Pavement Management System (PMS) - 1548
To implement and maintain a countywide Pavement Management System.
A pavement management system is a decision-making process or system that helps public works personnel make cost-effective decisions concerning the maintenance and rehabilitation of their pavements. Such a system enables jurisdictions to document the condition of their pavements, and establish a credible estimation of existing and future needs, revenues and shortfalls to maintain and sustain the area's local street and road system. Pavement management systems provide a means to organize the data that is collected about a pavement network. The software stores data, retrieves data, makes multiple complex calculations quickly and efficiently, and provides results in easily understandable reports.
To use federal funds for preventive maintenance projects local agencies must certify that they have a Pavement Management System (PMS). The PMS is required to contain the following elements:
- Inventory of arterial and collector routes reviewed and updated biennially.
- Assessment of pavement condition for all routes in system incorporating the use of the international roughness index or the pavement serviceability rating data, updated biennially.
- History of pavement performance.
- Identification of all sections of pavement needing rehabilitation or replacement.
- Determination of budget needs for rehabilitation or replacement of deficient sections of pavement for current biennial period, and for following biennial period.
- Impact of budget decisions on future pavement conditions.
