Philippines - Chico River Irrigation Project : Loan 1227 - Loan Agreement - Conformed

CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 1227 PH LOAN AGREEMENT (Chico River Irrigation Project) between REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated April 8, 1976 LOAN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated April 8, 1976, between REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (hereinafter called the Borrower) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (hereinafter called the Bank). -2- ARTICLE I General Conditions; Definitions Section 1.01. The parties to this Agreement accept all the provisions of the General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guar- antee Agreements of the Bank, dated March 15, 1974, with the same lorce and effect as if they were fully set forth herein (said Gen- eral Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements of the Bank being hereinafter called the General Conditions). Section 1.02. Wherever used in this Agreement, unless the con- text otherwise requires, the several terms defined in the General Conditions have the respective meanings therein set forth and the following additional terms have the following meanings: (a) "NIA" means the National Irrigation Administration, an agency established by the Borrower's Republic Act No. 3601, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 552; and (b) "Magat River Multipurpose Project" means the project de- scribed in Schedule 2 to the loan agreement between the Borrower and the Bank, dated August 7, 1975. -3- ARTICLE II The Loan Section 2.01. The Bank agrees to lend to the Borrower, on the terms and conditions in the Loan Agreement set forth or referred to, an amount in various currencies equivalent to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). Section 2.02. The amount of the Loan may be withdrawn from the Loan Account in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Agreement, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time by agreement between the Borrower and the Bank, for expenditures made (or, if the Bank shall so agree, to be made) in respect of the *) reasonable cost of goods and services required for the Project de- scribed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan. Section 2.03. Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, the goods and civil works to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan, shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of Sched- ule 4 to this Agreement. Section 2.04. The Closing Date shall be June 30, 1981, or such later date as the Bank shall establish. The Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower of such later date. Section 2.05. The Borrower shall pay to the Bank a commitment charge at the rate of three-fourths of one per cent (3/4 of 1%) per annum on the principal amount of the Loan not withdrawn from time to time. -4- Section 2.06. The Borrower shall pay interest at the rate of eight and one-half per cent (8-1/2%) per annum on the principal amount of the Loan withdrawn and outstanding from time to time. Section 2.07. Interest and other charges shall be payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 in each year. Section 2.08. The Borrower shall repay the principal amount of the Loan in accordance with the amortization schedule set forth in Schedule 3 to this Agreement. -5- ARTICLE III Execution of the Project Section 3.01. The Borrower shall carry out the Project (Parts Aq C, D and E through NIA and Part B through its Department of Public Highways or any successor thereto), and shall operate the facilities included in Part A thereof, with due diligence and effi- ciency and in conformity with appropriate administrative, engi- neering, agricultural and financial practices, and shall provide, promptly as needed, the funds, facilities, services and other resources required for the purpose. Section 3.02. Without limitation of its obligations under Section 3.01 of this Agreement, the Borrower shall cause NIA to establish and maintain, under arrangements satisfactory to the Bank, a special fund from which NIA may draw without restriction to meet expenditures in respect of the Project except Part B thereof. The Borrower shall adjust and replenish the amount in such special fund at monthly intervals to a level at least equivalent to the esti- mated amount of payments to be made for goods and services required for the Project, less the estimated amount of payments to be made directly by the Bank, out of the proceeds of the Loan, to suppliers, consultants, or contractors during the next two months' period. Section 3.03. (a) The Borrower shall grant or cause to be granted all water rights required to enable NIA to carry out and operate Part A of the Project and shall take such action as is required to ensure that no other rights except for domestic use are granted which could adversely affect the water supply required for Part A of the Project. 