Abstract

PIENAAR, W.J.. Impact of rural road provision on employment. S. Afr. J. Ind. Eng. [online]. 2024, vol.35, n.1, pp.31-40. ISSN 2224-7890.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7166/35-1-2912.

This article focuses on the impact of rural road provision on the macroeconomic objective of full employment. It deals with the extent to which roads act as direct generators of jobs during their construction and service periods, and the ways in which effective roads could indirectly stimulate employment opportunities quantitatively and, from a skills perspective, qualitatively. The economic impact analysis (ECIA) of road provision indicates the typical worker-hour requirements for the approximate estimation of employment needs. These estimates can be used whenever detailed estimates are not yet available. The estimates are provided for the construction and operation of (1) basic rural road segments, (2) bridges and viaducts, and (3) intersections, roundabouts (traffic circles), and interchanges. Where road projects contain other physical components, such as tunnels and toll plazas, the former three groups of employment rates could be used in combination with worker-hour estimates for the construction and maintenance of tunnels and toll-related components.

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