MINNESOTA HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE COSTS: A STUDY OF FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS THROUGH 1986

THE MAGNITUDE OF FUTURE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WAS QUANTIFIED WITHIN BROAD LIMITS. COST DATA WERE USED RATHER THAN EXPENDITURE RECORDS. DESPITE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY AND EFFICIENCY, THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE MINNESOTA STATE ROAD SYSTEM CAN BE EXPECTED TO SOAR IN THE NEXT 16 YEARS. THE PRESENT TOTAL FUNCTIONAL COST OF MAINTENANCE ($39.7 MILLION, FORMULATED YEAR COST, 1969) CAN BE EXPECTED TO DOUBLE IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS AND INCREASE 195 PERCENT BY 1986. IT WAS FOUND THAT GAINS THROUGH BETTER ADMINISTRATION, WORK METHODS, AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE MORE THAN OFFSET BY RISING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASES IN TRAFFIC, INCREASES IN THE TOTAL HIGHWAY MILEAGE (ESPECIALLY THE GROWING PROPORTION OF FREEWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS IN THE TOTAL SYSTEM), ADDITION OF NEW ACTIVITIES, STRICTER REQUIREMENTS, AND THE INCREASING AGE OF THE STATE'S INTERSTATE AND FREEWAY SYSTEMS. RISING LABOR COMPENSATION RATES AND COST OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION AND WILL, IN FACT, BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTOR. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Tessman, Gerald Frank
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-8
• Monograph Title: Maintenance operations and applied systems engineering
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 359
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Finance; Highway maintenance; Highway planning; Maintenance management; Reviews
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost data; Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Old TRIS Terms: Financial requirements
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218864
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309019753
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM