Abstract
This paper presents the analysis of interview sessions conducted with the general objective of studying night-time highway construction or maintenance/upgrading works. This includes any work; construction, maintenance or upgrading, that involves the closure of highway lanes and traffic mitigation. Such works might be disadvantageous to be conducted during daytime, thus requiring them to be conducted at night. Data were collected by conducting interviews to relevant industry players with the objective of identifying reasons for such works to be conducted at night. The answers obtained were the gathered and the most famous themes are selected.
Highlights
Traffic congestion is a normal occurrence in the roads of Malaysia, especially in major towns such Kuala Lumpur, Georgetown, and many more
Night-timehighway construction or maintenance/upgrading works may seem as the best option compared to day time works in order to avoid traffic congestion problems especially when it comes to major roads and highways
The other theme obtained from main reason for conducting highway construction or maintenance/upgrading works during night-time is to reduce and if possible to avoid altogether traffic congestion problem arising from daytime works
Summary
Traffic congestion is a normal occurrence in the roads of Malaysia, especially in major towns such Kuala Lumpur, Georgetown, and many more. Congestion occurs in highways, especially during peak hours, when road users commute from their office to their homes. Any highway construction or maintenance/upgrading works will only make things worse as it may lead them to spend more hours on the road since such works would require the closing of lanes and other problems, which will increase traffic congestion. Contractors and local authorities should ensure that such problems do not exist and plan how to avoid road users from being the victim when this occurs. Night-time highway construction or maintenance/upgrading works is not the best option for all cases, and should only be used when necessary. This study is crucial as it offers contractors a basis on what to consider when deciding whether to go for night-time highway construction or maintenance/upgrading works or not
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