HULHULE-MALE’ BRIDGE PROJECT

EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project
The reasons for the high noise level around N10 and N11 during day time may have been
associated with construction activities on a building nearby. Night time readings were higher in
all locations, mainly due to traffic, perhaps associated with Ramazan period. Measurements
taken inside the building at N2, N3, N6 and N8 also showed unusually higher readings during
night due to traffic. The higher readings at Senahiyaa hospitals were associated with the fans
inside the building.
Vibrations were not observed at any of the sites surveyed.
4.6.2 Air Quality
Ambient air quality measurement was not undertaken at the site due to the limited time available
for this EIA. Instead, readings from the Male’ monitoring sites established by EPA have been
presented here.
The 24 hourly PM 10 values recorded at Hukuru Miskiiy between 2010 and 2012 1 range between
7.90 – 21.94 µg/m 3 . Measurements at Villingili Island in 2011 2 were recorded at a similar range
at 13.0 µg/m 3 .
4.7 Recreational Resources
4.7.1 Parks and recreational areas
The SE corner of Male’ is considered one of the main recreational areas of the island. The
distribution of recreational parks in the area is presented in Figure 4.49. Among these parks, the
following parks will be directly affected during the project. Table below provides a list of the
parks in the vicinity and how they are affected.
Table 4.15: Parks and recreational areas in the vicinity
Site Current use Affects from the project
Adi Park
Sports activities. Includes 4 small Whole area is to proposed to be
dirt football or futsal pitches used as a work site during
construction stage and not
accessible to public. Planned to
be redeveloped after the bridge
project.
Helipad area Used as an emergency helipad. Not currently proposed as a
1 Data provided EPA
2 CDE 2012, EIA for the proposed Solid waste management facility at Thilafushi, Male’,
Maldives
Prepared by: CDE Consulting & China Shipping Environment Technology
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