ABSTRACT
A plan is a proposal for undertaking future activities. Planning can be a detailed process relating to activities to be undertaken in the relatively near term, and this is sometimes known as 'tactical planning'. More normally, within the road management context, the term 'programming' is used for this (see Chapter 19). By contrast, 'strategic planning' involves an analysis of the road system as a whole, typically requiring the preparation of long-term estimates of expenditures for road development and conservation under various budgetary and economic scenarios. Planning is often undertaken by a planning or economics unit.
