Road Maintenance & Management System (RMMS) 28 July 2005 Road Maintenance Management System in Kerala PWD Issues and Challenges 12th, February 2007 Mr.A.Cherian Vaidyan (Executive Engineer, Road Safety&ISAP) Mr.Biju Balakrishnan( Nodal Officer) 20 Wilbur Smith Associates Inc.

Kerala –God’s own country Located on the south western tip of India Narrow Strip of Land; 600 km long, 100 kms wide. Area – 38,863 sq km (1.27% of India’s land area) Climate – Tropical with 3 main seasons Geography a mountainous western ghats towering 500- 2700 m midland region with sprawling plantations & paddy fields coastal plains with stretches of backwaters Population – 31.838 million Population density – 819 per km2 74% living in villages 19

Kerala Road Network Kerala has a wide network of roads though poorly developed and congested Total length of road - 1,54,679 km Length of PWD Road network – 27,704 km Balance roads with LSGD and other agencies Road Density 398 km/100 sq.km 18

Road Maintenance & Management System (RMMS) PWD Road Length 28 July 2005 Length of PWD road NH – 1,524km SH – 3,928 km MDR – 22,252 km Total PWD – 27,704 km 17 Wilbur Smith Associates Inc.

Road Maintenance Problems Faster deterioration of roads due to Heavy seasonal rainfall Insufficient pavement strength Increase in traffic (8-10% every year) Inadequate drainage system Issues with Road Pavements Pavement condition shows severe distress e.g. cracks, large potholes, edge breaks Shoulders are damaged with high edge drops 16

Inadequate Road Maintenance Funding Base Year: 1993-94 15

Road Condition based on IRC Standards 14

Road Maintenance & Management System (RMMS) 28 July 2005 Solution RMMS..?? Report of the Committee (IRC-2001) “Norms for maintenance of Roads in India” “ For optimum utilization of the meager funds and prioritization of the development and maintenance works, it is of urgent necessity to introduce the Maintenance Management System both for pavement and bridges. This system has to be computer based and using Highway Design Model developed by WB updated to HDM-4.” 13 Wilbur Smith Associates Inc.

Solution -RMMS..?? Government decided to develop “GIS based Road Maintenance Management System” through Technical Assistance Included in the Institutional Strengthening Action Plan (ISAP) of WB funded Kerala StateTransport Project (KSTP) Developed through two different projects Road Maintenance Management System(RMMS) GIS based Road Information Management System (RIMS) Integrated to function as GIS based RMMS 12

RMMS Project Objective Project Details Project Status To develop a HDM-4 based Road Maintenance Management Systems for PWD linked to GIS system Project Details Consultant - Wilbur Smith Associates Project Cost – 32 Million(INR) Project Duration(24 Months) Project Status Project Completed on Sept 2006 Central RMMS Unit formed in PWD HDM-4 based system implemented Proposal for fresh data collection 11

GIS – RMMS linkage R M M S R I M S 10 Attribute Data Pavement Condition CD/ Bridge Asset & Condition Road Network Asset Inventory Project Monitoring Traffic Information System Attribute Data Selected Spatial Operations Detailed Maintenance Analysis RIMS Spatial Database Road Network and Bridges RMMS Software Final Output RMMS Other Spatial Data Layers Visualization of RMMS Output Traffic Analytical Routines Maintenance Programs etc. 10

Data Collection issues Road Maintenance & Management System (RMMS) 28 July 2005 Data Collection issues Data collection before starting the project Qualitative data ( not confirming to HDM-4) Road names are not matching with PWD registers Linear Referencing Problems ( start and end) Variation in Road Length Ownership for the data Data was unusable for RMMS 9 Wilbur Smith Associates Inc.

Data Collection issues Data collected through the project was 30 % Required interpolation to make it statewide Very minimal traffic data Roads are curvy, closer segments Variation of elevation Too many assumptions 8

Organizational issues Awareness on RMMS Dedicated Cells Resources IT Infrastructure Financial Delegation HR & Training 7

Technical issues Calibration of Bumb integrators Calibration of HDM-4 Physical referencing ( km stones) History of maintenance works Issues with Road Numbering and Road Code Road Jurisdiction and Overlapping Problems Integration with GIS system 6

Challenges Parallel implementation of GIS and RMMS Change management issues Computer awareness Physical infrastructure Counterpart staff Low motivation. GIS RMMS Implementation 5

Current Maintenance Strategy is not improving road network quality Lessons Learned Current Maintenance Strategy is not improving road network quality 4 Legend

Responsive Strategy improves road network quality Lessons Learned Present Practice IRI (m/km) Pilot Study Roads (115) Responsive Strategy improves road network quality 3

New Strategy-for discussion Preparatory Transition 1.Jurisdiction 2.Registers 3.Maintenance practice 4.Institutionalization 5.Organizational set up 6.Awareness Implementation 1.GIS Base map 2.Automation of registers 3.Road Code 4.Other systems 5.Qualitative assessment of road condition 6.Inventory survey ,Traffic 7.Pilot RMMS & Calibration 8.Training 1.Full fledged RMMS 2.Condition data 3.Rolling Maintenance Plan 4.Annual road condition report 5.Maintenance Strategy 6.Prioritization 18 Month 18 Month 18 Month 2

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