Overview

• Engineers have begun terraplén step filling and deep inclusion drilling to stabilize the embankment at km 38+200.
• Preliminary soil studies by specialized SICT directorates measured a 54-meter-long, 12-meter-wide slip with up to 1.50-meter-deep settlements.
• Crews are erecting a 61-pile reinforced concrete retaining wall connected by a capping beam to secure slope integrity.
• Two 1.5-meter-diameter drainage structures have been installed upstream and downstream to improve stormwater management.
• A provisional 5-centimeter hot-mix asphalt surface with barriers and signage, placed in February, continues to support safe traffic flow.