The State Transportation Commission’s Asset
Management Council has established procedures to begin
a statewide planned asset management program. CUPPAD
and the other Regional Planning Organizations have
been charged with the coordination of the Road Condition
Survey, Annual Report, and Multi-Year Program recommended
by the Council.
Asset management is an emerging concept in the transportation
industry. The idea is to manage our infrastructure
(assets) by focusing on performance. Asset management
takes a “strategic” approach to transportation,
one that looks at the network as a whole, rather than
as series of individual projects in distinct jurisdictions.
The concept is based on the principles of stewardship
of public resources, accountability to users of the
system, and continuous improvement.
Asset management requires a solid foundation of data,
which will allow transportation professionals to monitor
the transportation system and plan how to optimize
the preservation, improvement and timely replacement
of assets. Instead of simply accounting for existing
infrastructure, asset management strives to ensure
the proper use and performance of those assets, a
process that involves the continuous assessment of
conditions and evaluation of trade-offs between different
actions.
The major elements of an Asset Management process
are:
- Establishing goals and objectives through development
of a strategic plan,
- Collecting data to determine current pavement
and bridge conditions,
- Using management systems to control the
various processes,
- Identifying standards and benchmarks,
- Developing appropriate performance measures,
- Making decisions based on these results
and developing an appropriate program,
- Implementing the program, and
- Monitoring and reporting results of actions
taken.
Asset Management in Michigan
Public Act 499 of 2002 establishes a ten member Transportation
Asset Management Council. The Council is comprised
of members from the Michigan Department of Transportation,
the County Road Association of Michigan, the Municipal
League, the regional planning agencies, the Michigan
Association of Counties, and the Michigan Townships
Association. According to the Act, the mission of
the Council is to: “Advise the State Transportation
Commission on a statewide asset management strategy
and the necessary procedures and analytical tools
to implement such a strategy on Michigan ’s
highway system in a cost-effective, efficient manner.”
The law requires the council to set up a process for
determining the condition of Michigan’s highways
and bridges and to develop a strategy so that those
assets are maintained, preserved and improved in an
efficient and cost-effective manner. The Asset Management
Council will initially develop a strategy for Michigan
’s federal-aid eligible roads and bridges. Once
this process has been fully established for the federal-aid
eligible roads and bridges it is to be extended to
all public roads.
The Asset Management process is one of cooperation
among the various owners of the assets. The process
began with a statewide Road Condition Survey
for federal-aid eligible roads and bridges. Using
this data as a basis, the Transportation Asset Management
Council will identify deficiencies and develop broad,
network-level goals and objectives, focusing on statewide
targets for system condition. The individual road
agencies will continue to make project-level decisions
and identify which projects will be undertaken, hopefully
addressing the identified deficiencies in their project
schedules.
An Annual Report detailing all road and bridge
work performed by MDOT and the local road agencies
will be submitted to the State Transportation Commission
and the Legislature by May 2 of each year. The Asset
Management Council must also publish a Multi-Year
Program consisting of a list of all highway and
bridge projects that are anticipated to be constructed
over a three-year period. This program must be available
by October 1 of each year.
The benefits of the Asset Management approach include:
- Taking a systematic approach to the entire network,
- Proactively managing rates of deterioration,
- Committing to do the right fix at the right
time, and
- The ability to meet established network
goals.
Federal Aid Road Condition Survey
In August of 2003 a statewide survey of all the federal-aid
eligible roads began. The purpose of this survey is
to create a database of uniform pavement condition
ratings for use by the Transportation Asset Management
Council in its strategic planning efforts. The survey
was undertaken by teams comprised of an MDOT representative,
a representative from the appropriate regional planning
organization, and a representative from the local
road agency. Three data items were collected: Surface
type, number of lanes, and the PASER surface rating.
PASER is a 1-10 rating system based on a windshield
survey. The survey team drove all of the federal aid
roads and the used the PASER system to rate the road
surface. The 6 counties of the Central U.P. were rated
between August 18 and September 12, 2003. The results
can be seen using the following links. Results are
reported in three categories:
- Routine maintenance (ratings of 8-10)
- Capital preventive maintenance (ratings
5-7)
- Structural improvements (ratings 1-4)
PASER Ratings Maps
2007 PASER Ratings Map – Alger County
2007 PASER Ratings Map – Delta County
2007 PASER Ratings Map – Dickinson County
2007 PASER Ratings Map – Marquette County
2007 PASER Ratings Map – Menominee County
2007 PASER Ratings Map – Schoolcraft County
2006 PASER Ratings Map – Alger County
2006 PASER Ratings Map – Delta County
2006 PASER Ratings Map – Dickinson County
2006 PASER Ratings Map – Marquette County
2006 PASER Ratings Map – Menominee County
2006 PASER Ratings Map – Schoolcraft County
2005 PASER Ratings Map – Alger County
2005 PASER Ratings Map – Delta County
2005 PASER Ratings Map – Dickinson County
2005 PASER Ratings Map – Marquette County
2005 PASER Ratings Map – Menominee County
2005 PASER Ratings Map – Schoolcraft County
2004 PASER Ratings Map – Alger County
2004 PASER Ratings Map – Delta County
2004 PASER Ratings Map – Dickinson County
2004 PASER Ratings Map – Marquette County
2004 PASER Ratings Map – Menominee County
2004 PASER Ratings Map – Schoolcraft County
Multi-Year Program
Beginning October 1, 2003, MDOT, each county road
commission, and each city and village shall annually
prepare and publish a multiyear program, based on
long-range plans, and developed through the use of
the asset management process. The Multi-Year Program
shall include any project funded in whole or in part
with state or federal funds that is programmed for
construction during the next three years.
The Asset Management Council developed the Internet Reporting Tool to submit multiyear program data.
Click here for available training opportunities.
For more information on Asset Management, please call CUPPAD or email Peter Van Steen.
Questions? Call at 906-786-9234 or toll free at 1-800-562-9828.
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