Develop a Pavement Project Evaluation Index to Support the 4-Year Pavement Management Plan
Record Type: DOT
Each district of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is required to develop a 4-year pavement management plan; these plans are reviewed by the 4-Year Pavement Management Task Force and the department’s administration. Currently, varying forms of ranking indices and weights are used to develop these plans. These indices consider factors such as traffic volume, Skid Number, treatment history, and pavement surface conditions. The objective of this study is to develop a consistent and sound decision-support methodology that can be used by TxDOT to prioritize and rank pavement projects for the 4-Year Pavement Management Plan. This methodology is essential for developing a cost-effective and defensible multi-year pavement management plan for TxDOT. This objective will be accomplished through a practical work plan that consists of five tasks: 1) review and summarize current and best practices, 2) identify and evaluate key decision factors for pavement project prioritization, 3) develop project prioritization and ranking methodology, 4) validate methodology based on comparisons of actual vs. planned vs. recommended projects, and 5) close out the research project.
Start date: 2011/9/1
End date: 2013/8/31
Status: Active
Contract/Grant Number: 0-6683
Total Dollars: 283127
Source Organization: Texas Department of Transportation
Date Added: 05/04/2012
Index Terms: Pavements, Pavement management systems, Decision support systems, Texas Department of Transportation,
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