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Municipal Pavement Condition (Asphalt Pavements)

Background

Today, Ontario municipalities use at least six different evaluation strategies for pavement condition. This variability in indices creates inharmony issues between transportation agencies when it comes to asset management information sharing. Having local agencies use inconsistent pavement condition metrics results in considerable variability in reported levels of service for similar assets, in similar geographical locations under similar loading conditions.
 
There is a need to standardize the pavement condition evaluation methodology used by infrastructure owners across Ontario. This standardization would result in four key benefits:
1.    Improved quality of the asset management plans being developed/refined;
2.    Improved benchmarking capabilities allowing for municipalities to compare pavement network condition and costs;
3.    More accurate allocations of funds as well as strategic funding decisions at both the provincial and municipal levels of government; and
4.    The ability to establish a province-wide pavement monitoring and evaluation program and other province-wide initiatives.
 
Good Roads is making an effort towards standardization through research studies and advocacy efforts. We appreciate your time (~10min) for completing this survey. 
 
1.Do you carry out Pavement Condition Evaluation on your road network?(Required.)
2.When conducting Pavement Distress Survey, what distress identification manual do you use in your municipality?(Required.)
3.If you selected (In-house standard), kindly share a link to the manual/standard or email it to Amin@OGRA.org
4.After collecting distress data, what index do you use to evaluate the pavement condition? (Select all that apply. e.g., PCI + IRI)(Required.)
5.What of the following pavement condition categories are used to calculate the pavement condition index used by your Agency:
select all that applies(Required.)
6.Do you utilize automated pavement distress collection technologies? If YES, please enter the name of the tool(s) that you are using for the automated distress collection. 
(example: Profilometer for IRI, Automatic Road Analyzer (ARAN), Lidar Pothole Detection, Laser Crack Measurement Systems (LCMS), etc.)
 - Leave blank if it does not apply - 
7.Which Municipality/Township/Region do you work for?(Required.)
8.Contact Information
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