01 -6- (b) The Borrower shall take or cause to be taken all such ac- tion as shall be necessary to acquire as and when needed all such land and rights in respect of land as shall be required for carrying out the Project. Section 3.04. The Borrower shall cause NIA: (i) to assign an Assistant Administrator to serve full-time in NIA's Special Projects Organization; and (ii) to consult with the Bank before making any designation to such position before the Project is completed. Section 3.05. (a) The Borrower shall establish an Agricultural Development Coordinating Council to coordinate agricultural sup- porting services in the area covered by the Project and the Magat River Multipurpose Project, with jurisdiction over the corresponding part of each of the Provinr'es where these two projects are located. (b) Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, such Council shall be constituted, empowered and supported in the same way as the Agricultural Development Coordinating Council established by agreement between NIA and other agencies of the Borrower, dated September 15, 1972, for the purpose of the Upper Pampanga River Irrigation Project. Section 3.06. In order to assist NIA in carrying out Parts D and E of the Project, the Borrower shall cause NIA to employ con- sultants whose qualifications, experience and terms and conditions of employment shall be satisfactory to the Bank. -7- Section 3.07. (a) The Borrower undertakes to insure, or make adequate provision for the insurance of, the imported goods to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan against hazards incident to the acquisition, transportation and delivery thereof to the place of use or installation, and for such insurance any indemnity shall be payable in a currency freely usable by the Borrower to replace or repair such goods. (b) Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, all goods and services financed out of the proceeds of the Loan shall be used exclusively for the Project until its completion. Section 3.08. (a) The Borrower shall furnish to the Bank, promptly upon their preparation, the plans, specifications, reports, contract documents and work and procurement schedules for the Proj- ect, and any material modifications thereof or additions thereto, in such detail as the Bank shall reasonably request. (b) Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, the general design standards to be used for the roads included in Part B of the Project shall be as set forth in Schedule 5 to this Agreement. -8- ARTICLE IV Other Covenants Section 4.01. (a) It is the mutual intention of the Borrower and the Bank that no other external debt shall enjoy any priority over the Loan by way of a lien on governmental assets. (b) To that end, the Borrower: (i) represents that at the date of this Agreement no lien exists on any governmental assets as security for any external debt except as otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Bank; and (ii) undertakes that, ex- cept as the Bank shall otherwise agree, if any such lien shall be created, it will ipso facto equally and ratably, and at no cost to the Bank, secure the payment of the principal of, and interest and other charges on, the Loan, and in the creation of any such lien express provision will be made to that effect. The Borrower shall promptly inform the Bank of the cieation of any such lien. (c) The foregoing representation and undertaking shall not apply to: (i) any lien created on property, at the time of purchase thereof, solely as security for payment of the purchase price of such property; and (ii) any lien arising in the ordinary course of banking transactions and securing a debt maturing not more than one year after its date. As used in this Section, the term "governmental assets" means assets of the Borrower or of any agency of the Bor- rower including the Central Bank of the Philippines or any insti- tution performing the functions of a central bank for the Borrower. -9 (d) The Borrower further undertakes that, within the limits of the laws in force in its territories, it will make the foregoing undertaking effective with respect to liens on the assets of its political subdivisions and their agencies, and to the extent that the Borrower is unable within the limits of the laws in force in its territories to make this undertaking effective, the Borrover will give to the Bank an equivalent lien satisfactory to the Bank. Section 4.02. (a) The Borrower shall and shall cause NIA to maintain separate records adequate to reflect in accordance with consistently maintained sound accounting practices its operations in respect of the Project. (b) The Borrower shall and shall cause NIA to: (i) have such accounts and financial statements (balance sheets, statements of income and expenses and related statements) for each fiscal year audited, in accordance with appropriate auditing principles con- sistently applied, by independent auditors acceptable to the Bank; (ii) furnish to the Bank as soon as available, but in any case not later than four months after the end of each such