Gestão de rodovias estaduais: estudo de caso AL-220 entre Barra de São Miguel e São Miguel dos Campos

Abstract

The transport sector plays a fundamental role in society and in the economic development of a country. In Brazil, the road modal moves 65% of transport of goods and 95% of the passengers, in view of this, the quality of the highways has a direct impact on the performance of transport and the country's economy. A highways in precarious conditions increases the operational cost of transport, reduces comfort and road safety, in addition to causing environmental damage. Despite this, we still live, with holes, erosion and the lack of signage in the lanes on a daily basis, resulting from the degradation of the components of the highway and the lack of management, maintenance and conservation of them same. The lack of maintenance and management of the highways ends up aggravating this situation even more. To modify this scenario, coordinated investments in the construction and maintenance of an extensive, dense and good quality infrastructure are essential. In this sense, this work analyzes the management of highways in Alagoas through the evaluation and calculation of the Maintenance Condition Index (ICM) of a section of the AL–220 highway. The developed studies indicated that the highway presents a regular situation and point to the need to implement a specialist system to manage activities related to road conservation.