
The upgrading of 24 kilometres the Trans-Gambia
Highway which runs across the centre of the country
in a north-south direction connecting Dakar to Keur
Ayib on the Senegalese border, through Farafenni and
and then picks up again through Yelli Tenda Ferry Crossing
through Soma and ends at Senoba on the Casamance district
border.
Quantity of Works Involved: (est.)
| Excavation
digging |
-32,000m³ |
| Cement
stabilized base |
-359,929m³ |
| Concrete
paving |
-550m² |
| Concrete
(bridgework) |
-658m³ |
| Concrete
(culverts) |
-2,477m³ |
| Double
Bituminous surface |
-828,000m² |
| Portland
grade cement |
-359,929m³ |
| Pre-made
Concrete Kerbing |
-10,075m |
| Reinforced
Concrete Drains |
-12,550m |
| Reinforcements |
-210 tonnes |
| Sand |
-136,767m³ |
| Steel
Pile Tubing |
500mm -600m |
| Sub-base
of selected laterite |
-346,982m³ |
| Variable
Excavations |
-428,979m³ |
| |
|
Source: Dept.
of Works
 |
The deadline for contractors to enter their tender bids
was the 17 March 1997 and was sent to the Major Tender
Board at the Ministry of Finance in Banjul. |