year, (A) certi- fied copies of its financial statements for such year as so audited and (B) the report of such audit by said auditors, of such scope and in such detail as the Bank shall have reasonably requested; and (iii) furnish to the Bank such other information concerning such accounts and the audit thereof as the Bank shall from time to time reasonably request. Section 4.03. (a) The Borrower shall cause the roads, other civil works and facilities included in the Project to be operated - 10 0 and maintained in accordance with sound agricultural, engineering and financial policies and practices, and shall make available sufficient funds for such purposes. (b) Without limitation on its obligations under paragraph (a) of this Section, the Borrower undertakes to do, or, to the extent required, to cause NIA to do, the following: (i) to make adequate budgetary provision to operate and maintain the Project; and (ii) except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, to take all necessary action to ensure that charges for the use of irrigation water are levied and collected from the users of the Project and that such charges will provide NIA with revenues sufficient to cover all operating and maintenance costs of the Project, and, in addition, to provide for the recovery, within a reasonable period, on reasonable terms and conditions satisfactory to the Bank, of the monies invested in the Project, without impairing the users' incentives and capacity to pay. The Borrower shall consult with the Bank, annually, on the adequacy of water charges and collection thereof. S -11 - ARTICLE V Effective Date; Termination Section 5.01. The following events are specified as additional conditions to the effectiveness of the Loan Agreement within the meaning of Section 12.01(c) of the General Conditions: (a) the special fund referred to in Section 3.02 hereof has been established; and (b) NIA shall have designated, after consultation with the Bank, an Assistant Administrator to serve full-time in NIA's * Special Projects Organization. Section 5.02. The date June 30, 1976, is hereby specified for the purposes of Section 12.04 of the General Conditions. - 12- ARTICLE VI Representative of the Borrower; Addresses Section 6.01. The Secretary of Finance of the Borrower is desigated as representative of the Borrower for the purposes of Section 11.03 of the General Conditions. Section 6.02. The following addresses are specified for the purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions: For the Borrower: Secretary of Finance Department of Finance Manila, Republic of the Philippines Cable address: SECFINANCE Manila For the Bank: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable address: INTBAFRAD Washington, D.C. -13 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their representatives thereunto duly authorized, have caused this Agree- ment to be signed in their respective names in the District of Columbia, United States of America, as of the day and year first above written. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES By /s/ Eduardo Z. Romualdez Authorized Representative INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT By /s/ Bernard R. Bell Regional Vice President East Asia and Pacific - 14- SCHEDULE 1 Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Loan 1. The table below sets forth the Categories of items to be fi- nanced out of the proceeds of the Loan, the allocation of the amounts of the Loan to each Category and the percentage of expend- itures for items so to be financed in each Category: Amount of the Loan Allocated % of (Expressed in Expenditures Category Dollar Equivalent) to be Financed (1) Civil works (a) Mobilization 6,500,000 100% of foreign and equipment expenditures for civil works construction (b) Other 34,200,000 (0% (2) Equipment, 3,400,000 vehicles and materials (a) Direct 100% of foreign imports expenditures (b) Imported 65% goods pro- cured locally (c) Locally 100% of ex- manufactured factory cost goods -15 - Amount of the Loan Allocated % of (Expressed in Expenditures Category Dollar Equivalent) to be Financed (3) Consultants and 1,200,000 100% of foreign technical assist- expenditures or ance 60% (4) Unallocated 4,700,000 TOTAL 50,000,000 0 -16 0 2. For the purposes of this Schedule the term "foreign expendi- tures" means expenditures in the currency of any country other than the Borrower and for goods or services supplied from the territory of any country other than the Borrower. 3. The disbursement percentages have been calculated in compli- ance with the policy of the Bank that no proceeds of the Loan shall be disbursed on account of payments for taxes levied by, or in the territory of, the Borrower on goods or services, or on the import- ation, manufacture, procurement or supply thereof; to that end, if the amount of any such taxes levied on or in respect of any item to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan decreases or in- creases, the Bank may, by notice to the Borrower, increase or de- crease the disbursement percentage then applicable to such item as required to be consistent with the aforementioned policy of the Bank. