The South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization has approved the selection of Michael Baker International as the consultant for a Regional Pavement Condition Data Collection Study that will collect regional pavement condition data for 2,100 miles of county roadways in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties and municipal roadways in Atlantic City and Vineland.
The collected data will inform street maintenance, preservation and rehabilitation programming decisions by SJTPO and its regional partners. The project may expand to include roadway asset inventories and implementation of a multi-year pavement management system.
The effort is being undertaken through a $417,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration.
“We are committed to restoring, preserving, and maintaining our transportation network, and this project represents a step towards achieving that goal,” SJTPO Executive Director Jennifer Marandino said. “By systematically collecting and analyzing pavement condition data, SJTPO and our regional partners will be equipped with the necessary information to make more informed and strategic maintenance decisions.”
The project team will utilize technology that allows for gathering and delivering highly accurate data in a short period without any interruption to county or municipal operations or impeding traffic flow. The assessment will be performed using the latest equipment on the market, including a vehicle equipped with a fully integrated automated pavement imaging system, spherical 360-degree cameras, and survey software. The assessment will have no impact on local traffic while data is being collected.
Data collection will be done on 2,100 miles of roadway, including 370 miles in Atlantic County, 210 miles in Cape May County, 355 miles in Salem County, and 535 miles in Cumberland County. The program will also assess pavement condition on 88 miles of roadways in Atlantic City, 270 miles in Vineland, and 285 miles on other municipal roadways.
The assessment will be performed between Sept. 16 and Oct. 28 and loaded into an easily scalable cloud environment which will help counties and municipalities more efficiently plan local road safety programs. The project is expected to be completed and available to counties and municipalities by the end of February.
“At Michael Baker, our experts leverage proven technologies to provide pavement condition data collection and pavement management services to help our clients manage their valuable roadway infrastructure,” Michael Baker Nation Pavement Services Lead Nathan Kebede said. “SJTPO partner agencies are responsible for maintaining a large street network in the state, and we look forward to working with the SJTPO to ensure its partner agencies’ pavement conditions fulfill the needs of a highly mobile population.”
For more information, please contact Jacob Cummings [email protected], the SJTPO project manager for this consultant-led effort.
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