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ROADS & MOTORWAYS
Syracuse - Gela Motorway, Sicily - Italy
Services: Detailed
design and Environmental Impact study; tender documents;
supervision of construction
Client:
Sicilian
Motorways Consortium (Messina) for ANAS (State
Highway Authority)
Period:
1998
– 2008
Construction cost:
€
774 million
The
Project:
The Syracuse -
Gela motorway (133 km) is an important link in the national and
regional road network, promoting the economic
development
of eastern Sicily (tourism, agriculture and the mining industry)
as well as offering a rapid outlet for
the
industrial centres of Syracuse, Ragusa and Gela.
The original design was drawn up by TECHNITAL in the years 1970-73
but construction was interrupted in 1975 because of the freezing
of financing in the motorway sector. As a result of this
interruption, only the first two lots of the
motorway, i.e. the section Syracuse-Cassibile (9.5 km), were
completed.
Funds became available again for the financing of the Syracuse-Gela
motorway in 1998. Given the long time lag since the
execution of the original contract TECHNITAL was charged with the
complete revision of the project in conformity with new standards
and techniques.
The situation of the motorway today is as follows:
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completed and open
to traffic:
9.5 km (Syracuse-Cassibile)
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under construction:
30 km (Cassibile
–Rosolini)
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under design review: 94 km (Rosolini-Ragusa-Gela)
Motorway characteristics:
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total length:
133 km
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design speed:
110-140 km
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No.
of lanes (per carriageway): 2 plus 1 emergency stopping lane
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width of
lanes:
3.75 m (3 m emergency
lane)
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width of median
strip:
4 m
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total width of road
formation:
27 m
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No.
of interchanges:
13
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