Route selection using multi-criteria assessment: a case study for the North West Coastal Highway, Geraldton

This paper describes an application of multi-criteria analysis techniques to select a preferred route alignment for the North West Coastal Highway north of Geraldton. Alternative routes for the highway had different impacts and attributes including costing, engineering, social and planning impacts. Various stakeholders supported different options. The benefits and limitations of MCA are discussed as well as the procedures adopted for this project. Applying multi-criteria analysis and encouraging stakeholders to place relative priorities on key objectives resulted in identifying two possible solutions. The paper describes how the final recommendation was made on attributes outside the MCA analysis.

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• Authors:
  • Jelley, C
• Conference:
  • Combined 18th ARRB Transport Research Conference and Transit New Zealand Land Transport Symposium, 1996, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 197-212
• Monograph Title: Transit accessible development guidelines
• Serial:
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Decision making; Economic analysis; Environment; Evaluation; Financing; Highway planning; Highways; Human factors; Land use planning; Level of service; Location; Project management
• ATRI Terms: Case study; Decision process; Economic analysis; Environment; Highway; Human factors; Land use; Level of service; Project evaluation; Road funding; Road location; Road planning
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01437500
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 869107100
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 2012 8:45PM