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Roadside Development

The document discusses planning and preparation for rural road works projects. It outlines surveying new road alignments as a resource-intensive process requiring skilled staff. It also notes the importance of maintaining existing road drainage and clearances when new development occurs near roads. The document recommends directing roads away from existing settlements and places where people congregate to prioritize safety.

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Roadside Development

The document discusses planning and preparation for rural road works projects. It outlines surveying new road alignments as a resource-intensive process requiring skilled staff. It also notes the importance of maintaining existing road drainage and clearances when new development occurs near roads. The document recommends directing roads away from existing settlements and places where people congregate to prioritize safety.

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works.

Information about road curvature, between their access roads and the
earthworks (cut to fill, embankments, rural roads. Equally, people in the rural
etc.) and drainage structures (bridges, areas will choose to establish their new
culverts, mitre drains, scour checks, etc.) houses or business premises close to the
is then plotted in the road alignment rehabilitated or improved roads.
1 drawings at its exact chainage along the
road alignment. In this process, it is important that
the authorities in charge of the roads
P L A N N I N G A N D P R E PA R AT I O N O F W O R K S

Surveying new alignments is a resource- make sure that the road and all its
intensive activity. It requires skilled components are not compromised
technical staff for a considerable time in any manner as a result of the
in order to complete the works in a connections made or the new building
professional manner. For this reason, it activities taking place close to the road.
is useful to schedule this type of work Particular attention needs to be given
to periods of the year when the staff is to maintaining the established drainage
less involved in supervision of on-going system of the road, ensuring that any
works, such as during the rainy season. connections made to the road do not
Survey work also requires good logistical block or constrict the side drains.
support as the staff needs to travel to Equally, the building activities in the
the field on a daily basis. Where the vicinity of the road should be held at a
future road is passing through dense safe distance, maintaining the clearance
forest, it may also be necessary to hire a provided in the road reserve.
small group of workers for bush clearing
thereby providing the necessary sight Roadside development may also cause
lines for the surveyors. new safet y concerns. A lthough it
may be difficult to avoid people and
For e x ist i ng road s on wh ich no businesses establishing themselves along
major changes are envisaged to the the roadside, the road alignment can
road alignment, the proposed road always be directed away from the existing
improvement works can be recorded in settlements. Rather than directing the
BUILDING RURAL ROADS

a table briefly recording the assessment road straight through the centre of
of the current road condition together villages, it is always a safer solution to find
with the proposed improvement where an alignment in which the road passes
deficiencies are observed. Using such by at the outskirts of the communities.
a form, information can be quickly Similarly, it is strongly recommended
recorded for any given section of a road. to keep the road alignment away from
places where people congregate, such as
Roadside Development health centres, schools and town centres
Rural roads are meant to serve the people and market places. Instead it is better to
living alongside it or in the villages in the provide a short access road between the
vicinity of the road. As a result they will main road and these facilities, allowing
be entering the road at any point and long-distance traffic to pass by at a safe
will be establishing simple connections distance.
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