Study of road maintenance management system at Perak Tengah District’s state road - case study at Jalan Kampung Gajah - Tanjung Tualang and Jalan Balun Bidai / Nur Umairahusna Ishak and Nadira Ahzahar

• Main Authors: Ishak, Nur Umairahusna, Ahzahar, Nadira
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Roads
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98542/1/98542.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98542/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Road accidents caused by poor road conditions are a major worry that risks road users' safety and leads to economic losses. Effective road maintenance management systems help to reduce such accidents by ensuring timely discovery and rectification of road issues. Therefore, this study was conducted to study the current practice in JKR and to identify the challenges in road maintenance management system at Perak Tengah district’s state road. Furthermore, the case study for this research is at Jalan Kampung Gajah - Tanjung Tualang and Jalan Balun Bidai. The questionnaires were distributed to the staff at Public Work Department, Perak Tengah District Engineer Office (JKR). After the collecting data, the data has been analysed using statically package for social science (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel. The analysis shown by the frequency, percentage, and mean value. This paper concludes that increasing traffic volume is the most challenging in road maintenance management, followed by the impact of climate change on roads and technology improvements. The most effective solutions discovered for overcoming these difficulties include avoiding peak hours for maintenance work and creating a Traffic Management Plan (TMP). Apart from that, regular inspection is very helpful to maintain the road condition and to minimize the road accidents.