HULHULE-MALE’ BRIDGE PROJECT

EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project
Maldives Civil Aviation Authority
Date: 22 June 2015
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure
Participants:
1. Mohamed Samnoon Fuad- Aerodrome Inspector
Maldives Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was consulted on 22 nd June 2015 at the Ministry of
Housing and Infrastructure.
According to CAA, the main issue with the proposed bridge project will be in relation to the
existing runway. CAA points out that due to the presence of the runway in close proximity to the
proposed project area, there will be difficulties experienced during the construction and
operation of the bridge. During construction stage, vehicles can be allowed to operate 90m from
the runway centreline, but these could only operate within a limited timeframe. The maximum
time given for construction towards the runway area is 6 hours, however, at present CAA can
only guarantee 3 hours, after which all the machinery has to be cleared. These 3 hours (3am-
6am) are also the time used for runway maintenance. Furthermore, there will be height
restrictions for the machines depending on where it is placed in relation to the runway.
Equipments that are higher than 20m would not be allowed towards the landing area. According
to CAA, these issues would not be a problem if the new runway becomes operational before the
bridge. During the operation stage, the main problem would be with regards to the use of lights
near the landing area. CAA states that no naked lighting would be allowed towards the landing
area since this may get confused with the runway lighting. It is recommended that no lights are
used around this area and if any light is necessary, the use of look down light. According to
CAA, there will be some issues regarding lighting even if the new runway is used instead of the
current runway.
Prepared by: CDE Consulting & China Shipping Environment Technology
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