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.

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* 1. Do you carry out Pavement Condition Evaluation on your road network?

Yes – In house through maintenance staff/crew

Yes – Through 3rd party consultant

If you selected the 1st or 2nd choices, please provide us with the point of contact in your municipality for Pavement Evaluation / Maintenance.

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* 2. When conducting Pavement Distress Survey, what distress identification manual do you use in your municipality?

SP-022 (Municipal - Manual for Condition Rating of Flexible Pavements)

SP-024 (MTO - Manual for Condition Rating of Flexible Pavements)

LTPP Distress Identification (FHWA-HRT-13-092)

ASTM-D6433 (Standard Practice for Roads and Parking Lots Pavement Condition Index Surveys)

MTO's Inventory Manual for Municipal Roads

PASER (Pavement Surface Evaluation & Rating)

In-house Standard/Manual for distress evaluation

Not Sure!

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If you selected (In-house standard), kindly share a link to the manual/standard or email it to Amin@OGRA.org

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* 4. After collecting distress data, what index do you use to evaluate the pavement condition? (Select all that apply. e.g., PCI + IRI)

PCI - Pavement Condition Index (as per ASTM-D6433)

PCI - Pavement Condition Index (NOT as per ASTM-D6433)

PCR - Pavement Condition Rating

PSI - Pavement Serviceability Index

OCI - Overall Condition Index

PSR - Pavement Serviceability Rating

DMI - Distress Manifestation Index

PDI - Pavement Distress Index

IRI - International Roughness Index

RN - Ride Number

RQR - Ride Quality Rating

SAI - Structural Adequacy Index

Do you have additional comments?

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* 5. What of the following pavement condition categories are used to calculate the pavement condition index used by your Agency:
select all that applies

Surface Cracking

Surface Defects (Bleeding, Raveling, etc.)

Rutting

Roughness / Ride Quality

Structural Capacity

Surface Friction

Maintenance Patches / Utility Trenches

Shoulder and Curb Distresses/Defects

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* 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 -

Tool-1

Tool-2

Tool-3

Tool-4

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* 7. Which Municipality/Township/Region do you work for?

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* 8. Contact Information
Optional

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Municipal Pavement Condition (Asphalt Pavements)

Background

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* 1. Do you carry out Pavement Condition Evaluation on your road network?

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* 2. When conducting Pavement Distress Survey, what distress identification manual do you use in your municipality?

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* 3. If you selected (In-house standard), kindly share a link to the manual/standard or email it to Amin@OGRA.org

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* 4. After collecting distress data, what index do you use to evaluate the pavement condition? (Select all that apply. e.g., PCI + IRI)

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* 5. What of the following pavement condition categories are used to calculate the pavement condition index used by your Agency:select all that applies

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* 7. Which Municipality/Township/Region do you work for?

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* 8. Contact InformationOptional

* 5. What of the following pavement condition categories are used to calculate the pavement condition index used by your Agency:
select all that applies

* 8. Contact Information
Optional