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... 17 CHAPTER FOUR CASE EXAMPLES ON THE USE OF LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS UDOT staff acknowledged that the lack of funding for these facilities will result in degradation of performance measures for these facilities. Utilizing information generated by the agency's annual pavement condition data-gathering exercise and projections of performance provided by its pavement management program, the agency was able to provide information to the state's legislature to support the decision to increase the gas tax in January 2016.
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... 18 2014, UDOT conducted a pavement distress and detection survey using LiDAR (light detecting and ranging) to further enhance its understanding of pavement conditions across the state.
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... 19 to standardize definitions and measurements used by various offices within the agency. For example, bridge management reporting systems were found to differ from maintenance and construction reporting systems, which made it challenging to compile information to support the calibration of the bridge management analysis tools.
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... 20 the backlogs may pose, if any, and include those in M&O budget justifications; • Prioritize the development of a centralized MMS; • Annually calculate an estimate of the current replacement cost of the infrastructure; • Establish minimum maintenance and operations level of service (LOS) priorities and targets; • Include each measurement of maintenance performance in WSDOT's performance measures program and Statewide Accountability Service Level Reports; and • Increase the detail of the Maintenance Accountability Program (MAP)
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... 21 MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CULVERT COST AND LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE Minnesota DOT's ( M n D O T ' s ) HydInfra system was first profiled in detail on the national level as part of AASHTO's Compendium of Environmental Stewardship Practices, Policies, and Procedures in 2004.
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... 22 vert Cost app (built on ArcGIS Collector software)
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... 23 snow and ice removal. As a concessionaire, the driving force is to reduce project costs while meeting performance goals set forth by the public agency.

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