Paving a Gravel Road Case Study Christopher R. Bennett Director - Data Collection Ltd. The World Bank Paving a Gravel Road Case Study
The Scenario Without Project Case - Routine maintenance - Gradings every 180 days - Regravelling when gravel < 50 mm With Project Case - Pave the road in 2000 and after paving - Routine maintenance - Pothole patching - Resealing when damaged area > 20 % Gravel Road with 200 AADT
Road Deterioration and Timing of Works Replace Gravel at 50 mm Paving Reseal at 20% damaged area
Alternatives and Standards Maintenance Standard Alternative 1 with 1 Standard Maintenance Standard Alternative 2 with 2 Standards Improvement Standard
Comparison of Alternatives
Net Present Value (NPV) Case without Generated Traffic Paving a Gravel Road Case Study
Total Society Costs
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) NPV IRR Paving a Gravel Road Case Study
Distribution of Net Benefits
Project Impact
Generated Traffic Benefits
Transport Demand Elasticity
Generated Traffic Benefits Example
Optimal Grading Frequency (Efficiency Frontier Graph)
Optimal Grading Frequency (Average Roughness Graph)
Optimal Paving Timing (Efficiency Frontier Graph)
Unpaved Network Maintenance Funding Second State Highway Management Project Brazil, 1994 No of Gradings per Year Average Roughness Net Present Value Economic Costs/Year/km ($) Financial Costs/Year/km ($) Total Financial Costs/Year (M$); 1,838km
Selection and Justification of Project Components Second State Highway Management Project Brazil, 1994 New length (km) Initial Traffic (ADT) Initial Roughness (IRI) ERR (%) NPV (M US$) Financial Project Cost (M US$) Financial project Cost/km (US$/km) Total State ERR, Length, and Financial Project Cost
Accident Rates Number per 100 million vehicle-km - South Africa: Economic Warrants for Surfacing Roads, 1989, SABITA and CSIR - Canada : The Economic Appraisal of Highway Investment “Guidebook”, 1992, Ministry of Transportation
Accident Rates Number per 100 million vehicle-km
Accident Rates Assumptions Different Proportion Same Proportion
Accidents and NMT Benefits Base With With Accidents Accidents & NMT NPV 4.2 5.1 6.5 IRR 18.9% 20.2 % 22.2% NMT => 10 Bicycles ($75 purchase cost) 5 Rickshaws ($130 purchase cost) 5 Animal Carts ($180 purchase cost)