YARMOUK - DEAD SEA ROAD

THE JORDAN VALLEY COMMISSION WILL OVERSEE THE PROJECT WITH THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION. THE YARMOUK-DEAD SEA ROAD FROM ADSIYA IN THE NORTH TO THE AMMAN-DEAD SEA ROAD JUNCTION IN THE SOUTH WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED, WIDENED & RESURFACED. THE 104 KILOMETER ROAD WILL BE UPGRADED TO A PRIMARY HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION WITH A UNIFORM CARRIAGE WAY OF 7.2 METERS AND TWO METER-WIDE PAVED SHOULDERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CARRIAGE WAY. ONE PART OF THE HIGHWAY WILL BE RELOCATED BETWEEN KUFREIN JUNCTION AND THE AMMAN-NAUR-JERUSALEM HIGHWAY TO PASS CLOSE TO THE KUFREIN DAM. THIS RELOCATION WILL BE 7.66KM LONG AND WILL REDUCE THE TRAVELED DISTANCE BETWEEN KUFREIN & AMMAN BY THREE KM. ALSO, THE SINGLE LANE MU"ADD1 BRIDGE OVER THE ZARQUA RIVER WILL BE REPLACED BY A TWO-LANE STRUCTURE. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FUNDS ONLY FOR THE ERECTION OF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL & THE BRIDGE DECK. (STRUCTURAL STEEL FOR THE BRIDGE WAS PURCHASED UNDER PROJECT 2780101.) A CONSTRUCTION FIRM WILL BE CONTRACTED (JORDANIAN OR US) TO PROVIDE LABOR,EQUIPMENT,MATERIALS & SUPERVISION. THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL PROVIDE THE ENGINEERING SERVICES. THE HOST-COUNTRY WILL PROVIDE PERSONNEL & INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT. THIS PROJECT WILL COMPLEMENT US SUPPORTED (LOAN & GRANT) JORDAN VALLEY REHABILITATION PLAN. THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INHABITANTS OF THE JORDAN VALLEY FOR WHOM IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION WILL MEAN AN INCREASE IN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- PARTICULARLY THE EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.