VI. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN OPTIONS
Determining an effective pavement management plan for Alachua County has many decision points. Staff is presenting three options for comparative purposes, which can be modified to better fit the needs and initiatives of the County. Several observations and key points exist when discussing capital pavement management. In order to provide proactive pavement management, the initial backlog needs to be addressed up front. Options are available that would address the County’s backlog and begin provision of proactive pavement management. Deferring capital maintenance to future generations is significantly more costly over time than proactively addressing deficiencies now. Over a 40-year period, proactive pavement maintenance is estimated to cost the County 44% less per mile, repair 72% more miles of road, and cost 8% less overall when compared to maintaining status quo.
To show the long-term effect of the pavement management plan options, the information presented below will show two twenty-year cycles. In this report, staff is presenting three possible pavement management plan options: one which handles the pavement in the proactive, sustainable way and two versions of deferred maintenance. All estimates and projected costs are listed in the tables at 2010 present value, no assumptions were made to determine future inflationary rates or costs. In the first plan (“Proactive Capital Maintenance”), the complete roadway capital maintenance backlog would be addressed in the first 20 years and the second twenty years would be used to maintain the pavement in good condition. In the second plan (“Maintain Current Pavement Condition”), the first 20 years would be used to maintain the overall pavement condition at its current level and the capital maintenance backlog would be addressed in the second twenty years. In the third plan (“Maintain Status Quo”), the first twenty years would be funded according to the current level of funding roadway maintenance projects have been receiving from reoccurring funding sources and the capital maintenance backlog would be addressed in the second twenty years.
JUNE 24, 2010
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