Rural Highway Network Development in Supporting the Eastern Economic Special Area (EEC)

Abstract

To study of the infrastructure development within the Eastern Economic Corridor area to support the development of new areas and solve traffic problems in the future, In the case of the secondary roads of the Department of Rural Roads (Feeder Road). From the analysis of the service levels of the routes in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) by the traffic and transportation models in the future years 2022-2042, a total of 130 routes consisting of 30 Chachoengsao provinces, Chon Buri province 55 route and Rayong province 45 route, found that in the case of EEC area development but there is no improvement of route to support will cause the service level of the route to be at level D which is lower than the standard acceptance level of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official, consisting of 13 routes.To solve these problems, we have designed and improved the road by expanding to 4 traffic lanes, 3.5 meters per lane, 2.5 meters shoulder. The results of economic analysis on all 13 road improvements showed that the NPV and B/C values were positive and the EIRR was between 9% - 29%.