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Title: IMPLEMENTING NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT AND FUNDING NEEDS
Accession Number: 00810825
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The North Carolina Department of Transportation has developed and implemented a state highway maintenance assessment program. Without a method with which to assess the maintenance condition of the total system, the department's request for increased maintenance funding was based on the previous year's expenditures and an estimate of unmet needs. The unmet needs estimate was based on the professional opinion of field managers and engineers and not on actual measured quantities. A maintenance assessment program will provide a tool for tying funding levels to actual field conditions, identify inadequately maintained roadway features, and determine the funding levels needed to achieve a specific maintenance condition. A literature review was conducted, then a program framework was devised to collect roadway feature data, summarize the data collected, evaluate and interpret the results, and present the results. Then, a plan was established to determine the roadway features to be evaluated, determine survey methodology and data collection methods, determine how the condition of the features relates to department expenditures, and calculate a realistic budget to achieve an acceptable maintenance condition. By implementing a maintenance assessment program, the North Carolina Department of Transportation is taking the first step toward shifting from a reactive "fixing" mode to a proactive prevention mode. This should lead the way to greater customer satisfaction, effective use of resources, higher quality products and services, avoidance of rework, and empowerment of local managers and supervisors.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00810814
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Love, L DBaughman, T BPagination: p. 89-103
Publication Date: 2001
Conference:
Ninth Maintenance Management Conference
Location:
Juneau, Alaska ISBN: 0309067472
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
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; Photos; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I60: Maintenance
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Apr 27 2001 12:00AM
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