Rural Road Note 01: A guide on the application of pavement design methods for low volume rural roads

This Rural Road Note (RRN) is aimed at engineers, road managers and other practitioners

Abstract

This Rural Road Note (RRN) is aimed at engineers, road managers and other practitioners involved with the planning and design of low volume rural roads in developing and emerging countries in tropical and sub-tropical climates. It is intended to provide guidance on key considerations for the use of various pavement design methods for low volume roads. The RRN provides guidance on pavement design methods used in the design of LVRR, ranging from earth roads through gravel surfacing to the various unbound, natural stone, bituminous, cement-based and clay brick surfacing and pavement layers. The RRN compiles the lessons learnt from the design, construction, supervision and monitoring of a range of pavement and surfacing types investigated under SEACAP in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; AFCAP 1 and ReCAP programmes, together with the knowledge compiled from various related studies in Southern Africa and South-East Asia.

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

Rolt, J.;Mukura, K.;Otto, A.;Reeves, S.;Hine, J.;Musenero, L. (2020). Rural Road Note 01: A guide on the application of pavement design methods for low volume rural roads. London: ReCAP for DFID.

Rural Road Note 01: A guide on the application of pavement design methods for low volume rural roads

Published 10 July 2020