A good road. For a community roads are like arteries and veins of a body. We would consider a healthy vascular system as a very important aspect of that body's wellbeing. Similarly good quality roads are a very important aspect of wellbeing of a community. We can find evidence that roads were given enormous importance throughout the history. We read that emperors like Ashoka, Sher Shah Suri planted trees by the roadside and erected facilities for the road users. We read a lot about the 'silk route' that connected east to the west. We read about Romans and their road building technology. These are facts from more than 2000 years ago. Safety Road Safety is dependent on a number of factors. They can be broadly divided into two groups. Factors inherent to the surface and Factors inherent to the people and vehicles on the surface. Maintenance-The fact that roads have been built and rebuilt for thousands of years and they are still an issue is mainly because they need constant maintenance. A road without maintenance is only as good as a road before it was constructed. Any road deteriorates with use and time. The cost of maintenance of a road should be taken in to consideration when building a road. Road=a surface on which people and vehicles can travel from one place to another in opposite directions with the surface having a specific level of quality over a specific period of time. Cost of building a Road= Cost of a road at a specific level of quality for a specified period of time.