State Highways: Is this as good as it gets

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State Highways Is this as good as it gets?
Jennifer Finch, DirectorDivision of
Transportation DevelopmentColorado Department of
Transportation April 5, 2007 Statewide
Transportation Summit
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CDOTsMulti-Billion Dollar Highway Assets
23,000 Lane Miles of State Highway 3,754
On-System Bridges 1,700/- Miles of Guard
Rail 1,800 Signalized Intersections 180,000
Signs 6,000 Miles of Ditches 800 Pieces of Snow
Removal Equipment 225 Restrooms
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The System Delivers Opportunity
Jobs
Markets
Education
Opportunity
Food
Health Care
Family
Recreation
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190,000 Lane Miles of Roads
Source CDOT (2005)
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What Roads Coloradans Use
Source CDOT (2005)
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23,000 Lane Miles of State Highway
Source CDOT (2005)
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78 Million Miles of Vehicle Travel on the State
Highway System Each Day
Source CDOT (2005)
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CDOTs 2006 Sources of Revenue
CDOT (2006)
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Project Selection Process
Regional Transportation Plans
Statewide Transportation Plan
Management Systems
Corridor Visions
Projects
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Asset Management ApproachSpends dollars where
they do the most good over the long run to
maintain, operate upgrade facilities.

• Evaluate trade offs between investment options
• Cost Effective Engineering Practices
• Outcome / Performance Based
• Management Systems
• Pavement
• Bridge
• Maintenance Level of Service
• Congestion

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The Revenue and Cost Outlook
Note Costs Colorado Construction Cost Index
(C-CCI) through 2006 followed by four percent
annual growth. Revenue are actuals through 2006
and then Transportation Commission approved 2035
Resource Allocation projections.
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With Current Revenues 60 of Roads will be in
Poor Condition by 2016
CDOT (2006)
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More than Doubling of Revenue is Required to
Maintain Pavement Condition
All 2008 dollars
CDOT (2006)
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With Current Revenues the Percent of Bridge Deck
in Need of Replacement Triples Over the Next
Decade
CDOT (2006)
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Factors Influencing Future Maintenance Budgets
Greatest Influence
Lack of Infrastructure Investment
Traffic Growth/Urbanization
New Lane Miles
Least Influence
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Maintenance in 2016 will be Failing
CDOTs Projected Maintenance Quality
Lack of Infrastructure Investment
Level of service (LOS) targets have been
established for nine Maintenance Program Areas,
which involve the delivery of maintenance
services encompassing about 70 individual
activities. Program areas include road surface,
roadside facilities, roadside appearance, traffic
striping, traffic signing, structures and snow
ice.
CDOT (2006)
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Maintenance Cant Replace Investment
CDOT (2006)
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Congestion is on the Rise
minutes
minutes
minutes
Average Daily Delay per Person is measured in
congested corridors.
CDOT (2006)
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Since at least 1999,Congestion Cost Colorado 1
Billion/Year
Source Texas Transportation Institute (2005),
The 2005 Urban Mobility Report, College
Station, Texas http//mobility.tamu.edu
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Congestion Related Delays A Competitive
Disadvantage
Source Texas Transportation Institute (2005),
The 2005 Urban Mobility Report, College
Station, Texas http//mobility.tamu.edu
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Impacts of A Deteriorated System

• Greater Long Term Cost
• Speed Reductions/rough roads
• More Congestion/less reliability
• Weight posted bridges
• More hours of Closed Roads
• Closing Additional Mountain Passes
• Less Safe Roads

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State Fuel Tax -Worth 30 of Its Original
Value
Note The value is deflated by the Colorado
Construction Cost Index (C-CCI). The C-CCI
average 6.9 annually between 1992 and 2006.
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Typical Cost Construct/Maintain 1 Lane Mile of
Freeway
Eastern New/Reconstruct - 1.6M to
3.1M Resurface - 115K to 170K
Front Range (Urban) New/Reconstruct - 2.1M to
6.1MResurface - 46K to 240K Front Range
(Suburban) New/Reconstruct - 650K to
2.4M Resurface - 115K to 170K
Mountains New/Reconstruct - 990K to
4.5M Resurface - 46K to 95K
CDOT (2006)
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A Longer Plan Higher Costs Fewer
Resources(2008 )
CDOT 2030 Plan (2005) and 2035 Resource Allocation
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Estimate of Additional Dollars Needed to Achieve
Targets by 2016
1 Cost based on annual cost to maintain MLOS at
grade B through 2013 and B- in 2015 and C in
2016. A lack of investment in other areas makes
it not possible to maintain MLOS standards. 2
Cost based on estimate of annual costs required
to construct and maintain additional lanes in
congested corridors through 2035. This is the
best tool available to approximate the cost of
reducing congestion.
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A Sustainable Transportation Solution

• Reliable Revenue Stream
• Maintain Colorados Assets
• Maximize return on investment
• Partnerships
• Multi-Jurisdictional and multi-modal
• Address Congestion
• Consistent with community values and goals
• Environmentally Responsible
• Context sensitive solutions
• Safe