Prepared for: FHWA Pavement Preservation Expert Task Group

Meeting, July 27, 2010

Prepared by: PPETG Subcommittee on Support for Pavement Preservation Centers and Regional Partnerships

LTAP/TTAP Director Survey Respondents47 Total Respondents - (3 duplicates / 1 TTAP) – Survey Monkey

South Carolina

Florida

North Carolina

(2)

Washington, D.C.

Delaware

New Jersey

Connecticut

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

New York

Ohio

Kentucky

West Virginia

Pennsylvania

IndianaIllinois

Iowa

Missouri (2)

ArkansasTennessee

Georgia (2)

Alabama

Mississippi

Louisiana

Texas

Oklahoma

Nebraska

Kansas

South Dakota

North Dakota

Virginia

New Mexico

Arizona

ColoradoUtah

Nevada

California

Alaska

(TTAC)

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Michigan

Montana

Wyoming

Idaho

Oregon

Washington

Maryland

Hawaii

Participating

Not Participating

Puerto Rico

Section 1Has your LTAP Center offered any

classes on these topics in the last 3 years?

What is the preferred length of training sessions for your customers?

What are the barriers to providing pavement preservation training?

Has your LTAP Center offered any of these classes in the last 3 years?

What is the preferred length of training sessions?

What are the barriers to providing pavement preservation training?

Section 2Which items do the LTAPs believe are

valuable to their local agency customers?What web links are provided on LTAP

websitesAre there any unmet needs for PP materials

or training in your state?

Which of these items are valuable to your customers?

What web links are provided on LTAP websites?

Are there any unmet needs?

Section 3Is the pavement preservation message

adequately communicated to your local government customers?

Do you have any other comments on pavement preservation that you would like to share with the Expert Task Group?

Please provide your contact information.

Is the pavement preservation message adequately communicated to your local government customers?

Responses

15%No

46%Yes

39%not

Sure

Do you have any other comments that you would like to share with the Expert Task Group?1. Request for Spanish Language publications/training2. There is still institutional inertia to be overcome3. PP not a big issue in our State 4. PP is a growing issue in our State5. PP Training is embedded in our other training6. Need help with unpaved surfaces7. Can you recommend an already prepared program that

deals with very small counties/cities? 8. As time permits we hope to increase our focus and training

efforts in pavement preservation 9. Any materials (handbooks/guides/.ppts) that can be shared

with LTAPs can be passed on directly to our local customers.

10. Not sure the title "Pavement Preservation" is understood by the non-technical group of road maintenance people

LTAP Survey Observations (1/3)

Most common training in area of chip seal and hot mix asphalt

Least amount of training provided in the area of white topping and asset management

Training courses need to kept to one day or less

Self-directed webinars are the most beneficial to local agencies

LTAP Survey Observations (2/3)

LTAP barrier to providing training is identifying qualified instructors (32%)

Local agencies have not requested PP training from LTAPs (34%)

FHWA PP check list series is most valuable publication/material for local agencies

Many LTAP centers are not providing key PP web links on their websites

LTAP Survey Observations (3/3)

80% of LTAPs indicated there are unmet or unknown needs in PP training

More than 50% of LTAPs indicated that the PP message was not adequately communicated to Local Agencies

LTAP Training RecommendationsContinue to promote the need for PP Promote Pavement Management System as

the key to successful PP programsProvide short duration training courses of

one day or lessProvide web-based/webinar trainingIdentify qualified PP instructors

PPETG RecommendationsFHWA promote LTAP communication of PP

training to Local AgenciesAssist LTAPs in identifying qualified PP

instructorsFHWA require LTAPs to link to key PP

websitesConcrete paving industry needs to be more

active in PP training effortsPavement Preservation Centers need to

promote LTAP training initiatives