Town of Agawam Pavement Management
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TOWN OF AGAWAM PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT Agawam DPW Engineering Division Christopher J. Golba Michelle C. Chase, P.E. Michael F. Albro, P.E. March 2018 Contents SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 3 SECTION 2 – PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT HISTORY ...................................................................................... 4 Strategy 1: Based on Anticipated Funding ................................................................................................ 4 Strategy 2: Based on Maintaining Average OCI ........................................................................................ 5 SECTION 3 – STREET SELECTION PROCESS .................................................................................................... 6 3A PAVEMENT CONDITION ................................................................................................................ 6 3B AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (ADT) .................................................................................................. 18 3C UTILITY PROJECTS ....................................................................................................................... 19 3D STREET LOCATION ....................................................................................................................... 20 3E SCHOOLS ..................................................................................................................................... 20 3F PUBLIC INPUT.............................................................................................................................. 20 SECTION 4 – TYPES OF PAVEMENT TREATMENTS ...................................................................................... 21 4A REHABILITATION PROJECTS ........................................................................................................ 21 4B RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ..................................................................................................... 22 4C PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................. 23 4D TREATMENT COSTS ..................................................................................................................... 24 SECTION 5 – FUNDING SOURCES: ............................................................................................................... 26 5A CHAPTER 90 PROGRAM .............................................................................................................. 26 5B LOCAL FUNDS .............................................................................................................................. 28 5C TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP) ................................................................. 29 5D STATE AND FEDERAL PROJECTS .................................................................................................. 30 5E WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT PROJECTS ........................................................................... 30 5F WINTER RECOVERY FUNDING .................................................................................................... 31 5G COMPLETE STREETS FUNDING ................................................................................................... 31 5H COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM ........................................................... 32 5I MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION ............................................................................. 32 SECTION 6 – PREVIOUS PROJECTS .............................................................................................................. 33 6A CHAPTER 90 FUNDED PROJECTS ................................................................................................. 33 6B LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS....................................................................................................... 63 6C TIP FUNDED PROJECTS................................................................................................................ 64 6D STATE & FEDERAL PROJECTS ...................................................................................................... 65 6E WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT FUNDED PROJECTS ................................................................. 65 6F WINTER RECOVERY FUNDED PROJECTS ..................................................................................... 66 1 SECTION 7 – FUTURE PROJECTS .................................................................................................................. 67 7A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT & STREET PRIORITIZATION ............................................................ 67 7B FUTURE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ......................................................................... 68 7C PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................. 72 7D COLD IN-PLACE RECYCLING FOR ASPHALT SURFACES ................................................................ 72 7E ROAD NETWORK EVALUATION ................................................................................................... 73 7F PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT ANNUAL BUDGET .......................................................................... 74 7G SIDEWALKS & CURB CUTS ........................................................................................................... 75 7H BIKE LANES .................................................................................................................................. 75 7I STREET ACCEPTANCE .................................................................................................................. 76 SECTION 8 – CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 76 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................... 78 APPENDIX A Letter from the Pioneer Valley Joint Transportation Committee (PVJTC) to the Office of the Governor – March 18, 2009 Letter from the Pioneer Valley Joint Transportation Committee (PVJTC) to the Office of the Governor – September 16, 2009 Letter from Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) Regarding the Chapter 90 program: February 21, 2017 Letter from Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) Regarding the Chapter 90 program: April 7, 2017 APPENDIX B Map of Agawam Street Paving Schedule: 2007-2017 APPENDIX C Map of Town of Agawam Street Paving Schedule: 2018-2023 APPENDIX D Future Schedule and Estimated Costs of Pavement Maintenance Projects: 2019-2023 APPENDIX E Road Network Evaluation Worksheets for Town of Agawam: 2009-2017 APPENDIX F A Quick Check of Your Highway Network Health Prepared by the National Center for Pavement Preservation and the Federal Highway Administration Office of Asset Management APPENDIX G List of Streets for Future Acceptance by the Town of Agawam 2 SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION Pavement management is defined as a process of planning the maintenance and repair of a network of roads or other paved facilities in order to optimize pavement conditions over an entire network. In this case, the network is the Town of Agawam, henceforth known as “the Town” throughout this report. The purpose of this report is to explain the pavement management process of the Town, including all the various elements that must be taken into consideration when prioritizing the schedule of road maintenance, resurfacing, and reconstruction projects for the construction season of any given year. All pavement repairs, resurfacing, and reconstruction activities will be collectively referred to as “pavement maintenance” throughout this report. While filling potholes and performing minor patch work is an essential part of the Town’s pavement management program, in general, this report refers to more comprehensive pavement maintenance techniques as described in detail within Section 4 of this report. The Town had previously hired the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) to assist in the analysis and prioritization of streets for maintenance. Insufficient budgets and issues with their pavement management selection process (i.e. the inclusion of state-maintained roads, private roads, and the inability to quickly customize the list of roads for a given year if needed due to other conflicts) resulted in the Town typically not following the recommendations of the plan. Since the recommendations were not being implemented, it was decided to discontinue our contract with PVPC. Since then, road priority has been determined through a similar in-house analysis through a collaboration of the Department of Public Works Superintendent, Highway Department, and the Agawam Engineering Division. A more detailed description of this analysis can be found in Section 3 of this report. The Department of Public Works (DPW), Highway Department, and the Engineering Division assess the condition of any road considered for pavement maintenance. Maintenance priority is based on many considerations, not just condition of the roadway itself. Factors that affect prioritization include but are not limited to: Condition of roadway (including top course, base course, and gravel material), Adjacent projects planned by the DPW, MassDOT, or private entity (including but not limited to: Transportation Improvement