Road infrastructure is one of the strategic elements in
supporting the development in addition in accelerating the activity;
economic and facilitating inter regional of people mobilities. The improving of
development activities require more adequate road networks.The ring roads in Simeulue District have the total length of 310 km spread in 5 (five) sub districts and
divided into 7 (seven) road segments, they are
(1) Sinabang - Nasreuhe, (2) Nasreuhe - Alafan, (3) Alafan - Seurafon, (4) Serafon
- Lewak Hulu, (5) Lewak Hulu - Lhok Makmur - Sangiran, (6) Sinabang - Lugu
Sibahak, (7) Lugu Sibahak - Sangiran. The road construction needs the appropriate
decision making method in order to help the policy maker in determining the
priority according to the needs and the benefits involving all stakeholders. Based on the research results
using AHP Method, it is obtained the rank of the development priority of
Simelue ring roads consecutivelyis (1) Lugu Sibahak - Sangiran, (2) Serafon - Lewak Hulu, (3) Lewak Hulu
- Lhok Makmur - Sangiran, (4) Sinabang - Nasrehe, (5)
Sinabang - Lugu Sibahak, (6) Alafan - Serafon, (7) Nasrehe – Alafan. The priority scale results can
be compared that there are the differences of priority rank in Simeulues Ring
Roads Development and Nasrehe Simeulue - Alafan and Lewak Hulu
- Lhok Makmur – Sangiran Road segment become the main priority and the
development will be implemented in 2015. AHP Method Analysis mentions that
Nasrehe – Alafan road segment is in 7 rank and Lewak Hulu - Lhok Makmur – Sangiran is in 3 rank in the
development.