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 above, no with- drawals shall be made in respect of payments made for expenditures prior to the date of this Agreement. 5. Notwithstanding the allocation of an amount of the Loan or the disbursement percentages set forth in the table in paragraph 1 above, if the Bank has reasonably estimated that the amount of the Loan then allocated to any Category will be insufficient to finance the agreed percentage of all expenditures in that Category, the Bank may, by notice to the Borrower: (i) reallocate to such Category, to the extent reuaired to meet the estimated shortfall, proceeds of the Loan which are then allocated to another Category and which in the opinion of the Bank are not needed to meet other expenditures; -17- and (ii) if such reallocation cannot fully meet the estimated short- fall, reduce the disbursement percentage then applicable to such expenditures in order that further withdrawals under such Category may continue until all expenditures thereunder shall have been made. 6. If the Bank shall have reasonably determined that the procure- ment of any item in any Category is inconsistent with the.proce- dures set forth or referred to in this Agreement, no expenditures for such item shall be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan and the Bank may, without in any way restricting or limiting any other right, power or remedy of the Bank under the Loan Agreement, by notice to the Borrower, cancel such amount of the Loan as, in the Bank's reasonable opinion, represents the amount of such ex- penditures which would otherwise have been eligible for financing out of the proceeds of the Loan. -18 0 SCHEDULE 2 Description of the Project The Project consists of: Part A: Irrigation Upgrading existing irrigation systems and extension of irri- gation services to rainfed rice lands in the Cagayan Valley of Northern Luzon, in an area of about 19,700 ha. comprising part of the Cagayan, Isabela, and Kalinga-Apayao provinces, north of the Siffu River Irrigation System. Such upgrading and extension will include the following: (i) construction of a diversion dam and intake works on the Chico River; (ii) construction of a catch dam and intake works on the Talaca Creek; (iii) rehabilitation of an irrigation system operated by NIA and serving about 1,400 ha. and construc- tion of a drainage system for that area; (iv) construction of an irrigation and drainage system for small local communal systems in areas comprising in the aggregate about 3,200 ha. and for small pump irrigation systems comprising in the aggregate another 3,200 ha. approximately; -19 - (v) extension of an irrigation and drainage system serving an area of about 11,900 ha. of rainfed lands; and (vi) provision of equipment and vehicles for the con- struction, operation and maintenance of the above works. Part B: Provincial Roads Improvement of the following roads: (i) Roxas-Gamu, of about 35 km; (ii) Cabatuan-Cauayan, of about 11 km; and (iii) San Mateo-Alicia, of about 19 km. Part C: Feasibility Study A feasibility study to expand the irrigation system in the area described in Part A to about 49,000 ha. Part D: Erosion Control Study An erosion control study of the watershed areas abTr- the Pantabangan Dam (about 84,500 ha.); above the Diayo and Canili Dams (about 6,400 ha.); and above the proposed storage dam on the Magat River (about 414,300 ha.). The study will include an assessment of - 20 0 the erosion problems, quantification of the damages to the catch- ments, evaluation of remedial measures, and a plan of erosion con- trol measures, including a pattern of land use, to correct existing, and prevent future, damage. Part E: Monitoring Establishment of a system of monitoring production inputs (so as to enable timely rectification of any shortfall) and benefits (including data on crop yields, farm incomes and costs, off-farm income, farming practices, income of landless laborers) for the area covered by this Project and the other projects financed in part with loans made by the Bank to the Borrower and which include an important irrigation component: i.e., the Upper Pampanga Irri- gation, Aurora-Penaranda Irrigation, Tarlac Irrigation Systems Improvement, Rural Development (Mindoro), and Magat River Multi- purpose Projects. * * * e The Project is expected to be completed by December 31, 1980. -21- SCHEDULE 3 Amortization Schedule Payment of Principal Date Payment Due (expressed in dollars)* May 1, 1982 55G,000 November 1, 1982 575,000 May 1, 1983 600,000 November 1, 1983 625,000 May 1, 1984 650,000 November 1, 1984 675,000 May 1, 1985 705,000 November 1, 1985 735,000 May 1, 1986 765,000 November 1, 1986 800,000 May 1, 1987 835,000 November 1, 1987 870,000 May 1, 1988 905,000 November 1, 1988 945,000 May 1, 1989 985,000 November 1, 1989 1,025,000 May 1, 1990 1,070,000 November 1, 1990 1,115,000 May 1, 1991 1,165,000 November 1, 1991 