Economic Consequences of Delay in Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation in Addis Ababa City
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2019-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
An efficient transportation system is of vital importance for the development of a country. In
addition, its multiple function of providing access to employment, social, health and education
services makes road networks crucial in fighting against poverty by opening up more areas and
stimulating economic and social development. There is a problem, however, which is common
throughout the world, and that is neglect of maintaining roads. As the road network deteriorates,
the whole country loses major assets build up over years, assets created with vast amounts of
money, time and effort. Insufficient consideration of maintenance during the road planning and
design process is a well-known problem for actors involved in this process and maintenance
activities. The problems of performing maintenance activities and their related costs are often
subject for discussion. This is not reflected in literatures as published research papers within the
subject are very limited. The World Bank has written many papers in this regard! The situations
in our country concerning the road condition are not only urgent, it is critical. Therefore, the
general objective of this study is to evaluate economically delay in road maintenance using
Highway Development and Management Tool (HDM-4) software in case of Addis Ababa city.
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Road Condition Survey, Road Deterioration, Road Maintenance, Economic Impacts, Highway Development, Maintenance Tool (HDM-4)