HIGHWAY PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

Pavement management is the collection and use of information required to assure that decisions are made that will result in good roads at the lowest possible cost. To effectively manage pavements, it is necessary that highway managers understand and control the many variables that effect pavement life. The paper discusses recent studies on deferred maintenance and from states starting to use pavement management methodology. It points out that considerable savings can be realized by properly timing that rehabilitation of pavement surfaces. The paper then reviews pavement management currently practiced in New Mexico.