A Study on Pavement Network Condition and Reporting in the Province of Alberta Through a Questionnaire Survey

Government agencies such as municipalities own several lane kilometers of roadways all in varying conditions depending on their traffic loads, environment, material types, and construction methods. Managing a vast inventory of assets can be challenging and depending on the size of the municipality, sufficient resources may not always be present for municipalities to accurately understand their networks’ needs. Size of municipalities notwithstanding, funding to maintain these networks always remains a challenge. Finite funds are constantly competing against other priority infrastructure as well as politically motivated projects being broadcasted the loudest. Moreover, not all networks are created equal; some networks may be more rural and require different treatment and maintenance needs compared to an exclusively urban environment. Understanding all these parameters is critical in order to grasp the complexities and challenges that Alberta municipalities and agencies face when maintaining their transportation networks. To determine these answers, a questionnaire survey was conducted to the Pavement Management Users Group in Alberta. The results showed several consistencies related to the use of traditional pavement treatment methods, such as mill, overlay, and conventional reconstruction. This study noted, however, that there exists a gap in the use of preservation methods, such as microsurfacing, being used around the province of Alberta, as well as staff resource and asset management challenges. This survey provides a unique insight into the treatment selections and resources dedicated to roadways and strategies around the province.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.tac-atc.ca/en/knowledge-centre/technical-resources-search/conference-papers/a-study-on-pavement-network-condition-and-reporting-in-the-province-of-alberta-through-a-questionnaire-survey/
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Newstead, B
  • Hashemian, Leila
  • Bayat, A
• Conference:
  • TAC 2018: Innovation and Technology: Evolving Transportation - 2018 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 68 KB, 10p.
• Monograph Title: TAC 2018: Innovation and Technology: Evolving Transportation - 2018 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Condition surveys; Conferences; Investments; Maintenance; Networks; Pavement design; Roads; Rural areas; Surfacing; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 3857: Condition survey; 8525: Conference; 227: Investment; 3847: Maintenance; 3055: Pavement design; 1053: Road network; 328: Rural area; 2972: Surfacing; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I10: Economics and Administration; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01683267
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Oct 16 2018 2:04PM