Projects

Salang Corridor Project

Corridor study and feasibility study for a road con-nection in the Hindukush Mountains, including a tunnel at high altitude at the Salang pass

Project:

Proof check of a corridor and feasibility study for con-struction of a winter-safe road crossing the Hin-dukush Mountains for connecting the capital Kabul with the northern provinces of Afghanistan.

Comparison of four corridor options, consisting on the one hand side upgrading the existing road, in-cluding refurbishment of the existing Salang tunnel and construction of a second tunnel tube (Option 2A) and construction of two new tunnel tubes at lower al-titude respectively (Option 2), and on the other hand construction of new roads through mountainous ter-rain, including construction of twin-tube tunnels at high altitude (Option 3 and 4). All options include av-alanche galleries and other protection measures against natural risks such as rock fall, debris flows etc.

Services of 3G:

  • Engineering geological consulting services for geological preliminary studies and design of investigation programme.

Location: Jabal-os-Sarāj – Salang pass – Khenjan Afghanistan

Project Period: since 2018

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