Prediction of Road Infrastructure Priorities in Banten Province Using Analytical Hierarchy Process Method

Abstract

Roads are the key infrastructure that is needed to support the smooth transportation to improve the condition of the community economy. Along with the passage of time and the use of the road, the road will suffer damage due to natural factors as well as other technical factors, so it takes serious handling efforts from the local government to maintain excellent road infrastructure for the community. In case of road damage handling in some areas still found problems that need to be resolved immediately, one of them is the problem of availability of budget that is not comparable to the level of damage of the road is quite a lot required a method to know the order of the road priority should be addressed immediately. To determine the prediction and priority order of road handling, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) algorithm is used with consideration of damage, traffic, and economic factors as criteria decision. The result shows that area of Serang city with the value 0.231 (23.1%) as the most priority road to be repaired.