Integrating Extreme Weather and Climate Risk into MDOT SHA Asset Management and Planning: A Final Report from the FHWA Asset Management, Extreme Weather, and Proxy Indicators Pilot Program

This report summarizes the methods and results of the 2018 Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Federal Highway Administration pilot project: Asset Management, Extreme Weather, and Proxy Indicators. This MDOT SHA pilot project aimed to 1) refine and expand a vulnerability assessment of state assets to climate hazards, and 2) identify and implement specific opportunities to integrate the vulnerability assessment results—and other information about climate risks— into existing MDOT SHA asset management, planning, and other processes. This report describes the vulnerability assessment methodology and results, which identified 33 bridges highly vulnerable (i.e., scoring at least 3 out of 4) to sea level change, 172 bridges are highly vulnerable to storm surge, and 102 bridges highly vulnerable to precipitation change on MDOT SHA’s network. This report also summarizes several actions identified through this project to integrate the findings into existing MDOT SHA decision-making processes, as well as overall lessons learned. For example, MDOT SHA has taken steps to ensure these climate risks are factored into lifecycle planning processes for both roads and bridges.

• Record URL:
  https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/asset/pilot/md.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  ICF

  Rockville, MD  United States 

  Maryland Department of Transportation

  Baltimore, MD  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bhat, Cassandra
  • Wagner, Hannah
  • Cherry, Charlotte
  • Habic, Elizabeth
• Publication Date: 2019-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 87p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Bridges; Climate change; Lessons learned; Methodology; Pilot studies; Risk assessment; Sea level; Storm surges; Transportation planning; Weather conditions
• Identifier Terms: Maryland Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01730625
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: OPCP17001D; Task#ICF-17-08
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 7 2020 9:39AM