ABSTRACT

This project “maintenance of urban infrastructures (a case study of Ilorin metropolis)” lays emphasis on the various Infrastructures such as Roads, Rail, Electricity, Water-Supply, Solid Waste Management Facilities, Drainage Facilities and Sewerage. The various magnitude and the facilities provided were looked upon; the various defects and possible remedies to some specific infrastructures were also looked at. The major data collection procedures were from the various infrastructural ministries in the city and participant/personal observations. Data were collected based on the existing conditions, provisional services, facilities and magnitude of the infrastructures and the preference of maintenance activities carried out by most infrastructural agencies of which many are based on the stipulated activities of the agencies. Conclusions were made on the fact that these infrastructures lack maintenance culture which has led to their deteriorations, while recommendations were suggested on the possible sustainable actions and activities for improvement in Ilorin and environs.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page……………………………………………………………………………………...i

Certification……………………………………………………………………………………ii

Dedication…………………………………………………………………………………….iii

Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………...iv

Table of contents…………………………………………………………………………..v-vi

List of tables………………………………………………………………………………....vii

Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………...viii

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION /BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY…………………....1

1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM………………………………………...2    

1.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY……………………………..….2   

1.3 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY…………………………………………3   

1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY……………………………………………………3      

1.5 DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA…………………………………………3   

1.6 METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………….5      

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE……………………………………6  

2.1 TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES……………………………...................6    

2.1.1 ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM………………………………........7   

2.1.2 RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM………………………………………7

2.2 PUBLIC UTILITIES…………………………………………………………..8

2.2.1 ELECTRICITY………………………………………………………………..8

2.2.2 WATER SUPPLY…………………………………………………………….9

2.2.3 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES…………………………….9

2.3 DRAINAGE FACILITIES…………………………………………………...10

2.4 SEWERAGE………………………………………………………………...10

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………..11

3.1 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS…………………………………..11

3.2 ROAD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES………………………………..11

3.2.1 THE NEED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ROAD WAYS…………….12

3.2.2 ROAD DEFECTS AND CAUSES……………………………………..….13

3.3 RAIL TRANSPORT FACILITIES………………………………..………...15

3.3.1 OPERATION……………………………………………………………..…15

3.3.2 DAYS OF OPERATION…………………………………………………....15

3.3.3 WHY THE NEED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF RAIL FACILITIES…16

3.3.4 DEFECTS AND LOCATIONS ON RAIL…………………………..……..16

3.4 ELECTRICITY……………………………………………………………....17

3.5 WATER SUPPLY…………………………………………………………...18

3.6 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES…………………………..19

3.7 DRAINAGE FACILITIES…………………………………………………...20

3.8 SEWERAGE………………………………………………………………...20

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS……………………………...21

4.1 TRENDS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS………………………………………………………………………21

4.2 TRENDS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF RAIL TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN ILORIN METROPOLIS…………………………………………………………25

4.3 TRENDS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES……………………………………………………………………………27

4.3.1 ELECTRICITY………………………………………………………………27

4.3.2 WATER SUPPLY…………………………………………………………...29

4.3.3 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT……………………………...................31

4.4 DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE……………………………………………...32

4.5 SEWERAGE………………………………………………………………...32

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………...33

5.1 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………33

5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………………………………….34

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