Burningham, SallyStankevich, Natalya2012-08-132012-08-132005-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11779Roads, and means of transport, make a crucial contribution to economic development and growth and bring important social benefits. Poorly maintained roads constrain mobility, significantly raise vehicle operating costs, increase accident rates and their associated human and property costs, and aggravate isolation, poverty, poor health, and illiteracy in rural communities. This Note highlights the economic and social importance of regular road maintenance and recommends ways to achieve sustainable road maintenance with scarce public resources. Its audience is not specialists but rather people who need to understand road maintenance enough to discharge their responsibilities effectively: government policy-makers, mayors, ministry staff, new World Bank staff and staff in sectors such as rural development and social funds. The reference section offers sources providing more detailed information.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYACCIDENT RATESASPHALTASPHALT CONCRETEBITUMENBRIDGEBRIDGESCAPACITY BUILDINGCARRIAGEWAYCONCRETECONSTRUCTIONCORE ROAD NETWORKCOST EFFECTIVENESSCRACK SEALINGCULVERT CLEANINGCULVERTSDEDICATED ROADDEDICATED ROAD FUNDDITCHESDRAINAGEFINANCING OF ROADSFLOODINGFOGFREIGHTFUELGRAVELGRAVEL RESURFACINGGRAVEL ROADGRAVEL ROADSHIGHWAYSINCOMEINDEPENDENT ROADSLANDSLIDESLICENSELOCAL CONTRACTORSLOCAL KNOWLEDGEMAIN ROADSMAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATIONMAINTENANCE CONTRACTMAINTENANCE COSTSMAINTENANCE FUNDSMAINTENANCE MANAGEMENTMAINTENANCE OPERATIONSMAINTENANCE WORKMAINTENANCE WORKSMEANS OF TRANSPORTMOBILITYNATIONAL ROADSOVERLAYPASSENGERPAVED ROADSPAVEMENTPERIODIC MAINTENANCEPIARCPIERSPOTHOLESPRIVATE CONTRACTORSPRODUCTIVITYRECONSTRUCTIONREPAIRREPAVINGRESURFACINGROADROAD ACCIDENTSROAD CONDITIONSROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD FINANCINGROAD FUNDSROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD LENGTHROAD MAINTENANCEROAD MANAGEMENTROAD NETWORKROAD REHABILITATIONROAD STRUCTURESROAD SURFACEROAD SYSTEMROAD TOLLSROAD USER CHARGESROAD USER REVENUESROAD USERSROAD WORKSROADSROADS DESIGNROUTINE MAINTENANCEROUTINE ROAD MAINTENANCERURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL ROADRURAL ROAD MAINTENANCERURAL ROAD NETWORKRURAL ROAD REHABILITATIONRURAL ROADSRURAL TRANSPORTRURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURESAFETYSHARINGSIDEWALKSSIGNSSLURRYSPEEDSTRUCTURESSUBBASESURFACE DRESSINGSURFACE TREATMENTTOLLSTRAFFICTRAFFIC FLOWSTRAFFIC VOLUMETRANSPORTTRANSPORT OPERATORSUNPAVED ROADSURBAN AREASURBAN ROADSVEHICLE OPERATINGVEHICLE OPERATING COSTSVERGEWEATHER CONDITIONSWORLD ROAD ASSOCIATIONWorld Bank10.1596/11779