Road Safety Auditing Study for Atbara

Description

The road lies in two states, meanly the River Nile State and the Red Sea State linking between Atbara and Port Sudan through Haiya with a total length of 487 km. The road consisted of two parts. The first Lot is Atbara-Haiya link which is about 278 km implemented and opened for operation by 2007. While the second lot is Haiya- Port Sudan link approximately 209 km and forming part of the existing asphalt road which extends from Khartoum to Kassala, Haiya, and Port Sudan (about 1200 km in length), and this 5 section operated since the early seventeen’s of the last century. The selected design speed for this road was 100km/hr. The speed limit for the most sections is 100 km/hr. The overall objective of this study components is to contribute positively to reduction and prevention of the risk of accidents occurring on the national roadway Atbra – Haiya – Port Sudan and to minimize their severity. While the detailed objectives include