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7.7 Financial
The main challenge is to secure sufficient funding both to maintain the existing network and to accommodate the extensions to the network that are deemed to be necessary for rural development and for the attainment of poverty reduction goals.
7.8 Environmental
The continued use of large amounts of gravel is not only causing serious environmental problems but is also unsustainable in the medium to long term. This provides a strong impetus for adopting the strategies that are promoted in the Guideline which seek to improve the “environmental” performance of the road transport sector. This can be achieved for example, through more extensive use of local materials, use of low-cost road surfaces, preservation of resources of high quality stone, cost and safety conscious design, consideration of non-motorized traffic, community participation in planning and many more.
7.9 From vision to practice
By its very nature this Manual is aimed at PowerCem Technology Partners and other stakeholders open to new and innovative ideas delivering on better infrastructure in a more efficient manner. The primary target audience are hower our distributors and their technology partners – governments, consultants, planners and designers – those in the position to foster and support change.
This manual describes WHAT RoadCem is and HOW it must be used. Seeing the good results achievable with the RoadCem based approach gives us enormous satisfaction and a feeling of achievement. The more this is used more people will feel the same. Because RoadCem is able to turn even waste materials such as sludge into strong building materials and pavement structures our vision of the sustainable future is convincing and appropriate. When this potential is brought correctly onto the market then there is an enormous advantage possible for both the customer and the provider.
I am convinced that together we can take further steps with the PowerCem based technology and that the contents of this Manual will be a helpful guide for you to do this.
Prof.dr.ir. P. Marjanovic
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