Linking Southeast Asia

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working to create the ASEAN Highway Network, an ambitious plan to connect its 10 member countries by road in order to improve trade and encourage economic development. This article describes some of the financing, design and construction challenges that ASEAN must confront in developing this network. As proposed, the network would consist of 26 national routes totaling approximately 37,000 km. Although existing national highway routes will be used as much as possible, approximately 8,400 km of road need to be upgraded or constructed to make the highway network functional. The project was divided into three stages: (1) complete network configuration and designation of national routes by 2000; (2) install road signs for all designated national routes, upgrade all designated national routes to at least class III standards (two narrow lanes with double bituminous treatment), construct all missing links, and ensure that all designated border-crossing points are operational by 2004; and (3) upgrade all designated national routes to at least class I (four-lane highway with asphalt or cement concrete pavement) or primary (access-controlled highway) standards, with class II (asphalt or cement concrete two-lane road) standards being acceptable for nonarterial routes with low traffic volumes. Although Stage 1 has been completed, work has been delayed on Stage 2 activities, primarily because of financing difficulties.

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• Authors:
  • Lee, Tai Sik
  • Han, Sangjin
  • Kim, Jeong Hyun
  • Lee, Dong Wook
• Publication Date: 2005-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 60-65
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financing; Highway design; Highway planning; International relations; International roads; Networks; Road construction
• Identifier Terms: ASEAN
• Geographic Terms: Asia
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01010522
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 28 2005 9:10AM