ROAD MAINTENANCE CATEGORIES

Details of the 4 different categories of maintenance activities LAMATA is carrying out are as follows:

1. Routine Maintenance
These routine maintenance works involve drainage clearing to reduce flooding, road sweeping and cleaning, vegetation trimming and haulage of disposable materials.

2. Recurrent Maintenance
This involves filling or sealing of cracks, repair of potholes, treatment of swellings, depressions, etc on the roads.

3. Periodic Maintenance
The periodic maintenance works involve application of asphalt overlays, reconstruction of walkways, road markings and installation of concrete lined drains to control flooding. They also involve some minor Traffic System Measures such as signage and traffic light installation at some junctions.

4. Rehabilitation Maintenance
The rehabilitation works involve reconstruction of pavements and application of an overlay of 50-millimetre thick hot rolled asphaltic wearing course. They also involve the reconstruction of drainage systems, kerbs and pedestrian walkways.

Given the fact that the kind of regulated and monitored maintenance LAMATA is introducing is new and needs time to fully imbibe, the performance of the contractors and consultants so far has been satisfactory, although there is room for improvement.