• Chirag R. Bhuva
• Prof. Bindiya Patel
• Prof. Mayank Kanani

The road network is deteriorating by climatic factors as well as traffic operations on it. By neglecting to maintain these roads, deterioration rapidly increases over time leading to inaccessibility and immobility in urban areas. Also increases vehicle operating cost. A systematic approach needs to be developed for deciding effective maintenance and rehabilitation strategies which should incorporate all the processes involved in the formulation of pavement maintenance plans and programs. The application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method for the prioritization of pavement maintenance sections is widespread now-a-days. Although the evaluation of pavement maintenance section through AHP method is simple, where the relative importance (on Saaty’s scale) assigned to each parameter in the hierarchy varies between the experts (transportation professionals) consulted, which leads to discrepancies in the final rankings of the sections’, due to the subjectivity in the process. Further, experts base their decisions solely on their experience while consideration is not given to the actual quantitative physical condition of the roads. To overcome these difficulties an objective based AHP method is proposed in this study, where pair wise comparison values are assigned based on the collected field data from a road network in Rajkot city, consisting of 2 road sections. The final ranking list of candidate sections takes into consideration the priority weight of alternatives, which reflect the road conditions. The parameter or alternative was ranked first which has highest weightage value and it was more prior than other so, considered first for the maintenance work.

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Maintenance Prioritization; Priority ranking.

"Pavement maintenance and prioritization using AHP: A case study of Rajkot city", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.324-333, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903E50.pdf

"Pavement maintenance and prioritization using AHP: A case study of Rajkot city", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp324-333, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903E50.pdf