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HENDERSONVILLE By Chip Moore
Pavement Management Program
Helps Hendersonville Get on Track

All entities that are responsible for Trying to find out when a road was technologies to assess the roads as well as
roads hear the same question: “When is last paved usually means relying on an capture assets such as catch basins, signs,
my road going to be paved?” Someone employee’s institutional knowledge. guardrails, streetlights and sidewalks,
then goes out, reviews the road and Smaller municipalities, operating with a among other items, along the right of
maybe puts it on a list. Then the road modest staff, tend not to keep adequate way.
may get paved or may not until the funds records, or the records are so buried that
arrive. finding them is very difficult. The city chose to assess the roads as
well as develop a GIS inventory of storm
To get a handle on this infrastructure In early 2016, the City of drain inlets, street signs and sidewalks
asset, it is imperative to understand Hendersonville decided a Pavement to help with the stormwater program
what condition the roads are in and Management approach would be requirements, meet federal guidelines
how much longer they will last until a extremely helpful in finding out how on signs and add data for the ADA
repair or replacement is necessary. Few much the city would need to budget program. Utilizing this van, the vendor
people have time to ride all the roads for taking care of its aging road could drive the streets at the posted
and consistently give an unbiased rating infrastructure. Consulting firm Barge speed limit collecting data. Weather
toward their condition. Design Solutions helped determine a conditions caused some delay, but 285
scope of work and proceeded to review miles of roads were surveyed in about a
Therefore, the City of Hendersonville all the streets by partnering with Data month.
decided an inventory of roads was Transfer Solutions. New technologies
needed. Once the inventory was finished, allowed DTS to develop a mobile Once the data was collected, Barge
the roads could then be assessed and platform able to review about 285 put it into a format for review. They then
plans could be made as to how to centerline miles of roads. It utilizes GPS worked with city staff and city vendors
efficiently address the pavement and how tracking, cameras, scanners and other with the annual paving contract to
to sufficiently budget for the future. develop current estimates with different

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