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The dam is a 5.5 km (3 mi) earth-fill embankment, with a central concrete structure 360 m long and 48 m high incorporating a small 3 MW hydroelectric power plant. The irrigation pipes and canals were not completed until 1983 and covered only 23,000 hectares compared to 30,000 hectares originally planned.
Between 1970 and 1980 during the implementation of the Second and Third plans, tremendous investment was diverted to the road sector leading to road standards with posted speeds of 100 kmh more than the previous 56-80 kmh. [4] [5] In 1978, the opening of the four lane dual Lagos-Ibadan expressway, marked the first expressway in the country. [6]
Fill dirt is taken from a location where soil is being removed as a part of leveling an area for construction; it may also contain sand, rocks, and stones, as well as earth. Fill dirt should be as free of organic matter as possible since organic matter will decompose creating pockets of empty space within the fill which could result in settling ...
A mass haul diagram where land and rock cuts are hauled to fills Fill construction in 1909 Cut & Fill Software showing cut areas highlighted in red and fill areas shaded in blue. In earthmoving , cut and fill is the process of constructing a railway , road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill ...
Cut and fill construction uses the spoils from cuts to fill in defiles to create straight routes at steady grades cost-effectively. Cuts are used as alternatives to indirect routes, embankments, or viaducts. They also have the advantage of comparatively lower noise pollution than elevated or at-grade solutions.
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The dam was built by Julius Berger Nigeria in 1990 - 1992 using earth fill construction. It is 42 m high and 7.8 km in length. [3] The dam has a full storage capacity of 930,000,000 and active storage of 904,000,000 m 3. The direct catchment area is 3857 km 2. [4]