A risk-based optimisation methodology for pavement management system of county roads

Abstract

A pavement management system (PMS) is a strategic and systematic process to maintain and upgrade the road network. When funding is limited, it is very important to identify the best mix of road preservation projects that provides the maximum benefits to society in terms of overall life cycle cost of the road network. The most common factors that play an important role for identifying projects are the following: budget, traffic volume, Present Serviceability Index (PSI) and risk associated with selecting treatment types. This research develops an optimisation methodology for county paved roads that identify the best mix of preservation projects within budget, maximising traffic (passengers and trucks traffic) on treated roads, maximising the weighted average PSI, and minimising the risk. This methodology will facilitate a statewide implementation of PMS for counties in the state of Wyoming.

Keywords::

• pavement management system (PMS)
• county roads
• risk-based PMS
• optimisation model

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the support provided by the WYDOT for carrying out this research study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.