FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AVIATION OFFICE STATEWIDE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Since January 1, 1995, Congress has required that the Federal Aviation Administration include in the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant assurances, for pavement rehabilitation or reconstruction projects, a certification, furnished by the airport sponsor, that the airport has implemented an effective airport pavement maintenance program. Since 1993, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has been working towards providing a pavement management system for all public airports, statewide. This system includes information on maintenance requirements for all airside pavements inspected under the program. The report furnished to all airports lists these maintenance requirements as they exist on the airport. It is recognized that many airports do not have an active preventative pavement maintenance program, and only make emergency repairs or delay required maintenance tasks until the pavement is ready for reconstruction or upgrading. With this in mind, the FDOT Aviation Office is helping interested airports establish a pavement maintenance program. The goal of this plan is to guarantee the continuation of Federal participation in airport capital improvement programs; specifically those projects dealing with airfield pavement. The plan includes the detailing of the annual pavement maintenance required. Maintenance contracts, containing local pavement maintenance requirements, will be let by the Sponsor under a 50% State, 50% local grant. It is envisioned this program will be expanded to provide statewide maintenance contracts to be available as early as FY 97/98.