Highway Maintenance Response Time Standards

DRAFTAnother consideration for this update cycle are state owned facilities such as rest areas,park and ride lots, Republic Airport, Adirondack Railroad, transportation managementcenters (TMCs), residency and regional crew facilities, equipment management shops,etc. Each of these facilities have physical components which need to be maintainedand should be included in repair and replacement cycles for the elements which exist oneach of these facilities, such as pavement, pavement markings, signs, ITS Equipment,etc.Through the update process, each Region will develop a capital program to bring andmaintain the State’s Transportation system to a state of good repair and effectiveoperation. A state of good repair for the transportation system assumes the asset orservice fulfills its function as designed and meets current standards. It is important tobegin to shift from our traditional thinking of projects as being location-centric and tobegin to develop asset-based and corridor-based projects. Examples of these includeguide rail or culvert preventive maintenance, repair and replacement projects that mayinclude many locations across a residency, a region or a corridor. Effective systemoperation involves investment in cost effective strategies activities to achieve PriorityResult Areas (PRAs).A state of good repair for pavements is defined as reversing the steep downward trendin the average surface rating by restoring a 12 year paving cycle over the life of theprogram. A state of good repair for bridges is defined as maintaining current overallconditions. Similar states of repair are defined in guidance included in this document forother transportation assets. A state of good repair for operations includes appropriateresponse times to restore system capacity, reliability and safety and manage the systemeffectively when it has been impacted. Many of the activities or treatments included inthis guidance are eligible for federal-aid; see Attachment 5 Federal-aid eligibilityguidance of the program update instructions for more details.3