Assessment of Road Maintenance Project Management in Ethiopia: The Case of Addis Ababa City Administration

2. Literature Review

Around the world, roads are the dominant transport resources, which cover millions of kilometers over the countries. Roads foundations give a crucial establishment to the execution of all national economies, conveying a wide extend of financial and social benefits. Roads are regularly the single biggest freely possessed national resource and, it is road support that controls the deterioration in esteem and decides the effect of the organization on road clients and society. Without proper maintenance and good management practices, the high value of any road network can be quickly eroded and road users and society can experience significant hostile impact if a road network is in poor condition. Technical publications often mention the statistics that for every additional $ 1 a developing country spends on road maintenance; road users save $ 3 (Heggie, 1996).