This report presents the findings of astudy of geohazards along 850 km of roads in SouthernKyrgyzstan (KG) and their potential impact on roadrehabilitation projects throughout the country. This reportpresents the findings of a short "fact finding"study on geological hazards (or geohazards) as they relateto ongoing and future planned road rehabilitation projectsthroughout KG and provides recommendations on activitiesthat could be carried out in KG over the coming years inorder to utilize the expertise and data available in countryin order to facilitate and improve road design andmonitoring/mitigation of geohazard impacts. Section twoprovides an introduction to the report and section threeprovides background information behind the study, theobjectives and a brief description of the scope of work.Section four describes geohazards in general and detailsthose specifically threatening road developments in KG.Section five describes current road design practices andcodes and standards within KG while. Section six discussedbriefly the potential economic consequences of geohazards onmajor roads in KG. Section seven discusses geohard design,mitigation and monitoring of geohazards and presents twoexamples of detailed geohazard assessment and design andconstruction techniques developed in other countries.Sections eight and nine present the conclusions andrecommendations arising from the study. References arelisted in section ten.
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