Chapter 2:
HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING
Engr. GINALYN G. SUMAIT
Instructor
, I. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Highway planning involves the estimation of current and
future traffic volumes on a road network.
• Highway planning is also a basic need for the Highway
development.
• Highway engineers strive to predict and analyze all
possible civil impacts of highway systems.
, II. OBJECTIVES OF HIGHWAY
PLANNING
1. Planning a highway network for safe, efficient and fast movement
of people and goods.
2. Keeping the overall cost of construction and maintenance of the
roads in the network to a minimum.
3. Planning for future development and anticipated traffic needs for a
specific design period.
4. Phasing road development programs from considerations of utility
and importance as also of financial resources.
5. Evolving a financing system compatible with the cost and benefits.
HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING
Engr. GINALYN G. SUMAIT
Instructor
, I. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Highway planning involves the estimation of current and
future traffic volumes on a road network.
• Highway planning is also a basic need for the Highway
development.
• Highway engineers strive to predict and analyze all
possible civil impacts of highway systems.
, II. OBJECTIVES OF HIGHWAY
PLANNING
1. Planning a highway network for safe, efficient and fast movement
of people and goods.
2. Keeping the overall cost of construction and maintenance of the
roads in the network to a minimum.
3. Planning for future development and anticipated traffic needs for a
specific design period.
4. Phasing road development programs from considerations of utility
and importance as also of financial resources.
5. Evolving a financing system compatible with the cost and benefits.
