TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The importance and implications of well-planned road maintenance programs were the subject of an Intergovernment Meeting of Highway Experts conducted by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand in February 1982. Intensive analysis and data collection over the past decade suggest that the largest benefits of highway maintenance actually accrue not to the highway authority but to the highway users through lower vehicle operating costs, and that this is most often the dominant factor in making the best economic decisions for highway maintenance. For example, empirical analysis has shown that a paved surface in reasonably good condition can, through lessened vehicle and tire wear, reduce vehicle operating costs 15 to 40 percent below those on a poorly maintained surface, more than enough to compensate an economy for maintenance costs. Furthermore, regular execution of maintenance work can also permit rehabilitation or overlay to be postponed for five years or longer, saving very substantial capital charges, given current prices.

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Road Federation

  525 School Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20024
• Authors:
  • Moavenzadeh, F
• Publication Date: 1982-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 4-6
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; Developing countries; Economic benefits; Highway maintenance; Maintenance management; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Road construction; Savings; User benefits
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369685
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1983 12:00AM