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Title:

PRIVATE ROAD MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION IN FINLAND

Accession Number:

00680742

Record Type:

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

Abstract:

Finland uses $33 million yearly to subsidize the maintenance of 18,000 private or rural roads. The Finnish principle of keeping the whole country inhabited and the rural areas vibrant is one reason private road maintenance is supported. The other reason is to equalize the maintenance costs of private road keepers and those who live along public or local roads. Those living on the same road establish road cooperatives to share the maintenance costs. Government aid covers half of the estimated yearly costs. Experience has shown that people living in Finnish rural districts can be motivated to maintain their access roads if a financial incentive and appropriate legal framework are made available by the government. The maintenance of these roads is economically optimized, and road quality is satisfactory because the people themselves must minimize their own costs and keep the quality high enough for their own traffic. Finland has provided this subsidy and gathered information about maintenance performance, quality standards, and maintenance costs on low-volume roads for 30 years.

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Monograph Accession #:

00680715

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Korte, T

Pagination:

p. 221-224

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 (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Maintenance costs

Geographic Terms:

Finland

Subject Areas:

Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 6 1995 12:00AM