1,215,000 May 1, 1992 1,265,000 November 1, 1992 1,320,000 May 1, 1993 1,375,000 November 1, 1993 1,435,000 May 1, 1994 1,495,000 November 1, 1994 1,555,000 May 1, 1995 1,625,000 November 1, 1995 1,690,000 May 1, 1996 1,765,000 November 1, 1996 1,840,000 * To the extent that any portion of the Loan is repayable in a currency other than dollars (see General Conditions, Section 4.02), the figures in this column represent dollar equivalents determined as for purposes of withdrawal. - 22- 0 Payment of Principal Date Payment Due (expressed in dollars)* May 1, 1997 1,915,000 November 1, 1997 2,000,000 May 1, 1998 2,085,000 November 1, 1998 2,175,000 May 1, 1999 2,265,000 November 1, 1999 2,360,000 May 1, 2000 2,460,000 November 1, 2000 2,565,000 * To the extent that any portion of the Loan is repayable in a currency other than dollars (see General Conditions, Section 4.02), the figures in this column represent dollar equivalents determined as for purposes of withdrawal. -23 - Premiums on Prepayment The following percentages are specified as the premiums pay- able on repayment in advance of maturity of any portion of the principal amount of the Loan pursuant to Section 3.05(b) of the General Conditions: Time of Prepayment Premium Not more than three years before maturity 1% More than three years but not more than six years before maturity 2-1/4% More than six years but not more than eleven years before maturity 4% More than eleven years but not more than sixteen years before maturity 5-1/2% More than sixteen years but not more than twenty-one years before maturity 7-1/4% More than twenty-one years but not more than twenty-three years before maturity 8% More than twenty-three years before maturity 8-1/2% - 24- SCHEDULE 4 Procurement A. International Competitive Bidding 1. Except as provided in Part B hereof, the goods and works shall be procured under contracts to be awarded in accordance with proce- dures consistent with those set forth in Part A of the "Guidelines for Procurement under World Bank Loans and IDA Credits" published by the Bank in August 1975 (hereinafter called the Guidelines), on the basis of international competitive bidding. 2. Roads: (i) Prequalification. Bidders shall be prequalified, and not less than 60 days will be allowed for submitting prequalification documents. (ii) Bidding Sections. Qualified contractors will be invited to bid for one or more of the three sections of road included in Part B of the Proj- ect. Contracts will be awarded either on the basis of the lowest evaluated bid for each section or of the lowest aggregate of evaluated bids for the general sections, whichever is the lower. (iii) Non-Philippine contractors. Non-Philippine con- tractors will not be required to register in the -25 - Philippines as a condition of bidding on a contract. Where said registration is required after award of the contract, the Borrower shall take all prac- ticable action to facilitate such registration. B. Other Procurement Procedures 1. Goods estimated to cost less than the equivalent of $10,000 may be procured under the Borrower's ordinary procedures, provided that the aggregate cost of the goods so procured does not exceed the equivalent of $300,000. 2. Civil works other than those for the Chico Diversion Dam and the main diversion canal shall be procured under the Borrower's ordinary procedures, provided that the aggregate cost of such civil works carried out by force account shall not, without the prior consent of the Bank, exceed 40% of the total cost of all civil works included in the Project not procured pursuant to the pro- visions of paragraph A hereof. C. Evaluation and Comparison of Bids for Goods; Preference for Domestic Manufacturers 1. For the purpose of evaluation and comparison of bids for the supply of goods: (i) bidders shall be required to state in their bid the c.i.f. (port of entry) price for imported goods, or the ex-factory price for domestically manufactured goods; (ii) customs duties and other import taxes on imported goods, and sales and similar taxes on domestically supplied goods, shall be excluded; -26 0 and (iii) the cost to the Borrower of inland freight and other expenditures incidental to the delivery of goods to the place of their use or installation shall be included. 2. Goods manufactured in the Philippines may be granted a margin of preference in accordance with, and subject to, the following provisions: (a) All bidding documents for the procurement of goods shall clearly indicate any preference which will be granted, the inform- ation required to establish the eligibility of a bid for such pref- erence and the following methods and stages that will be followed in the evaluation and comparison of bids. (b) After evaluation, responsive bids will be classified in one of the following three groups: (1) Group A: bids offering goods manufactured in the Philippines if the bidder shall have established to the satisfaction of the Borrower and the Bank that the manufacturing cost of such goods includes a value added in the