Analysis of District Road Conditions in Waepotih Village, Maluku Province

Abstract

The  Regency  road  section  in  Waepotih  Village  is  a  road  section  located  in Waplau District, Maluku Province. This road section was  completed in 2008. However, recently the road section has been damaged which makes people no longer  feel  comfortable  when  driving  through  this  road.  The  purpose  of  the study was to identify the factors causing road damage and analyze the value of road conditions on the Regency Road section in Waepotih Village consisting of the left and right lanes using the SDI method. The results of direct analysis in the  field,  the  road  damage  that  occurred  on  the  Regency  road  section  in Waepotih Village was caused by the failure to build drainage channels on the road section. From the calculation results, the average results of the evaluation of damage to the Regency road section in Waepotih Village on the left lane were 11 segments, namely based on the Surface Distress Index Method, the SDI value for the left lane was 45.5 with good surface conditions. The percentage results based on the Surface Distress Index (SDI) Method were 45.5% of the pavement surface  had  good  conditions,  54.5%  of  the  pavement  surface  had  moderate conditions. On the right lane there are 11 segments, namely based on the Surface Distress Index Method, the SDI value for the right lane is 27.3 with good surface conditions. The  percentage  results  based  on  the  Surface  Distress  Index  (SDI) value  are  27.3%  of  the  surface  has  good  conditions,  72.7%  of  the  pavement surface has moderate conditions.