Highway Maintenance Response Time Standards

Attachment A: Maintenance Response Time SurveyAASHTO Research Advisory Committee ListservWisconsin Department of Transportation – December 6, 2004British ColumbiaRespondent: Nicole Pharand-Fraser [A/Manager, Maintenance Program]; Nicole.PharandFraser@gems4.gov.bc.ca.Yes, we do have response times for “emergency” maintenance operations. I am attaching the maintenancespecifications for:- sign maintenance- flood control and washout response- mud, earth and rock slide response- structure damage response- highway incident response.(See Attachment C: British Columbia- maintenance specifications.)All our maintenance specifications are available on our Web site if you want to peruse them.(See: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/contracts/maintenance/Sched_21_Maint_Specs_Oct30.pdf.)Nova ScotiaRespondent: Bruce Fitzner [Director of Highway Operations]; 902-424-2348; fitznebr@gov.ns.ca.1. Does your state have response time standards for emergency maintenance operations?Yes.2. What operations are covered by the standards? Please list or attach pertinent documents, if available.Signs; Potholes; Storm Sewer and Culverts; Snow and Ice Control (there are standards for other maintenanceoperations but these are the only ones that have urgent time lines in some cases).3. What are the response times established for each operation? Please list or attach pertinent documents, if available.(See Attachment C: Nova Scotia Winter Maintenance Standards.)10