Why Road Maintenance is Important and How to Get it Done

Roads, and means of transport, make a crucial contribution to economic development and growth and bring important social benefits. Poorly maintained roads constrain mobility, significantly raise vehicle operating costs, increase accident rates and their associated human and property costs, and aggravate isolation, poverty, poor health, and illiteracy in rural communities. This Note highlights the economic and social importance of regular road maintenance and recommends ways to achieve sustainable road maintenance with scarce public resources. Its audience is not specialists but rather people who need to understand road maintenance enough to discharge their responsibilities effectively: government policy-makers, mayors, ministry staff, new World Bank staff and staff in sectors such as rural development and social funds. The reference section offers sources providing more detailed information.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Burningham, Sally, Stankevich, Natalya
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-06
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, ACCIDENT RATES, ASPHALT, ASPHALT CONCRETE, BITUMEN, BRIDGE, BRIDGES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARRIAGEWAY, CONCRETE, CONSTRUCTION, CORE ROAD NETWORK, COST EFFECTIVENESS, CRACK SEALING, CULVERT CLEANING, CULVERTS, DEDICATED ROAD, DEDICATED ROAD FUND, DITCHES, DRAINAGE, FINANCING OF ROADS, FLOODING, FOG, FREIGHT, FUEL, GRAVEL, GRAVEL RESURFACING, GRAVEL ROAD, GRAVEL ROADS, HIGHWAYS, INCOME, INDEPENDENT ROADS, LANDSLIDES, LICENSE, LOCAL CONTRACTORS, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, MAIN ROADS, MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION, MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MAINTENANCE FUNDS, MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE WORK, MAINTENANCE WORKS, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, MOBILITY, NATIONAL ROADS, OVERLAY, PASSENGER, PAVED ROADS, PAVEMENT, PERIODIC MAINTENANCE, PIARC, PIERS, POTHOLES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, PRODUCTIVITY, RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REPAVING, RESURFACING, ROAD, ROAD ACCIDENTS, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD FINANCING, ROAD FUNDS, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD LENGTH, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD MANAGEMENT, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD REHABILITATION, ROAD STRUCTURES, ROAD SURFACE, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TOLLS, ROAD USER CHARGES, ROAD USER REVENUES, ROAD USERS, ROAD WORKS, ROADS, ROADS DESIGN, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, ROUTINE ROAD MAINTENANCE, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL ROAD, RURAL ROAD MAINTENANCE, RURAL ROAD NETWORK, RURAL ROAD REHABILITATION, RURAL ROADS, RURAL TRANSPORT, RURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY, SHARING, SIDEWALKS, SIGNS, SLURRY, SPEED, STRUCTURES, SUBBASE, SURFACE DRESSING, SURFACE TREATMENT, TOLLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC FLOWS, TRAFFIC VOLUME, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT OPERATORS, UNPAVED ROADS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN ROADS, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, VERGE, WEATHER CONDITIONS, WORLD ROAD ASSOCIATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6370526/road-maintenance-important-done https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11779
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