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From page 9... ... 9 Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices Overview This chapter summarizes the results of the literature review to obtain information related to 23 CFR § 667 as well as additional information regarding how state DOTs have responded to the legislation and incorporated weather-related events into asset management investment planning. The results of the literature search were relatively sparse, largely because of the limited amount of time that the regulation has been in place. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... 10 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events in improving the resiliency of the nation's transportation system. Under the current program, "damaged facilities are eligible for ER funding if they are consistent with current standards and are not considered betterments or intended to save the program money in the long run" (Kirk and Mallet 2018) Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 11 component of project preliminary engineering, could be performed after an emergency event for facilities that have been damaged by repeated emergencies. Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... 12 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events • The rule defines repair and reconstruction as work that includes one or more reconstruction elements. Therefore, it excludes emergency repairs as defined in 23 CFR § 668.103. Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 13 risks associated with current and future environmental conditions, such as extreme weather events, climate change, seismic activity, and risks related to recurring damage and costs as identified through the evaluation of facilities repeatedly damaged by emergency events carried out under § 667" [23 CFR § 515.7(c) Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... 14 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events • The Secretary has received an application from the state DOT that includes a comprehensive list of all eligible project sites and repair costs by not later than 2 years after the natural disaster or catastrophic failure. 23 CFR § 668 Emergency Relief Program Under the ER Program, funding is provided to aid states in repairing road facilities that have suffered serious damage resulting from a natural disaster over a wide area or serious damage from a catastrophic failure. Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 15 to reflect changes to the program that were prompted by MAP-21, which was signed into law on July 6, 2012, and became effective on October 1, 2012. The manual explains eligibility for ER funds based on damage to federal-aid highways exceeding $700,000 that was caused by a natural disaster or catastrophic failure from an external cause. Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... 16 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events • Replacement in-kind on an existing location not practical or feasible. On rare occasions, it is neither practical nor feasible to replace a damaged highway facility in-kind on its existing location. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 17 enhancing public safety to improve the quality of life for the state's residents. Its responsibilities include rescue services, emergency communications, and operation of the Office of Emergency Management. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... 18 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events disrupt the DOT's ability to keep its transportation system operational through unplanned delays and closures associated with damage to assets such as pavements and bridges. The report indicates that Colorado is particularly vulnerable to • Extreme heat that can increase thermal expansion on bridge joints, resulting in metal fatigue and a faster rate of pavement deterioration. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 19 and resiliency needs for a damaged asset, determining factors such as the level of damage that occurs, the impact of the asset on operating performance, engineering factors, and other risk mitigation options, as shown in Figure 2-3. The process also includes the development of a Damage Assessment Report for FHWA. Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events and asset managers who have visited the sites to assess damage. The mid-term data are primarily found in the DDIR forms and DARs. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 21 Emerging Issues in Emergency Relief, Repairs, and Resiliency Because the federal requirements related to § 667 are relatively new, the literature search revealed no research directly related to the identification or evaluation of sites damaged by repeated emergency events. However, there is substantial research related to emergency event preparedness, operations, damage assessment, and federal assistance. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... 22 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events in NCHRP Synthesis 472: FEMA and FHWA Emergency Relief Funds Reimbursements to State Departments of Transportation, relevant to this synthesis topic. At that time, NCHRP Synthesis 472 indicated that federal relief programs were undergoing changes as a result of MAP-21, a review of the ER program, and other efforts. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 23 Figure 2-6. ADAP flowchart (FHWA 2016b) Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... 24 Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events FHWA has worked with state and local agencies to apply the ADAP to actual projects. The California DOT references the ADAP in its district climate change vulnerability assessment reports, which are described in more detail in Chapter 4. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices 25 2. Regional Strategy: Transport networks may often be managed by different road-controlling authorities (e.g., federal, state, and local in Australia, or national and local in New Zealand) Read the entire page →

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... 9 Review of Literature, Statutes, Regulations, and Documented Practices Overview This chapter summarizes the results of the literature review to obtain information related to 23 CFR § 667 as well as additional information regarding how state DOTs have responded to the legislation and incorporated weather-related events into asset management investment planning. The results of the literature search were relatively sparse, largely because of the limited amount of time that the regulation has been in place.