Evaluación de las vías urbanas en el cantón Ambato del sector comprendido entre las calles Barcelona, avenida Atahualpa, avenida Víctor Hugo y avenida Manuelita Sáenz

Abstract

This project presents the need to study the urban roads of the canton of Ambato. Due to the fact that the city's road infrastructure has deteriorated over the years and is considered a fundamental axis for the economic, social and productive development of the inhabitants. In the present project, the respective studies were carried out to know the current road conditions of the urban area of the canton of Ambato, starting with the collection of information in the field with the use of cards of the different roads. The GPS coordinates of each of the faults were determined using RTK-10 geographic location equipment, and the level of severity of the fault was identified and then the damage was marked numerically. Subsequently, a database was compiled and the total number of failures was obtained; in order to know the pavement condition index, a PCI study was carried out, which made it possible to take a sample of the area and identify, together with the failures, the condition in which most of the roads in the city are currently located, and a referential estimate was made of the cost of repairing the damage found in the area. Upon completion of the study will be delivered to the GAD Municipality of Ambato for the entity to use it for the benefit of the community, as it will be a contribution of the Technical University of Ambato.