| dc.description.abstract | The concept of strategy implementation has attracted much less attention in strategic and
organization research, than strategy formulation and strategic planning. According to
Alexander (2008), strategy implementation is less glamorous than strategy formulation.
This is because people overlook it because of a belief that anyone can do it. People are
not exactly sure what it includes and where it begins and ends. The objective of the study
was to find out the extent of adoption of implementation strategies by public road
agencies to enhance durability of road network in Kenya, to assess the impact of adoption
of implementation strategies that enhances durability of road network in Kenya and to
identify the main challenges that hinder adoption of implementation strategies by public
road agencies to enhance durability of road network in Kenya. The literature review was
based on authoritative, recent and original sources such as journals, books, thesis and
dissertation. Cross sectional survey design was used to structure the research and
population of the study was all the six public road agencies in Kenya. Each public road
agency was given one questionnaire and the respondents were the senior managers
involved in construction and maintenance of roads. All the six questionnaires sent were
returned completed representing a 100% response rate. The data was analysed by
employing descriptive statistics such as measures of central tendency, measure of
frequency and Pearson correlation squares. Excel spread sheet and SPSS package was
used to aid in analysis. The information was presented and discussed as per the objectives
and research questions of the study. Findings of the study indicated that a majority of
public road agencies have adopted the following implementation strategies to a great
extent: Routine maintenance of roads network on yearly basis, outsourcing maintenance
works to road construction companies and developments of an annual work plan on
maintenance of roads. It is worth to note that the axle load control implementation
strategies, road reserve protection implementation strategies and traffic volume control
implementation strategies are all adopted to a moderate or low extent and this could
perhaps explain why the road condition deteriorate faster after they are constructed. The
finding further shows that the average adoption of road maintenance implementation
strategies is moderate , while axle road control implementation strategies was adopted to
a low extent. Equally the road reserve protection implementation strategies and traffic
control implementation strategies were all adopted to a low extent. The finding further
indicated that there is reduction in the number of potholes and cracks in road surface
when these implementation strategies are adopted. Other impacts were reduction in the
level of pavement deterioration, reduced drainage blockage and reduced level of rutting
in road surface. However all these impacts depended on the implementation strategies
adopted. The results also show that there is a strong positive correlation between adoption
of implementation strategies and durability of road networks with adoption of road
maintenance implementation strategies being the most significant factor influencing
durability of road networks followed by road reserve protection strategies then axle load
control and finally traffic control strategies. The main challenges identified as hindering
adoption of implementation strategies by public road agencies to enhance durability of
road network are: Inadequate resources, Resources not released on time, Political
interference on road related decisions and encroachment on road reserves. | en |
