Evaluación de las vías urbanas en el cantón Ambato del sector comprendido entre la av. Las Aceitunas, Chamburros, Periódico el Quiteño Libre, José María Maugeri, Periódico la Idea, Las Uvas, av. Los Guaytambos, La Delicia.

Abstract

This project shows the need to evaluate the road conditions of the city of Ambato, since the road infrastructure has been affected by climate change and vehicular flow over the years, thus affecting the development of the economy, commerce, agriculture and tourism. In the first instance, a visual evaluation of the road surface was carried out to identify defects in the different types of pavements. To detect existing defects, an informative survey was carried out, recording the location of the defect, its type, dimension and degree of severity. These activities were carried out with manual GPS and accompanied by a technical sheet with detailed information on the defects and their severity, such severity was identified with the calculation of the PCI road condition index, in order to offer timely alternatives for road maintenance. Based on this evaluation, a reference budget was prepared for the restoration of the study area and then all the information was compiled in a database in order to provide greater utility to this project. After the evaluation of the roads, the database will be sent to the Municipal Directorate of Ambato Canton so that the information generated can be used for the benefit of the community as a collaboration of the Technical University of Ambato.