STATE OF COLORADO

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Staff Materials and Geotechnical Section

4201 East Arkansas Avenue

Denver, CO 80222

303-757-9249 Fax 303-757-9242

DATE:April 23, 2002

TO:John Unbewust, Jeff Kullman, Robert Torres, Owen Leonard, Karla Harding, Richard Reynolds, John Muscatell, Tom Talmadge, Jennifer Finch

FROM:Jay Goldbaum, Pavement Management and Design Program Manager

SUBJECT:Policy Memo 010 – April 2002

PMP Definition of a Matching Project

Issue: An element of the core service performance measures is the annual comparison of actual projects completed with the 5-year plan of the Pavement Management Program.

Action: We are requesting ratification by the Chief Engineer, RTDs, Director of Staff Services and the Director of the Division of Transportation Development to use the following definition of a matching project.

Background: Based upon the comments we received, some misunderstandings exist within the Regions as to what construction projects are deemed to be a match with the recommendations of Pavement Management.

Recommendation: The Pavement Management Technical Committee agreed (see voting results attached) that all of the following conditions must be met in order to have a matching project.

  1. Any length of overlap between the beginning and ending mileposts in either direction,
  2. The project must be constructed within ± 4 years from the time recommended by the Pavement Management Program, and
  3. The level of treatment (preventive maintenance, rehabilitation, or reconstruction) must match.

For example, a Region has a heater scarify and 2-inch overlay project on Highway 070A in both directions from milepost 300 to 310 scheduled to be constructed in 2004. The Pavement Management Program recommends an overlay project of 2-inches with stone mastic asphalt on Highway 070A in the west bound direction from milepost 295.5 to 300.5 to be constructed in 2007.

Since there is a 0.5-mile overlap in either direction, the difference is 3 years, and both treatments are rehabilitation type treatments this project will be considered a match.

I Concur:

Date

John Unbewust,

Chief Engineer

I Concur:

Date

Jennifer Finch,

Director of the Division of Transportation Development

cc: Tim Aschenbrener

Jean Wallace, FHWA

RMEs

Item – Recommended use of the definition for a matching project.

Name / YES / NO / ABSTAINED / COMMENTS
Reza / Akhavan (RA) / YES
Jon / Bailey (JB) / YES
Gary / Dewitt (GD-R4) / YES
Dave / Eller (DE) / YES
HQ / Goldbaum (JG) / YES
Tammy / Goorman (TG) / YES
Bob / Heidelmeier (BH) / YES
Bob / LaForce (BL-R1) / YES
Lowell / Lester (LL) / YES
Bob / Locander (BL-R6) / YES
Rose / McDonald (RM) / YES
Mike / McVaugh (MM) / YES
Janet / Minter (JM) / YES
Allan / Pierce (AP)
Jean / Wallace (JW) / YES
Richard / Zamora (RZ) / YES

PMP FY 2002 - 09