Construction Routes • The modernisation to an asphalt grade of 80 kilometres of laterite gravel routes from Sukuta to Kartong  and in the Western Region between Brikama and Gunjur, Sukuta to the airport and between Kololi up to Ghana Town. • The upgrading of the 28 kilometres section of the Serrekunda to Mandina Ba Road. • The upgrading of 24 kilometres the Trans-Gambia Highway which runs across the centre of the country in a north-south direction connecting Dakar to Keur Ayib on the Senegalese border, through Farafenni and and then picks up again through Yelli Tenda Ferry Crossing through Soma and ends at Senoba on the Casamance district border. Quantity of Works Involved (est.) Excavation digging -32,000m³ Cement stabilized base -359,929m³ Concrete paving -550m² Concrete (bridgework) -658m³ Concrete (culverts) -2,477m³ Double Bituminous surface -828,000m² Portland grade cement -359,929m³ Pre-made Concrete Kerbing -10,075m Reinforced Concrete Drains -12,550m Reinforcements -210 tonnes Sand -136,767m³ Steel Pile Tubing 500mm -600m Sub-base of selected laterite -346,982m³ Variable Excavations -428,979m³     Source: Dept. of Works The deadline for contractors to enter their tender bids was the 17 March 1997 and was sent to the Major Tender Board at the Ministry of Finance in Banjul. Picture credit: Flickr (people on tarmac)