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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHAPTER TWO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHAPTER THREE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHAPTER FOUR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHAPTER FIVE

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

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

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

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