ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL ROAD STABILITY ON NATIONAL ROAD SECTIONS IN BANGKA REGENCY, BANGKA BELITUNG PROVINCE

Abstract

Roads are traffic spaces where vehicles and people move to change places. Road infrastructure is one of the main pillars of public welfare and has an important role in supporting the economic, social, cultural, and environmental fields. The development of quality infrastructure with adequate and equitable capacity will facilitate connectivity, reduce transportation costs and logistics costs to increase product competitiveness, and accelerate the pace of economic growth. To support Bangka Regency to become a resilient, productive, and sustainable region, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing through the Bangka Belitung National Road Implementation Center has organized road preservation to maintain the stability of the road connecting Pangkalpinang City as the capital of Bangka Belitung Province with Sungai Liat City, Bangka Regency by implementing an improvement strategy national road connectivity through routine maintenance, preventive maintenance, and rehabilitation activities. Based on the results of a survey on the achievement of road stability in 2021 on 4 National Road Sections in Bangka Regency, showed that the programmed road preservation activities have succeeded in increasing steady conditions by 1.21% with an average IRI value of less than 6 m/km so it can be concluded that The National Road Section in Bangka Regency is a Steady Road Construction.