Old Tyres on More Tomorrow Road for Flood Prevention
Residents of More Tomorrow in Cayo were left confused and concerned when they woke up this morning and found dozens of old tyres along the village road. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing has confirmed that the tyres will be used to upgrade the road due to its susceptibility to flooding. A few weeks ago, complaints were made by the school in the area in terms of access to the village and school. Periodic maintenance was done.
Chief Engineer Evondale Moody told News 5, “What we were trying is an engineering technology called mechanical concrete whereby you utilise old tyres to construct a formation, basically. And you would utilise that in areas where you have areas that are susceptible to flooding or you have major consolidation. And so the old tyres are basically set up in a grid formation, similar to what we call a geogrid, which you would have to import. However, utilising the old tyres is beneficial to us because it also prevents erosion from happening. And it also acts as a confinement for the aggregate we’re placing on the road.”
It is believed that this technology is environmentally friendly.
He added, “So the idea is that you place these tyres in a grid formation and we infill these tyres with aggregate. And then compact over. And so we have done that today for approximately about 500 meters. We intend to try and complete at least 1.6 kilometres, which is about a mile. And we want to do that by the end of this week as a pilot project. So that’s the reason why we have those tyres on the More Tomorrow road.”
Moody says he spoke with the Chief Environmental Officer. No major environmental concerns were expressed. The ministry maintains over 3,000 miles of road countrywide.
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