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An Asset-Management Framework for the Interstate Highway System (2009) / Chapter Skim
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... Asset management is, at its core, a set of guiding principles and best practice methods for making informed transportation resource allocation decisions, and for improving the accountability for these decisions. Asset management principles and processes apply to all types of investments in transportation infrastructure assets.
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... The basic strategy recommended for integrating decision making for IHS assets with the broader decision-making scope is for each IHS owner to develop an Interstate Asset Management Plan on a periodic basis. The plan should summarize conditions of IHS assets, establish performance measures for those assets considering available funds, and describe the plan for future investments in the IHS.
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