An assessment of socio-economic benefits of improved rural road in a Nigerian local government area Department: Transportation Planning and Logistics By: jogs78467 Project ID: 6758 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1Rate this project12345 Price:₦4000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis study was intended to examine the assessment of socio-economic benefits of improved rural roads in a Nigeria local government area. This study was guided by the following objectives To investigate the benefit of rural roads in Nigerian and to examine the economic cost and maintenance of rural road construction in Nigeria and also to identify the importance of rural roads to the agricultural sector in Nigeria. The study employed descriptive tools and explanatory design questionnaires in addition to library research applied in order to collect data. Primary and secondary data sources were used and data were analyzed using the chi-square statistical tool at 5% level of significance which was presented in frequency tables and percentages. The study finding revealed that the type one hypothesis reveals that transport plays a leading role in socio-economy development and there is a need for adequate transport before development can take place in the rural areas while the type two hypothesis revealed that transport plays a dominant role in the socio-economy of the rural areas. The study, therefore, recommends the government should see rural roads as seed money and the transport sector should be handled by professional body birth in terms of maintenance, operation and maintenance of road and road life will last and government should establish agencies or bodies that can effectively act as an intermediary between the federal government, rural dwellers and the lazy local government. ...Preview Download Preview +Other Transportation Planning and Logistics project topics and materials you might be interested in»Marine transport - Its prospects and problems (a study of Bonny Jetti)»Evaluation of commuters’ satisfaction in the use of tricycle as mobility in Biu town»An assessment of socio-economic benefits of improved rural road in a Nigerian local government area»The pre-adoption and use of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) among commercial drivers in Minna, Niger state»Impact of strategic outsourcing of transportation on selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria»Maritime logistics service quality and performance of maritime companies in Nigeria (case study of Tincan Island Port, Apapa lagos state)»The impact of logistics service quality on welfare of internally displaced persons in northeast Nigeria»The analysis of rail transport services performance in Nigeria (case study of Abuja to Kaduna)