TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN

By Oleksandr SIKORSKIY and Ivan BATALYUK, Group 33-E

Zandaro today is facing the situation when the roads are badly damaged, blocked
by debris and landslides or destroyed. The bridges across five mountain streams
and the only one in the capital across the river Grand are completely destroyed.
Vast territory around Lake Grand is flooded. The airfield is seriously damaged both
by the flooding and the earthquake. The non-existent transport system hampers
any attempts of delivering humanitarian aid to the suffering people. Under the
circumstances we ought to act fast and efficiently.
The sequence of activities is going to be the
following:

A. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:

1. To cater for transportation needs of the

international rescue mission, particularly to
operate in the flooded area, we are going to
deploy amphibious vehicles received from the
military surplus stock.

2. The five bridges across the small rivers in the

mountains are going to be replaced by
temporary girder bridges, which are included
into standard equipment of military engineers.
The source of the girder bridges is the same.

3. The Zangora Bridge will be substituted by a temporary ferry crossing,

augmented by another similar crossing in
Riverville. In both places we are going to use
mechanized engineer ferries.

4. The repairs of the airfield should commence

immediately. Meanwhile, the network of fast-
built helicopter pads has to be created in the
disaster area

5. Volunteer engineers and professional construction teams are going to be

recruited and send to Zandaro. Equipped with trucks, bulldozers, cranes and
other machinery donated by the nations involved in the aid program they
 have to commence renovating the roads aiming at bringing them to a higher
standard. They also have to employ local work force and train them “in the
field”. It will reduce unemployment and enable Zandaro to develop its road
network in the future. Not only local workers but also local building materials
should be used, if possible. It may help Zandaro to develop its industry.

B. LONGER-TERM PLANS include:

1. Restoring the damaged and destroyed bridges.

2. Building a new bridge in Riverville.

3. Modernizing the existing airfield by building additional 4-km runway,

installing a modern ground lighting system and an up-to-date air traffic
control elements. It will enable the airfield to operate at night and in
unfavorable weather conditions, and also to provide landings and takeoffs for
larger aircraft.

4. Local engineers and workers ought to be trained to continue developing of

Zandaro’s infrastructure.