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Perceptions of the need for major roads in Urban areas

Perceptions of the need for major roads in Urban areas PERCEPTIONS OF THE NEED FOR MAJOR ROADS IN URBAN AREAS ROMANO DEL MISTRO Most urban areas in South Africa have planned major road networks. In Gauteng (formerly the PWV) the implementation of the planned road network has been delayed by a shortage of funds and opposition to sections of the network. Of the K-route network designed in 1975 in the formerly East Rand RSC area, 15,7 per cent has been built to date. A further 17,5 per cent of the additional K-route network designed in 1985 has been built. Even if one argues that the changes made to the network in the 1985 plan are realignments of the 1975 network, the roads built to date only amount to 22 per cent of the network. Of these over 60 per cent are aligned along roads that already existed at the time the plans were prepared. With the changes in the electorate structure, it appears to be essential that the criteria for the implementation of the planned major road network be revisited. In this paper, a simplistic model is developed to discuss the debate around the support for and opposition to the implementation of a planned major road; the results of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

Perceptions of the need for major roads in Urban areas

Mistro, Romano
Urban Forum , Volume 6 (2) – Apr 3, 2009
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Springer Journals
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Social Sciences; Human Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Population Economics; Political Science; Sociology, general
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1015-3802
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1874-6330
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PERCEPTIONS OF THE NEED FOR MAJOR ROADS IN URBAN AREAS ROMANO DEL MISTRO Most urban areas in South Africa have planned major road networks. In Gauteng (formerly the PWV) the implementation of the planned road network has been delayed by a shortage of funds and opposition to sections of the network. Of the K-route network designed in 1975 in the formerly East Rand RSC area, 15,7 per cent has been built to date. A further 17,5 per cent of the additional K-route network designed in 1985 has been built. Even if one argues that the changes made to the network in the 1985 plan are realignments of the 1975 network, the roads built to date only amount to 22 per cent of the network. Of these over 60 per cent are aligned along roads that already existed at the time the plans were prepared. With the changes in the electorate structure, it appears to be essential that the criteria for the implementation of the planned major road network be revisited. In this paper, a simplistic model is developed to discuss the debate around the support for and opposition to the implementation of a planned major road; the results of

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Published: Apr 3, 2009

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