Philippines equal to at least 20% of the ex-factory bid price of such goods. (2) Group B: all other bids offering goods manufac- tured in the Philippines. (3) Group C: bids offering any other goods. -27 - (c) All evaluated bids in each group shall be first compared among themselves, excluding any customs duties and other import taxes on goods to be imported and any sales or similar taxes on goods to be supplied domestically, to determine the lowest evalu- ated bid of each group. Such lowest evaluated bids shall then be compared with each other, and if, as a result of this comparison, a bid from group A or group B is the lowest, it shall be selected for the award. (d) If, as a result of the comparison under paragraph (c) above, the lowest bid is a bid from group C, all group C bids shall be further compared with the lowest evaluated bid from group A after adding to the c.i.f. bid price of the imported goods offered * in each group C bid, for the purpose of this further comparison only, an amount equal to (i) the amount of customs duties and other import taxes which a non-exempt import would have to pay for the importation of the goods offered in suca group C bid, or (ii) 15% of the c.i.f. bid price of such goods if said customs duties and taxes exceed 15% of such price. If the group A bid in such further comparison is the lowest, it shall be selected for the award; if not, the bid from group C which as a result of the comparison under paragraph (c) is the lowest evaluated bid shall be selected. D. Review of Procurement Decisions by Bank 1. Review of prequalification. The Borrower shall, before qual- ification is invited, inform the Bank in detail of the procedure to be followed and shall introduce such modifications in said pro- cedure as the Bank shall reasonably request. The list of prequal-. ified bidders, together with a statement of their qualifications - 28- and of the reasons for the exclusion of any applicant for prequal- ification shall be furnished by the Borrower to the Bank for its comments before the applicants are notified, and the Borrower shall make such additions to, deletions from, or modifications in, the said list as the Bank shall reasonably request. 2. Review of invitation to bid and of proposed awards and final contracts: With respect to all contracts for civil works estimated to cost the equivalent of $100,000 or more and to all contracts for goods estimated to cost the equivalent of $50,000 or more: (a) Before bids are invited, the Borrower shall furnish to the Bank, for its comments, the text of the invitations to bid and the specifications and other bidding documents, together with a description of the advertising procedures to be followed for the bidding, and shall make such modifications in the said documents or procedures as the Bank shall reasonably request. Any further modification to the bidding documents shall require the Bank's con- currence before it is issued to the prospective bidders. (b) After bids have been received and evaluated, the Borrower shall, before a final decision on the award is made, inform the Bank of the name of the bidder to which it intends to award the contract and shall furnish to the Bank, in sufficient time for its review, a detailed report on the evaluation and comparison of the bids received, and such other information as the Bank shall rea- sonably request. The Bank shall, if it determines that the intended -29 - award would be inconsistent with the Guidelines or this Schedule, promptly inform the Borrower and state the reasons for such deter- mination. (c) The terms and conditions of the contract shall not, with- out the Bank's concurrence, materially differ from those on which bids were asked or prequalification invited. (d) Two conformed copies of the contract shall be furnished to the Bank promptly after its execution and prior to the submis- sion to the Bank of the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Loan Account in respect of such contract. 3. With respect to each contract to be financed out of the pro- ceeds of the Loan and not governed by the preceding paragraph, the Borrower shall furnish to the Bank, promptly after its execution and prior to the submission to the Bank of the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Loan Account in respect of such contract, two conformed copies of such contract, together with the analysis of bids, recommendations for award and such other inform- ation as the Bank shall reasonably request. The Bank shall, if it determines that the award of the contract was not consistent with the Guidelines or this Schedule, promptly inform the Borrower and state the reasons for such determination. - 30- SCHEDULE 5 Road Design Standards Class 2 Roads Terrain Flat Rolling Design Speed (km/hr) 60 50 Pavement Width (m) 6.10 6.1o Shoulder Width (m) 1.50 1.50 Min. Hor. Radius (m) 120 80 Max. Gradient (%) 4 6 Stop Sight Distance (m) 70 6o Pass Sigh, Distance (m) 350 250 Right-of-Way Width (m) 20 20 Pavement design: AASHO Method, using an 8,000 kg single axle load.