A Decade Old Botswana Road Management System: An Appraisal

Many countries have now implemented Pavement Management Systems (PMS) and view such systems as an essential and integral part of its approach towards road management. However, in the past decade, the implementation of PMS have been paralleled, with an ever increasing sophistication catalysed by rapid developments in Information Technology (IT) and a more demanding user. Botswana maintains an advanced Oracle based Road Management System, which has embraced a number of enhancements in the past, necessitated by increased IT capability and user needs. The paper provides the background of the system, the enhancements, its current status with the updated network data, and the impaired benefits to the user. The experience gained over a decade emphasize that any road management system has to be dynamic, accommodating the technological developments and the user requirements. Botswana has implemented the annual system recommendation since 1993. The network condition as predicted by the system in 1996, for an optimum budget, has been compared with the current condition data of the network. This reveals a substantial fall in the network condition. The paper explores possible reasons and suggests measures to close the gap between the system predictions and the real situation.

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  University of Washington, Seattle

  Engineering Professional Programs, 10303 Meridian Avenue North #301
  Seattle, WA  United States  98133-9483
• Authors:
  • Samuel, P
  • Obika, B
  • Rohde, G
• Conference:
  • Fifth International Conference on Managing Pavements
  • Location: Seattle Washington, United States
  • Date: 2001-8-11 to 2001-8-14
• Publication Date: 2001-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: Fifth International Conference on Managing Pavements, August 11-14, 2001, Seattle, Washington. Conference Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Appraisals; Budgeting; Information technology; Pavement management systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Condition data; Enhancements; User needs
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01037905
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0971174016
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 2006 9:11AM