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Title:

OPTIMIZING RESOURCES THROUGH UNPAVED ROAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Accession Number:

00680736

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309060745

Abstract:

The Roads Department of the Cape Province of South Africa manages a rural unpaved road network of 51,750 km of main and divisional roads. In addition, an 84,000-km length of minor roads is currently not included in the formal management systems. The unpaved roads typically carry between 20 and 300 vehicles per day. The expenditure on their maintenance is, however, of the same magnitude as is spent on paved roads but is fully justified where these roads serve the mining industry, major agricultural areas, and tourism. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the value of optimizing resources and the wide-ranging benefits to the road authority and road users that are derived. First, the characteristics of the unpaved road management system and method of implementation are briefly presented. Thereafter a range of optimization aspects are considered, and the technical benefits of optimization are demonstrated. A public relations exercise has also been carried out to publicize the information on the unpaved road management system, and this important action is also discussed. Significant benefits, demonstrated in the paper, have been derived from the formal management system, and the process is recommended to all road authorities.

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Monograph Accession #:

00680715

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Visser, A T
de Villiers, E M
Genade, H B
van Heerden, MJJ

Pagination:

p. 170-177

Publication Date:

1995

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Issue Number: 6
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-1652

Conference:

Sixth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date: 1995-6-25 to 1995-6-29
Sponsors: US Forest Service and Agricultural Marketing Service, US Department of Agriculture; Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.

ISBN:

0309060745

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (8)

Geographic Terms:

Cape Province (South Africa)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pavements; I10: Economics and Administration

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 6 1995 12:00AM