The South East Asia Community Access Programme (SEACAP) aimed to identify cost-effective, community-oriented approaches for improving year-round access to remote rural areas. The program promoted low-cost and local resource–based improvements to roads. In 2007, trial surfacing sections were constructed on seven low-volume rural roads (LVRRs) near Houay Xai in Bokeo Province, northwest Laos. The surfaces included concrete, bituminous seals, stone, and gravel. The research sites were monitored after construction in 2007 and once more in 2009. However, after 2009 no funding was available to continue the monitoring and there was a risk of valuable knowledge being lost. To avoid that outcome, the African Community Access Programme (AFCAP) funded a third monitoring visit, which took place in October 2012. The objective was to assess the performance of the trial sections after they had been trafficked for 5 years. The information will be used to supplement knowledge gathered from a project in Tanzania, where demonstration sections have also been constructed and are being monitored. A separate paper on their performance has also been prepared. The present paper outlines the main findings from the monitoring process in Laos and makes some recommendations on the basis of these findings, particularly in relation to surfacing and pavement choice for LVRRs. Both SEACAP and AFCAP are funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development.
Local Resource Solutions to Problematic Rural Road Access in Laos
Technical Monitoring of Trial Sections
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2474 , 1 ; 123-131
01.01.2015
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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