Decision making for maintenance and rehabilitation of municipal pavements
The main challenge facing municipalities is not which pavement preservation treatment should be used on a particular section, but rather, to justify that a preservation treatment is in fact necessary. The decision making (planning) process has a major impact on the condition of the pavement network and on the life-cycle cost of maintaining it. Planning should be based on well-documented pavement preservation needs. A successful priority planning process is a valuable decision-support tool. It can provide agencies with many benefits and management improvements including: an up to date inventory of the road network and its condition; a summary listing of current and future pavement maintenance and rehabilitation needs; trends in the condition of the pavement network; a prioritized listing of pavement maintenance and preservation needs using sound technical analysis; and a summary of unmet needs (infrastructure deficit). This paper will present a logical process of identifying and prioritizing needs at the network level of the yearly management cycle and will focus on levels of service, pavement inventory, identification of needs, and the prioritization of needs.
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Authors:
- Hajek, J
- Hein, D
- Olidis, C
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 2004
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 19p
- Monograph Title: Transportation innovation: accelerating the pace: 2004 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada, 19-22 September, Quebec, Canada
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Decision making; Highway corridors; Highway operations; Local government; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems
- ATRI Terms: Decision process; Local government; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management; Priority; Road inventory; Road management
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01389416
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 23 2012 3:28AM