ABSTRACT
Transportation infrastructure serves as an economic and development driver as it provides connectivity to social and economic amenities and offers a vital link between production and consumption. Better-maintained roads lead to enhanced connectivity and societal advantages. The decision on which road to maintain is a complex decision-making problem faced by public authorities. Multi-criteria decision-making prioritization models, influenced by a variety of decision parameters, are designed for such problems. In this paper, the authors adopt a systematic review methodology in analyzing models developed by scholars aimed at prioritization of which asphalt paved road to maintain or rehabilitate. The primary contribution of this study is the ability of the authors to identify that the available multi-criteria decision-making prioritization models for asphalt paved road maintenance fail to address the concerns of Africans and little effort is made in capturing emergent concerns related to the inclusion of socio-economic and environment aspects.
