Administração pública da manutenção de pavimentos urbanos – Estudo de caso da manutenção de pavimentos asfálticos no município de Goiânia - GO

Abstract

A city's asphalt pavements constitute an important part of its infrastructure, as they are one of the indicators of adequate urbanization present in the space. However, the adequate state of paving of urban roads in a municipality contributes significantly to its economic and social development, in addition to providing users with comfort and safety. Therefore, a direct analysis of pavement management must be highlighted, with the aim of helping to mitigate execution, maintenance and conservation errors over time. To do this, it is necessary to trace the origin of the problems that affect the pavements of a city, as well as the bottlenecks that arise and prevent or hinder their adequate management by the public authorities. Available funds, management, equipment, materials and technical quality of the coordinating and executing team are some of the factors that directly influence the results that the citizens of a city have regarding the paving of urban roads intended for them. To this end, this work carried out a technical analysis in order to track, with the responsible departments, the objective factors that prevent users from enjoying a higher quality service. Thus, this research provided clear, technical and objective knowledge of the factors involved in the often precarious provision of paved road maintenance services. All of this with the aim of encouraging the population of Goiás, engineering professionals, the executing team and, mainly, public managers, the urgency of the need to build an effective action plan to resolve the problem. The results indicated that in the current situation the maintenance techniques used in the conservation and maintenance of asphalt roads in the city of Goiânia are somewhat distant from what the literature establishes as ideal. Such discrepancies involve a series of factors, such as administrative and budgetary difficulties in the chain of responsible departments. However, there is a clear commitment from those involved in providing the best work within the resources that are currently available. Therefore, this work encourages tracking the details of bottlenecks in order to resolve them in the short, medium and long term.