All the Roads are constructed in accordance with the Qatar Highway Code and the road constrution is inspected, approved & certifified by Ministry officials at every stage of the construction.
O really ;)
I have to kind of walk on eggshells here a bit
But to answer your question, water is roads arch enemy, and if you keep the surface intact and drains clear you can prolong the roads life.
Now as soon as you get a pothole, or wide cracks in the surface and water can get inside and start causing all kinds of problems. It causes paths of weakness in the layers and in additon to the high traffic you then get rapid failure. Pothole patching and crack sealing needs to be done regulalryl and especially before the 'wet' season in any country.
Traffic has grown quite considerably in Qatar and anecdotally you will find that roads were designed for traffic levels much lower than today. In addition there is serious overloading of trucks, with not enough enforcement e.g on salwa 100tonne trucks have been found, also some that were more than the machine could actually measure, UK motorway limit is half that.
All the Roads are constructed in accordance with the Qatar Highway Code and the road constrution is inspected, approved & certifified by Ministry officials at every stage of the construction.
O really ;)
I have to kind of walk on eggshells here a bit
But to answer your question, water is roads arch enemy, and if you keep the surface intact and drains clear you can prolong the roads life.
Now as soon as you get a pothole, or wide cracks in the surface and water can get inside and start causing all kinds of problems. It causes paths of weakness in the layers and in additon to the high traffic you then get rapid failure. Pothole patching and crack sealing needs to be done regulalryl and especially before the 'wet' season in any country.
Traffic has grown quite considerably in Qatar and anecdotally you will find that roads were designed for traffic levels much lower than today. In addition there is serious overloading of trucks, with not enough enforcement e.g on salwa 100tonne trucks have been found, also some that were more than the machine could actually measure, UK motorway limit is half that.