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Emergency maintenance

• To solve the problems that occurred outside expectations and outside maintenance schedule.
• It is a immediate maintenance is carried out to overcome an incident that happened outside the
immediate maintenance area.
• Need urgent maintenance that can’t be postponed.
• The incidents are ;
a. Bank avalanche
b. Erosion
c. Flood
d. Carcass
e. Traffic light damage
f. Accident

Erosion Flood Traffic Light Damage Accident

Figure 10-4: Incidents that happened need urgent maintenance

Routine maintenance

• Routine maintenance is implemented in order to avoid massive destruction that was caused by
heavy traffic and weather condition.
• Schedule maintenance must be performed within specific time given
• Involves elements of planning and provision of term finance.
• The activities include:
a. Grass cutting.
b. Drainage cleaning
c. Puddle patch/tile.
d. Road shoulder maintenance.
e. Bridge and culvert cleaning.
f. Sign board cleaning.
g. Bridge maintenance.
h. Traffic light and
i. intersection checking

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