Optimizing Your Roadway Stimulus Funding

Presentation

Follow this link to obtain a copy (PDF) of the presentation, "Optimizing Your Roadway Stimulus Funding."
 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Please follow these links for other information about the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (Public Law 111-5):

A macro perspective of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. From this location ( http://www.recovery.gov/), scroll down or follow this link to find:

• Map of state-by-state infrastructure distribution amounts. (Scroll over to see snapshot of your state; click on state to see detail.)
• State certifications. (Click on state to view figures.)
• State recovery sites. (Click on state to view figures.)
• Tracking and reporting will also be updated frequently on the site.

Language of the bill on Thomas, the Library of Congress' source for federal legislative information; (search by bill number, P.L.111-5).

• The complete bill on the U.S. Government Printing Office website (search under headlines).
• Summary of the law, requirements and guidance on the Federal Highway Administration's website.
• Funding tables at http://transportation.house.gov/. From this location, you can scroll down, or click on these links, to find a number of allocation tables, including:
  • Total Infrastructure Investment.
  • Highways and Bridges Funding by State and Large Urbanized Area.
     

Pavement Overlay and Restoration Plans

During our webinar, we cited plans that address long life surfacing opportunities. Please follow these links to download a free copy of the pavement overlay plan and the diamond-grinding plan. For additional questions about these plans, contact Leif Wathne at the information shown below.

Also, a copy of the long-life concrete pavement restoration fact sheet, "Concrete Pavement Restoration Results in Shovel-Ready, Long-Term Solution," is available at www.igga.net.

Additional Literature

In addition to the resources above, two publications may also prove very helpful. They include:

"Guide to Concrete Overlays" (2nd Edition) - Published jointly by the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center and the American Concrete Pavement Association, this 80-page second edition provides the key elements of the six major types of concrete overlays along with specifics on materials, typical sections, and important construction elements. The expanded edition enhances the original material and adds detailed guidelines for several new topics, including:

• Evaluating existing pavements to determine if they are good candidates for concrete overlays.
• Selecting the appropriate overlay system for specific pavement conditions.
• Managing concrete overlay construction work zones under traffic.
• Accelerating construction of concrete overlays when appropriate.

A commercially printed version of this publication is available at a cost of $7.50 for ACPA members; $30.00 for nonmembers. To order a copy, please contact ACPA/PCA Customer Service, 5420 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077-1059. Phone: 800-868-6733. Fax: 847-966-9666.

Guide to Concrete Overlays (2nd Edition) - A downloadable version of the publication described above is available on the website of the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center.

A Quick Check of Your Highway Network Health (Publication No. FHWA-IF-07-006) - Published by the Federal Highway Administration, this document describes how many highway agency managers and administrators historically have viewed their highway systems as simply a collection of projects. By using a quick checkup tool, road agency managers and administrators can assess the needs of their network and other highway assets and determine the adequacy of their resource allocation effort.