1. The Importance of Risk Management for Road Agencies The World Bank’s Perspective
Christopher R. Bennett
Senior Transport Specialist
The World Bank

2. Why Manage Risk … Road Infrastructure must be Safe Clean Affordable
For transport users
For transport workers
For the wider community
Clean
Minimizing negative environmental impact
Addressing climate change
Affordable
Efficient trade
Ensuring personal access and mobility

3. Don’t Forget Political Risk

4. Our Objective
We want this …
Not this

5. Major Risks Arise From Natural factors Human factors Floods
Earthquakes
Fire
Rain/Snow
Human factors
Inappropriate designs
Poor construction
Lack of maintenance
Unexpected events
Lack of Capacity

6. Natural Factors

7. Risks Not Always Uncontrolable

8. Geohazards for Existing Routes
Bold most common hazards

9. Risk of Climate Change
Will alter the exposure and vulnerability to hazards
Likely lead to increase in emergency activities
Necessary to adapt infrastructure
Requires long-term planning
Should be done as part of overall transport risk assessment-not stand alone
May require updating of design, construction and maintenance standards

10. Human Factors

11. Risks from Poor Designs

12. An Expressway Interchange – Wrong Design But Still Built
Proper Design
What Was Built
Designs
Constructed

13. Risks From Poor Construction

14. Risk From Lack of Maintenance
No Routine or Periodic Maintenance
Routine but no Periodic Maintenance
ROUTINE and PERIODIC MAINTENANCE

15. Risk From Unexpected Events

16. Risk From Lack of Local Capacity17

17. Mitigating Risks

18. To Minimize Risk … Several Key Issues …
Sustainable financing for road sector
Appropriate design standards and procedures
Attention to construction supervision
Road maintenance
Emergency action plans with resources
Several Key Issues …

19. Manage Water Major source of problems Often underestimated in designs
Bridge scour
Undermining of road beds
Sediment transport increases erosion and maintenance needs

20. Manage Geohazards Slope instability Major instabilities Erosion
Creeping deformation
Landslides
Mudflows (especially in the thick loess covers widely found in Central Asian countries)
Major instabilities
Rock falls
Rock avalanches
Snow avalanches.

21. Manage Overloading

22. Overloading Design Implications Costly
Normal 30% Overload
26.5 million ESA million ESA
40 mm AC
120 mm Black Base
400 Cement Treated
Gravel
75 mm AC
180 mm Black Base
450 Cement Treated

23. Manage Road Safety Treat roads, vehicles and drivers as a system
Plan, design and operate a safe system
Design forgiving roads
Manage speeds
Cater for pedestrians
Manage entry to the system (drivers and vehicles)

24. Why the World Bank is Interested in Risk Management

25. The World Bank’s Business Strategy
Road Infrastructure must be
Safe
For transport users
For transport workers
For the wider community
Clean
Minimizing negative environmental impact
Addressing climate change
Affordable
Efficient trade
Ensuring personal access and mobility

26. The World Bank Development Bank involved with developing countries
Transport key sector

27. Mainly Roads and Highways

28. All Over the World

29. The End