The National Department of Transport Infrastructure (Dnit) informed that it had to change the schedule of the diversion work on BR-304, in Lajes, in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte, due to the “constant rains” and, as a result, the new forecast is that the diversion will start operating until the beginning of May.
According to Dnit, “the Department’s teams, whenever the weather conditions are favorable, have been speeding up the work, aiming to free up traffic on the stretch as soon as possible.”
The agency reported that it carried out services on the stretch such as cleaning the area, subgrade regularization It is earthmoving. Until Tuesday (23), Dnit was laying a drainage layer with cracked stone and graded gravel, and was also installing a culvert pipe for the river flow.
The closure has caused losses to local businesses whose main customers are people traveling along the highway. For those who needed to pass through the stretch, the RN government published alternative routes (click HERE).
Video shows flooded BR-304 bypass
Bridge will have different structure
Regarding the construction of the new bridge, Dnit reported that the preliminary project for emergency hiring of a company that will carry out the work is being analyzed by the municipality’s technical team.
“After approval of the preliminary project, the process of hiring a specialized company for construction will begin,” he said in a note.
The Dnit also said that the new structure will have different configurations from the bridge that collapsed, “aiming to increase the flow capacity in the segment and eliminate the risk of accidents occurring.”
The superintendent of Dnit in Rio Grande do Norte, Getúlio Batista, said in a press conference on April 2 that the reconstruction of the bridge could take between 6 and 12 months.
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