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标题：HAZARDS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OF THE N1 HIGHWAY, GHANA.
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作者：Rachel Adu-Kumi, Mary Adu Kumi
期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP& TECHNOLOGY
印刷版ISSN：2162-157X
出版年度：2014
期号：2962
页码：10
出版社：DR.DANIEL LASHER
摘要：Undesired and negative results that lead to damages and losses on the N1 highway were assessed in the light of target objectives of the MiDA for commissioning the N1 highway in Accra. In this study, risk factors arising from people, systems and processes, and associated events and incidents connected with the functioning of the N1 highway were identified and examined using mixed methods research design. In a survey, 100 respondents who were regular users of the N1 highway including pedestrians, motorists and personnel from the Ministry of Roads and Highways shared experiences in semi-structured interviews. Observations were made about risks, damages and losses on the highway, and controls for managing risks and examined using Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA). Inadequate number of locations for user-access on the highway, presence of numerous intersecting cross-streets that feed into the main N1 highway causing interferences, poor design in constructing the N1 highway through human settlement, inadequate provisions of access for certain modes of transport, and unlimited or free access to adjacent property resulting in no protection for property and activities, were among risk factors identified on the N1 highway. The study recommends the fixing of more, higher guard-rails, more bus bay points near foot bridges, additional foot bridges, traffic control points in locations away from bus terminals, and provision of road-user facilities for physically-impaired persons. Education on risks associated with using the N1 highway could prevent pedestrians from competing with motorists when crossing the N1 highway and reduce frequent occurrences of accidents. Keywords: Risk factors; N1 Highway; Motorway; Construction; Risk Controls;