AN ASSESSMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
AN ASSESSMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2016-01
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YAKUBU, Hamza
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Road transportation is an essential component in the development and growth of any society whilst involved in the movement of people and freight from one point to another. This study attempts an assessment of the state, types and functionality as well as distributions of road transport infrastructure development in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Data were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. Information was gathered from road users, road workers and traffic law enforcement agents using stratified sampling technique. In all, 380 respondents were successfully interviewed. The result on the analysis of the state of road transport infrastructure in Kaduna state reveals that 10% representing 38 of the respondents say roads infrastructure are of Excellent state, while, 23.3% representing 86 respondents attest that are of Good condition. While the remaining 15.7 representing 60 respondents are of the opinion that the state of road transport infrastructure ware very poor. Also, result reveals on the analysis of the respondents on their perception on the types of road transport infrastructure in Kaduna state discloses that 87.4% as represented by 332 respondents attest to the presence of culverts while 12.6% of them says it is absent. Similarly, 83.2% of the respondentsā reported that there is presence of bridges while 16.8% of them attest to the absence of it. Also, on the issue of zebra crossing, 20.8 percent of them says it is present while a significant 79.2% says it is not available. The responses on the functionality of road transport infrastructures in Kaduna state reveals that 165 of the respondents indicates that the roundabout [intersections] are highly functional while 117 of them says it is fairly functional and 98 respondents indicates the absence of it. On the issue of the functionality of culverts as a critical road transport infrastructure 151 respondents affirms its high functionality while a sizeable number of them within 89 and 48 respondents indicates that it is not functioning and not present respectively. Similarly, 113 respondents attest to the high functionality of road Kerbs, 64 indicates its fairness, while 29 and 174 attested to its non-functionality and non-availability respectively. Also on the distribution of road transport infrastructure by zones, standard z score analytical technique was adopted and the result reveal that disparity exist in terms of road infrastructure within the zones. The study therefore recommends that government of Kaduna state should make efforts to quantify and rehabilitate and balance the existing road transport infrastructure while reintroducing tolling system on strategic road infrastructures to raise additional funds for maintenance. Also, the government should diversify its objectives on provision of road transport infrastructures through partnership arrangements with private sectors on the public private partnership (PPP) however putting action into plan for the future in providing alternative means of transport to reduce burden on the existing road transport infrastructures.
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AN M.Sc. DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE MASTERS IN SCIENCE DEGREE (M.Sc.) IN TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. JANUARY,
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ASSESSMENT,, ROAD TRANSPORT,, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT,, KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA