Highway Engineering
Highway Engineering
Highway Engineering
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is an engineering discipline branching from
civil engineering that involves the
planning, design, construction, operation,
and maintenance of roads, bridges, and
tunnels to ensure safe and effective
transportation of people and goods
Planning Difficulties
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Financia
The present economic is related to the govt
l budgetary expenditures for payment of
foreign debt and highway developments
plans are shelves temporarily for lack of
funds
Highway Programming
There are three inseparable sets of inputs:
Economic deals with the questions of resources
Financial who pays and who spends, how much,
and where?
Political and Administration involves decision
Direct effect of Highway Construction
making
and
its Use Market Value
Quantifiable
1. Cost of highways as to:
a. planning cost
b. right of way appropriations
c. construction cost
d. maintenance cost
e. operating cost
Community Involvement
-Highway agencies conduct public hearings
Highway Economy
The intent of expenditures for highways
and public transportations are
as the
follows:
1.enumerated
To supplement
countrys level of economy
The
Requiring knowledge of the law of contracts
Specifications
as well as highway practices and
experiences.
Highway specifications is divided into two: