Highway Maintenance Response Time Standards

September 10, 2001 MAINTENANCE MANUAL 5-791.310 (2)_________________________________________________________________________________________________During winter storms a winter maintenance schedule requiring staggered work hours may be employed in order to provide thelevel of service recommended. Each Maintenance Area/District/Division will develop a schedule of effort necessary to achieve TargetRegain Times. This scheduled effort will continue through Priority A clean-up operations (See Section 5-791.312).Table 1, 5-791.310BARE LANE INDICATOR GUIDELINESClassification AADT Target Regain Time Bare Lane DescriptionSuper CommuterOver 30,0001-3 hrs. Bare Lanes are defined the same for allclassifications as follows:Urban CommuterRural Commuter10,000 – 30,0002,000 – 10,0002-5 hrs.4-9 hrs.All driving lanes are free of snow and icebetween the outer edges of the wheel pathsand have less than 1 inch of accumulation onthe center of the roadway (See Figure 1, 5-791.310, Bare Lanes – Indicator Value).This is the condition at which most driversfeel safe and comfortable when driving atposted speeds.Primary800 – 2,0006-12 hrs.The Bare Lane Regained date and timeshould be logged when this condition isobtained.SecondaryUnder 8009-36 hrs.Figure 1, 5-791.310, BARE LANES – INDICATOR VALUE