Develop a Pavement Project Evaluation Index to Support the 4-Year Pavement Management Plan

A pavement management plan (PMP) identifies candidate maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) projects for a particular roadway network over a multi-year planning period. The PMP describes the location, treatment type, year, and cost of the planned M&R projects, and provides an assessment of the impact of these projects on the network condition throughout the planning period. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) instituted the PMP requirement for all 25 districts to help expend its limited resources and achieve its performance goals in a cost-effective manner and in response to legislative requirements. Each of TxDOT’s 25 districts prepares a PMP that identifies candidate M&R projects for a 4-year planning period. This research project seeks to support and enhance the PMP development process through a consistent methodology and computational tool. The methodology will help identify pavement M&R projects that yield the maximum performance benefits expected under different budget scenarios over a multi-year planning period.