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A public service based assessment of alternative road construction projects was designed by Bernalillo County, New Mexico, from 2006 to 2008. The purpose of the initiative was to assess and prioritize road projects for capital investment that would independently advise policy decisions. The research phase of the initiative included benchmarking national and international practice. The development phase addressed alternative ways of assessing and prioritizing completed as well as proposed road reconstruction and construction projects. Public service based assessment was successfully deployed in 2008 to advise allocation of bond revenue. Distinguishing characteristics of the public service evaluation are: 1) criteria used to indicate how well a road project would address public needs are measurement based, 2) other non-quantifiable observations are separately noted, and 3) the process involves the public and the results are transparent to the public within and across bond cycles. As of November 2012, the technical evaluation has been successfully deployed in three successive bond cycles. Public service assessment of road projects has been integrated into ongoing operations, has been extended to other types of capital improvements, and retains its technical integrity.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA50 Transportation Programming, Planning, and Systems Evaluation.

01470560

13-0759

English

18p

2013

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

References

Alternatives analysis; Construction projects; Public service; Road construction

New Mexico

Construction; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-0759

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 5 2013 12:16PM