NDLI: A View of Road Maintenance Economics , Policy and Management in Developing Countries

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A View of Road Maintenance Economics , Policy and Management in Developing Countries

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Iilli, I.
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	Work that has been carried out at TRRL in the field of road maintenance in developing countries is reviewed under the headings of economics and policy, project implementation, and management. The Report, together with the second editions of Overseas Road Notes 1 and 2, provides a compendium of the current state-of-the-art in this field as viewed from TRRL. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the economic benefits of road maintenance and some of the reasons for the poc)r conditions of road networks in developing cc)untries are discussed. Different approaches to carrying out maintenance are described, including a ciiscussion of equipment and Iabour-based method:j, and of using contractors. Recommendt)tions are made on priorities for budgeting. The background to the increase in numbers of road maintenance projects is given and the two main types of these projects are described. Results of a TRRL study into maintenance management projects are given including recommendations for their future implementation. Methods of assessing existing maintenance capability are described. Maintenance management systems are described in terms of their objectives and their component steps, and the recommendation is made that maintenance frequencies should be determined on an economic basis using whole-life costs. Examples of the use of such methodology to the management of unpi~ved roads are given. The need for condition measurement surveys to determine maintenance needs for paved roads is described and different methods of rapid assessment are discussed. Comments on paved road intervention levels are also given. The final part of the Report looks at the possible future for road maintenance in developing countries and discusses the way ahead under the headings of network priorities, finance and the need to improve efficiency.
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Language	English
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