The urban roads particularly in metropolitan cities and state capitals carry large volume of traffic. The economic losses due to poor road condition amounts to a huge sum in spite of their small mileage. Funds are not sufficient to maintain all the roads to the desired level-of-service. In sucha situation Pavement Management System (PMS) provides relevant logistics for prioritisation of roads for maintenance in consonance with the availability of funds. In the present study, twelve road sections located in different urban areas of Indian Capital city of New Delhi have been identifiedfor the development of a PMS. The Highway Development and Management Model (HDM-4), duly calibrated to suit to the local conditions has been used for life-cycle costing analysis. The output of the study provide the prioritisation of twelve road segments, to be taken up for maintenance during the analysis period of ten years from 2007-2016, based on NPV/Cost method ofeconomic analysis. Besides prioritisation, the PMS provides the availability of timely information with respect to pavement condition, maintenance,rehabilitation, reconstruction actions and cost for each road section. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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