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LTAP Center Directors Survey on Pavement Preservation Topics

LTAP Center Directors Survey on Pavement Preservation Topics. Prepared for: FHWA Pavement Preservation Expert Task Group Meeting, July 27, 2010 Prepared by: PPETG Subcommittee on Support for Pavement Preservation Centers and Regional Partnerships. New Hampshire. Washington. Vermont.

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LTAP Center Directors Survey on Pavement Preservation Topics

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  1. LTAP Center Directors Survey on Pavement Preservation Topics Prepared for: FHWA Pavement Preservation Expert Task Group Meeting, July 27, 2010 Prepared by: PPETG Subcommittee on Support for Pavement Preservation Centers and Regional Partnerships

  2. New Hampshire Washington Vermont Maine North Dakota Minnesota Montana Massachusetts Oregon New York Wisconsin Idaho South Dakota Michigan Rhode Island Wyoming Connecticut Iowa Pennsylvania New Jersey Nevada Nebraska Ohio Delaware Indiana Utah Illinois Washington, D.C. West Virginia Colorado Maryland Kansas Virginia California Missouri (2) Kentucky North Carolina (2) Tennessee Oklahoma Arizona Arkansas New Mexico South Carolina Mississippi Georgia (2) Alabama Participating Texas Alaska (TTAC) Louisiana Not Participating Florida Hawaii LTAP/TTAP Director Survey Respondents47 Total Respondents - (3 duplicates / 1 TTAP) – Survey Monkey Puerto Rico

  3. Section 1 • Has your LTAP Center offered any classes on these topics in the last 3 years? • What is the preferred length of training sessions for your customers? • What are the barriers to providing pavement preservation training?

  4. Has your LTAP Center offered any of these classes in the last 3 years?

  5. What is the preferred length of training sessions?

  6. What are the barriers to providing pavement preservation training?

  7. Section 2 • Which items do the LTAPs believe are valuable to their local agency customers? • What web links are provided on LTAP websites • Are there any unmet needs for PP materials or training in your state?

  8. Which of these items are valuable to your customers?

  9. What web links are provided on LTAP websites?

  10. Are there any unmet needs?

  11. Section 3 • Is the pavement preservation message adequately communicated to your local government customers? • Do you have any other comments on pavement preservation that you would like to share with the Expert Task Group? • Please provide your contact information.

  12. Is the pavement preservation message adequately communicated to your local government customers?

  13. Do you have any other comments that you would like to share with the Expert Task Group? • Request for Spanish Language publications/training • There is still institutional inertia to be overcome • PP not a big issue in our State • PP is a growing issue in our State • PP Training is embedded in our other training • Need help with unpaved surfaces • Can you recommend an already prepared program that deals with very small counties/cities? • As time permits we hope to increase our focus and training efforts in pavement preservation • Any materials (handbooks/guides/.ppts) that can be shared with LTAPs can be passed on directly to our local customers. • Not sure the title "Pavement Preservation" is understood by the non-technical group of road maintenance people

  14. LTAP Survey Observations (1/3) • Most common training in area of chip seal and hot mix asphalt • Least amount of training provided in the area of white topping and asset management • Training courses need to kept to one day or less • Self-directed webinars are the most beneficial to local agencies

  15. LTAP Survey Observations (2/3) • LTAP barrier to providing training is identifying qualified instructors (32%) • Local agencies have not requested PP training from LTAPs (34%) • FHWA PP check list series is most valuable publication/material for local agencies • Many LTAP centers are not providing key PP web links on their websites

  16. LTAP Survey Observations (3/3) • 80% of LTAPs indicated there are unmet or unknown needs in PP training • More than 50% of LTAPs indicated that the PP message was not adequately communicated to Local Agencies

  17. LTAP Training Recommendations • Continue to promote the need for PP • Promote Pavement Management System as the key to successful PP programs • Provide short duration training courses of one day or less • Provide web-based/webinar training • Identify qualified PP instructors

  18. PPETG Recommendations • FHWA promote LTAP communication of PP training to Local Agencies • Assist LTAPs in identifying qualified PP instructors • FHWA require LTAPs to link to key PP websites • Concrete paving industry needs to be more active in PP training efforts • Pavement Preservation Centers need to promote LTAP training initiatives

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