PVPC’s PM program aims to provide the region’s 43 communities with the knowledge and ability to effectively administer available roadway improvement funds. PM allows pavement conditions to be categorized by level of performance, so that a community can allocate resources accordingly. Salvageable roadway segments can be stabilized with cost-effective repairs before attention is turned to more seriously deteriorated segments that may require reconstruction or major rehabilitation.
Local Pavement Management Services (PM)
- Transportation Services
Overview
The PVPC in its effort to promote pavement management among its member communities conducts road condition, budget, and plan analyses to aid in the effective allocation of tax dollars to road maintenance needs. To do this, the PVPC uses the latest in pavement management computer software Operation Management Software (OMS) developed by OpenGov. The software can be customized to apply pavement management techniques to each municipality's specific roadway needs and priorities. A documented guideline of project priority, cost and scheduling is produced in a systematic and coordinated manner for our participating communities. The document summarizes the findings of the present roadway condition survey and examines the implications of various investment scenarios. PVPC assesses present pavement conditions and forecasts them annually based on historically derived roadway deterioration curves. Through the application of improvement funds, various budget scenarios can be compared to identify the condition levels associated with improving, stabilizing, or deteriorating roadway condition performance
- The roadway network covered by the regional PM includes all urban and rural Federal-Aid eligible highways of the 43 cities and towns in the region constituting approximately 1,400 miles.
- The region is divided into several sub-region areas with data collection activities performed on a 3 or 4-year rotational basis.
- The regional PM inventories the existing federal aid roadway network, records the pavement maintenance history for the network, and uses the pavement distress data collected to identify regional needs and maintenance activities.
The goal of the PVPC local Pavement Management program is to provide the municipalities with the knowledge and ability to administer effectively the limited amount of available roadway improvement funds. The knowledge of cost-effective pavement management is based on research formulated by the lifetime performance of typical roadway segments and the application of maintenance at various stages of pavement life. The ability to readily apply this knowledge to all system roadway segments is packaged within the pavement management software program. The PVPC’s use of this program emphasizes focusing on improving the overall roadway system condition through the intelligent application of maintenance dollars.
- This program aims to provide the region’s 43 communities with the knowledge and ability to effectively administer their available roadway improvement funds. It expands on the regional program to include all roadways maintained by the community. Communities are charged a fee for this service based on their roadway mileage.
- PVPC utilizes the Pavement Management software program OMS developed by OpenGov Inc.. OpenGov OMS assesses the present pavement conditions and forecasts them annually based on historically derived roadway deterioration curves. Budget scenarios can be developed to identify the impact of various investments on pavement condition.
- OpenGov OMS uses an Overall Condition Index (OCI) as a measurement of roadway serviceability and as a method to establish performance criteria.
- Pavement distress data is collected via a windshield survey and is based on accepted federal standards.
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