Advancing infrastructure maintenance

Rehabilitating infrastructure
Renewing infrastructure
Providing maintenance of infrastructure
Improving maintenance of infrastructure

Description

Advancing infrastructure maintenance involves systematically upgrading, repairing, and monitoring essential public assets—such as roads, bridges, water systems, and energy grids—to ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency. This strategy addresses problems of deterioration, service disruption, and escalating repair costs by implementing proactive inspection regimes, adopting modern technologies, and prioritizing preventive interventions. The core intent is to extend asset lifespans, minimize failures, and optimize resource allocation for sustainable, uninterrupted infrastructure performance.

Implementation

ILO advises governments on the planning, design and implementation of cost-effective programmes for the labour-intensive construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of infrastructures and rural works.

Claim

More and more important investments are gradually being abandoned for lack of maintenance, leading to enormous losses and the relentless pursuit of an ever-increasing volume of new investments. The maintenance of municipal infrastructure systems and facilities should be seen as a fundamental element in sustainable development.