Developing the Road Asset Management System (RAMS) for Myanmar

Roadroid Workshop in Bangkok 13.11.2014

Jukka Torniainen, Team Leader / Highway Engineer

Background

The total road length in Myanmar is 150 000 km. More than 80% of all freight transport and passenger traffic is using the road network.

The Ministry of Construction (MOC) is responsible for the maintenance and development of the most important part of the road network. This includes all types of roads from tracks to 600 km long 4-lane express highway connecting Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay.

MOC road network, totally 40 000 km, is divided into national roads, which are financed by Union budget and regional roads, which are financed by Regional Government budgets.

MOC with the assistance of ADB is now developing a RAMS tool to better manage the existing road network.

Major road network in Myanmar

Total road network 150 000 km

MOC road network 40 000 km

- 20 000 km national roads

- 20 000 km provincial roads

50% are paved

MAIN STEPS FOR DEVELOPING RAMS

�To carry out the detailed inventory and surveying of the road network

�To establish a system to store the collected and surveyed information

�To develop a road network management system

COMPONENTS OF RAMS

Raw Data (collected, surveyed)

RDB (Road Data Base)

HDM-4 (Highway Development and Management)

GIS (Geographic Information System)

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RAMS - Road Data Base

Road Database

Location Reference

System

Road inventory

Road condition:

- Roughness

- Surface defects

- Traffic speed

Traffic data

Unit costs

Features of roads

Parameters

ROADROID CONCEPT

ROADROID TRAINING/SURVEYING

SURVEY PLANS

SURVEY FORM

Region/State: 12 Yangon Km/Milage reading at the beginning of the road: 345000,0

Road/Section Code (length, according to survey plan): SR 18/Section 2 (7/6 M/F, 12,4 km) Km/Milage reading at the end of the road: 345012,6

Road Name : Bago-Tha Net Pin-Kha Yan-Thone Khwa-Than Lyin Road Total length according Km/Milage reading of the car : 12,6 km

Starting Point Name : Kha Yan Surface type : 1 bitumen , 2 concrete, 3 gravel , 4 hard=crushed, 5 earth

Ending Point Name: Thone Gwa Hillness : 1. mountainous, 2. very hilly, 3. hilly, 4. average, 5. flat

Serveyor/survey team no: Names of surveyors, number of IRI Phone (M01-M04) Visual estimation, categories 1-5 according number/quality of defects

Date / Starting time for surveying: 25.02.2014 / 14:41:26 1. very good/no damages, 2. good, 3. fair, 4. poor, 5, very bad /severe damages

Hilliness

(1-5)

ADT

traffic

estimation

Section

numberCrackings

Edge

DamagesPotholes Damages Corrugation

Loss of

GravelLatitude Longitude ADT = 500

2 Start: Kha Yan 1 5 3 3 3 16,759423

Junction of TV263 = Kha Yan - Maung Ma road and TV264 = Kha Yan -Yay Kyaw - Aung Thar Dan road 96,51117

2 End: Thone Gwa 16,9837892

Junction of TV270 = Thone Gwa - Ka Dat Pa Na road 96,512345

The survey team has to measure the lengths of sections and compare the results with the given lengths by using the distance gauge of the car !

The form is used either for the whole road (if not divided in sections) or one form for each section

This example is section 2 from the Bago-Tha Net Pin-Kha Yan-Thone Khwa road (SR 18)

Total length of SR18 (according MOC list and survey plan) is 38/3 M/F, 61,4 km and the length of the section 2 is 7/6 M/F, 12,4 km

Readings for

starting and ending

points of sections

Paved Roads Unpaved Roads

VISUAL CONDITION ESTIMATION (ADB RAMS PROJECT MYANMAR 2014)

Starting/Ending Points

of Sections

Surface

Type

(1-5)

Comments, Starting time

for surveying of each

section, length of section,

width of section, etc…

SURVEY AND DATA-INPUT

PLAN OCTOBER 2014 1 2 3 4 5 6 6

DATA INPUT PLAN

10 11

Magway Region

7 8 9

Aye Yar Waddy Region

52 4

SURVEY PROGRESS

SURVEY PROGRAM

3

DATA INPUT

112

Mon State

UPDATED PROGRAM FOR ROUGHNESS SURVEY AND DATA INPUT

Northern Shan State

Kayin State

Yangon Region

Bago Region

Mandalay Region

Thaninthaye Region

Nay Pyi Taw Region

Kayah State

Rakhine State

Kachin State

Chin State

Sagaing Region

Southern Shan State

Eastern Shan State

2014 2015

ROAD CONDITION MAPS BASED ONSURVEYED IRI-VALUES

IRI Condition

<4 good

4-6 fair

6-8 poor

>8 bad

Modified IRI classes into

into Myanmar conditions

Region/State Good Fair Poor Bad

Yangon 37% 22% 17% 24%

Bago 58% 16% 11% 15%

Mandalay/NPT 42% 19% 15% 25%

Mon (AH112) 60% 18% 10% 12%

Thaninthaye 31% 20% 15% 34%

Aye Yar Waddy 37% 18% 14% 32%

Magway 25% 18% 17% 40%

Kayah 13% 18% 20% 50%

Southern Shan 26% 21% 18% 36%

AVERAGE 33% 19% 15% 33%

CONDITION

DIVISION IN THE

SURVEYED

REGIONS/STATES

Road conditions and

photos taken on

different road

sections of the Myeik

– Thaninthay – Boke

Pyinn road (AH112)

SHOW SURVEYED DATA ON MAPS

SHOW ROAD SECTIONS ON MAPS AND CALCULATE INFORMATION

MAIN PROBLEM/CHALLENGE IN USING ROADROID SYSTEM IN MYANMAR

Many short survey files for one road section (because of

rough surface ?), and gaps for surveying information

(because of low speed <20 km/h or no GPS in all parts near

the border of Myanmar)

It is very time consuming work when merging short survey

files for one road section or to make estimations for missing

links inside one road section (100 m sections)

I would be very good if we could combine several Roadroid

import files into one file/one road section