Evaluation of a New Maintenance Concept for the Preservation of Highways

Rommert Dekker, Raymond Ph. Plasmeijer and Jan H. Swart
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Raymond Ph. Plasmeijer: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan H. Swart: Ministry of Waterways & Public Works, Delft

No 97-129/4, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: Asphalt roads are gradually deteriorating over time and need road mending to remain in a good state. Inspections are performed to obtain information about the current state of the road; when the damage achieves the established standards, the road is repaired through a maintenance action that is considered as most cost-effective. Because of economies of scale it is to a certain extent economical to limit the number of maintenance services by integrating neighboring segments into a homogeneous section which is completely repaired. In this report we consider the question whether it is economically justified to adopt a maintenance concept in which the road is occasionally regenerated from junction to junction with a distance of several kilometers. The big advantage of junction-to-junction maintenance is that it can be done within special road barrier constructions which reduce the road capacity only slightly, so that the road can be maintained 24 hours a day.

Keywords: road maintenance; preservation of highways; junction to junction regeneration; pilot-study; traffic congestion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-12-09
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