Maintenance and Resurfacing Funding

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North Carolina Department of Transportation
Report to the Joint Legislative Transportation
Oversight Committee
January 14, 2003
Steve Varnedoe
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Condition Assessment Funding Needs For North
Carolinas Highway System

• Reporting Requirements
• Overview of the System
• Assessment Methodologies
• Current Conditions
• Funding Needs
• Maintenance Operational Improvements

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Biennial Report on Maintenance Requirements.
G.S. 136-44.3

• The annual cost of routine maintenance
• The cost of eliminating maintenance backlog
• Annual resurfacing cost based on a 12-year cycle
  for primary roads and a 15-year cycle for other
  systems
• The cost of eliminating any resurfacing backlog

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North Carolina State Highway System

• Since the Highway Trust Fund was enacted

• 1989
• 76,808 road miles
• 127,809 paved lane miles
• 16,104 miles of unpaved roads
• 16,900 structures
• 61.1 M sf bridge deck area

• 2003
• 78,347 road miles
• 155,960 paved lane miles
• 6,644 miles of unpaved roads
• 17,463 structures
• 72.3 M sf bridge deck area

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Highway System Growth(Paved Lane Miles)
System Growth
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Bridge System Growth(Square Feet of Bridge Deck)
Deck Area Growth
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Highway System Usage(Vehicle Miles Traveled)
Growth
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Rating the Condition of the Highway System

• Maintenance Condition Survey
• Bridge Condition Survey
• Pavement Condition Survey

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Maintenance Condition Elements

• Roadside
• Mowing
• Brush and Tree Control
• Litter Debris
• Slope
• Guardrail

• Environmental
• Turf Condition
• Miscellaneous Vegetation
  Management

• Bridge
• Decks
• Rails
• Expansion Joints
• Superstructure
• Substructure

• Pavement
• Flexible
• Rigid

• Traffic Control Devices
• Traffic Signs
• Pavement Striping
• Words and Symbols
• Pavement Markers

• Drainage
• Crossline Pipe
• Driveway Pipe
• Curb Gutter
• Catch Basin Drop Inlets
• Other Drainage Features

• Roadway
• Low Shoulder
• High Shoulder
• Lateral Ditches
• Lateral Ditch Erosion

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Roadway Performance Measures(Interstate)

• Element
• Pavement
• Shoulders/Ditches
• Roadside
• Drainage
• Traffic Control Devices
• Environmental
• Total

Target 93 88 88 88 88 88 90
Actual 86 74 70 73 68 47 76
Scale 1-100
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RoadwayLevel of Service(2002 Survey)
Interstate
Primary
Urban
Secondary
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Performance Measure Trends(Roadway)
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Bridge Performance Measures(Statewide)

• Element
• Decks
• Rails
• Expansion Joints
• Superstructure
• Substructure
• Total

Target 7 7 7 7 7 7
Actual 6.6 7.1 6.5 6.9 6.4 6.7
Scale 1- 9
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Bridge Performance Measures(Statewide)

• Element
• Decks
• Rails
• Expansion Joints
• Superstructure
• Substructure
• Total

Target 7 7 7 7 7 7
Actual 6.6 7.1 6.5 6.9 6.4 6.7
Scale 1- 9
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BridgeLevel of Service(2002 Survey)
Bridges
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Performance Measure Trends(Bridge)
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Pavement Preventive Maintenance
Retreatment

• Program has doubled since 2000
• 2002 - 2800 miles at 31.3 million

Goal - 5000 miles per year at 77.5 million
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Traffic Systems Maintenance

• Signal Preventive Maintenance Program
• (7,000 Traffic Signals Statewide)
• Intelligent Transportation System/Incident
  Response Program
• Total 26.8 million

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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
Needs Budget Shortfall (03-04) Routine
Maintenance (Roads Bridges) 620.6 428.1
192.5
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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
Needs Budget Shortfall (03-04) Routine
Maintenance (Roads Bridges) 620.6 428.1
192.5 Backlog (247.30 Million) 36.0
36.0
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Contract Resurfacing
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Contract Resurfacing
Resurfacing Cycles Per G.S. 136-44.3 Primary
System 12 yrs All Other Systems 15 yrs Total
Cost 227.4 million
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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
Needs Budget Shortfall (03-04) Routine
Maintenance (Roads Bridges) 620.6 428.1
192.5 Backlog (247.30 Million) 36.0
36.0 Contract Resurfacing 227.4 157.4
70.0
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FEMA/FHWA Emergencies and Disasters (millions)
Storm Cost
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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
Needs Budget Shortfall (03-04) Routine
Maintenance (Roads Bridges) 620.6 428.1
192.5 Backlog (247.30 Million) 36.0
36.0 Contract Resurfacing 227.4 157.4
70.0 Backlog (103.70 Million) 10.4
10.4 Disasters 25.0 25.0
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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
2003-04
Needs Routine Maintenance (Roads
Bridges) 620.6 Backlog (247.30
Million) 36.0 Contract Resurfacing
227.4 Backlog (103.70 Million)
10.4 Disasters 25.0 Total Maintenance
Funding Need 919.4
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History of Routine Maintenance Funding
94.6 M
Millions
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History of Resurfacing Funding
28.4 M
Millions
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Supplemental Maintenance Funds(Annual Basis)

• TIP Funding
• Traffic System Operations - 10 million
• Positive Guidance Program - 6.6 million
• ITS Traffic Operations - 11.3 million
• Bridge Preservation Funds - 2 million
• Senate Bill 1005
• Traffic Mgmt. System Improvements - 15 million
• Primary Pavement Preservation - 135 million

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Impact of SB 1005 on Pavement Needs

• Authorized use of Highway Trust Fund cash
  balances
• Targets major primary system corridors
• Provides approx. 423 million over 3 years
• Approx. 5,500 lane miles will be strengthened and
  resurfaced
• Helps eliminate resurfacing backlog
• Reduces pavement needs

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Primary Route Preservation ProjectsSB 1005 (Year
1 and 2)
Primary
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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
Needs Routine Maintenance (Roads
Bridges) 620.6 Backlog (247.30
Million) 36.0 Contract Resurfacing
227.4 Backlog (103.70 Million)
10.4 Disasters 25.0 Total
Maintenance Funding Need 919.4 Supplemental
Maintenance Funds - 179.9 Adjusted
Maintenance Funding Needs 739.5
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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
Needs Budget Shortfall (01-02) Routine
Maintenance (Includes Backlog) 521.6 378
143.6 Contract Resurfacing 229.0 115
114.0 (Includes Backlog) Disaster Recovery
35.0 0 35.0
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Maintenance Funding Needs(Millions)
Needs Budget Shortfall (02-03) Routine
Maintenance 521.6 378 143.6 Contract
Resurfacing 229.0 115 114.0 Disaster
Recovery 35.0 0 35.0 Grand
Total 785.6 493 292.6
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Statewide Annual Maintenance Funding Plan
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Statewide Annual Maintenance Funding Plan
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Maintenance Operational Improvements

• LED Replacement for Signal Bulbs
• Signal Preventive Maintenance
• Improved Primary Pavements (SB)
• ITS (IMAP) Initiatives
• Road Oil Incentive Pay Program
• DOC Litter Pickup Program
• Pavement Preservation Implementation

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Questions?