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Lecture-3&4

HIGHWAY PLANING

Prof. Dr . ABDUL SAMI QURESHI


Highway Planning:
• The making of plans and engineering investigation of the
project on a scientific basis rather than haphazard for
future Construction, maintenance and operation (Or for new
project or explained programs) is called Highway Planning.
• A summary of major Data required for Highway Planning
are:
• An inventory of all rural roads (Width type, condition and
road bridges….)
• An estimate of volume and character of traffic
• Source of highway financing of the state and subdivision.
• An estimate of the number of the motor vehicles ownership.
• Road life studies based on past records of construction and
reconstruction, from which service life can be estimated.
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Object of Highway Planning:

 The proposed road should provide efficient, safe,


economical comfortable and speedy movements.
 It should have maximum utility within available
resources and other restraints.
 It should meet for anticipated future developments and
social needs.
 Highway planning should evolve financing system and
recommend changes in taxes and budget procedures.
 Highway Planning helps in phasing the road
development programs from financial consideration and
top most needy condition.

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Principal of Highway Planning:

• Equipped with traffic sign boards or


statutory provision for regulation
• Importance of road should be only on
traffic demand
• Road should from integral part of
network and form a part of
development schemes.
• There should be provision of
maintenance funds
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Deficiencies of Highway planning:

• No correlation to transport needs.


• No any base on systematic transport
survey
• No asses of base and horizon year traffic.
• No evaluation for qualitative
improvements in terms of geometric,
structural integrity, riding surface etc.
• No relation between transport plans with
other sector like agriculture, industry etc.
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STUDIES/ DATA COLLECTIOIN
REQUIRED FOR EFFICIENT PLANNING

• Field studies are conducted to collect the


data for assessment of road length
requirement for an area.
• Intelligent approach for efficient planning
• Helps in protecting any project from short
sightedness and shifting policies
• Detailed of surveys/studies are given
below for the development of a road
Project.

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ECONOMIC STUDIES

• Following details should be collected for economic studies


to determine the details of services given by the proposed
road to population & products of area which are useful in
estimating the economics involved

• Population and its distribution Trend of population growth


• Agriculture and industrial production and their listing in
classified groups and develop their future trends
• Per capita income
• Existing facilities like post office, School, Banks , etc
(Regarding communication, education and recreation to
estimate the Source of traffic)
• Country Highway mileage, its condition and distribution.

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Financial Studies:

• It is important to study various financial aspects like source


of income and their methods adopted to mobilize the fund
for project
• Source of income
• Estimating revenue from road transport
• Living standards
• Resources from local level, toll, Vehicle registration and
court fines etc.

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Traffic and road use studies:

• Details of existing traffic, their volume and the pattern of


flow etc is necessary to plan for improvement in road
system or for construction of new road.
• Traffic Volume per day, AADT and peak hourly traffic
volume
• Origin and destination study.
• Mass transportation facilities
• Accidents, their cost analysis and causes
• Future trend and growth in traffic volume and goods traffic
• Growth of passenger trips and trend in the choice of mode
• Type of vehicle, gross weight, axle load, weight and length
or vehicle , commodity hauled etc are value able for road
design and regulation purpose
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Engineering Studies:

• Detail of topography, Soil, Drainage and problems


related to construction and maintenance to be
investigated to chalk out plan. It needs
• Topographic survey
• Road location and alignment studies
• Soil surveys
• Location and classification of existing roads and
their types
• Road life studies, construction methods and
maintenance problems
• Special problems in drainage
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PROJECT REPORT:

Project report should contain following details


• Introduction of project along with history and graphical
details
• Main requirements and factor of proposed alignment
• Details of alignment with respect to proposed width/
guage , gradients, length and levels of points
• Description about other proposed alternatives
• Details of proposed alignment with various dates and maps
• Specifications of the constructional standards
• Conclusion and recommendation of proposed project of
new railway line / High way.

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Drawing to maps prepared along with
project report:

• Overall map of that region to a scale 1 cm = 2Km.


• Index map of the area to a scale of 1 cm = 2.5 Km.
• detailed plan of proposed alignment with L section
• Contour plans and L section at bridge & culvert
• Plans of Bus stop to scale of 1 cm = 50 cm (Bus stop, Rest ,
filling stations, Rest places)
• detailed drawing of all the bridges and buildings to a scale
of 1 cm = 1 m
• plan of level crossings to a scale 1 cm = 50 m
• details of important structures lying with 300 m on either
sides of the proposed rout
• Cross section at every important point should be prepared.

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