Abstract:
In Sri Lanka there are about 150,000 km of
roads and among those about 75% are considered as rural low
volume roads[1]. These roads are essential in community
development, transport of people, goods and services in the
rural areas. Most of these low volume roads would be actively
contributing to our country’s economy and wellbeing by
distributing the produces from rural areas to urban areas.
Limited funding, subjective and ad-hoc maintenance decision
making has resulted in sub-optimal maintenance level for these
road networks. There is no proper maintenance system
available in Sri Lanka as in the foreign countries. Lack of
technical expertise and shortage of human resources,
equipment and funds to carryout detailed data collection and
analysis makes use of existing Pavement Management Systems
difficult for local road agencies. The study will be focused on
developing an asset management system to manage rural and
provincial road networks in Sri Lanka.
