Low Volume Rural Road Design Manual: Myanmar

The Manual has been drafted to be fully adaptable for use by different stakeholders, at national, state, township and local level

Abstract

This design manual for Low Volume Rural Roads has been developed under the Research for Community Access Partnership (ReCAP). The purpose of the Manual is to serve as a nationally recognised document, the application of which is deemed to serve as a standard reference and ready source of good practice for the planning, investigation, design and construction of low volume rural roads (LVRR)s in Myanmar. This Design Manual provides practical guidance to roads practitioners responsible for the design of low traffic earth, gravel or paved roads throughout Myanmar. The Manual has been drafted to be fully adaptable for use by different stakeholders, at national, state, township and local level administered by authorities, enterprises or communities.

This work is part of the Applied Research on Rural Roads and Transport Services through Community Access Programmes in Africa and Asia (AFCAP2 and AsCAP)

Citation

Department of Rural Road Development, Ministry of Construction, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2020). Low Volume Rural Road Design Manual, Introduction.

Published 23 June 2020