TY - JOUR
T1 - Why local governments rarely use PPPs in their road development projects: Understanding the barriers
AU - Janssen, Rick
AU - de Graaf, Robin S.
AU - Smit, Marnix
AU - Voordijk, Johannes T.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to identify barriers that prevent local governments from applying PPPs in their road development projects.
Design/methodology/approach
– Based on insights from a literature review, interviews were held with relevant staff to identify barriers. These were verified and their relative significance was determined through the use of a questionnaire, before being reflected upon and compared with literature findings.
Findings
– The research identified 37 barriers to local governments using PPPs in road development projects and showed that four barriers consistently stand out. First, the application of PPPs requires local governments to adapt their current working methods, which amounts to a large impediment to local governments applying PPPs. Second, local government employees believe that applying PPPs might effectively exclude local contractors from involvement in projects. Finally, local governments experience the whole PPP approach (the third barrier) and the PPP contract (the fourth) as overly complicated.
Practical implications
– To increase the use of PPPs for infrastructure provision at the local level, one has to focus on removing dominant local barriers as identified in this research.
Originality/value
– Although local-level PPPs have seen increasing interest, this is one of the first studies paying attention to the barriers to using PPPs for local road development projects
AB - Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to identify barriers that prevent local governments from applying PPPs in their road development projects.
Design/methodology/approach
– Based on insights from a literature review, interviews were held with relevant staff to identify barriers. These were verified and their relative significance was determined through the use of a questionnaire, before being reflected upon and compared with literature findings.
Findings
– The research identified 37 barriers to local governments using PPPs in road development projects and showed that four barriers consistently stand out. First, the application of PPPs requires local governments to adapt their current working methods, which amounts to a large impediment to local governments applying PPPs. Second, local government employees believe that applying PPPs might effectively exclude local contractors from involvement in projects. Finally, local governments experience the whole PPP approach (the third barrier) and the PPP contract (the fourth) as overly complicated.
Practical implications
– To increase the use of PPPs for infrastructure provision at the local level, one has to focus on removing dominant local barriers as identified in this research.
Originality/value
– Although local-level PPPs have seen increasing interest, this is one of the first studies paying attention to the barriers to using PPPs for local road development projects
KW - METIS-313922
KW - IR-98784
U2 - 10.1108/IJMPB-06-2015-0043
DO - 10.1108/IJMPB-06-2015-0043
M3 - Article
VL - 9
SP - 33
EP - 52
JO - International journal of managing projects in business
JF - International journal of managing projects in business
SN - 1753-8378
IS - 1
ER -