STANDING COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS BUSINESS MEETINGFHWA Updates

Walter C. Waidelich, Jr.Associate Administrator for Infrastructure

May 29, 2014

Transportation Performance Management

• 11 Inter-Related Rulemakings

• Schedule/Key Dates• http://www.dot.gov/regulations/report-on-

significant-rulemakings

• TPM Website• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpm/

Bridges and Structures

• National Bridge and Tunnel Inspection Standards

– Establish and Maintain Inspection Standards for Bridges and Tunnels

– Frequency of Inspections– Establish Procedures for Reporting and Responding to

Critical Safety Findings– Raising Element Level Inspections for NHS Bridges– Maintain a Bridge and State Inspection Training Program

• Reviews of State Compliance with NBIS

Program Administration

• Stewardship and Oversight Agreement Guidance

• Locally Administered Projects• LPA Order

• Programmatic Agreements for Interstate Access Requests

• Policy & Guidance Center• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pgc/

Pavements/Construction/Asset Management

• Asset Management Rulemaking• National Asset Management Conference/Peer Exchange

• Sustainable Pavements• Mobile Labs• Asphalt Trailer

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/asphalt/asmixlab.cfm• Mobile Concrete Laboratory

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/concrete/mclfly.cfm• Maintenance Peer Exchange• Highway Materials Engineering Course

• (Contact Michael.Rafalowski@dot.gov)

SHRP2

• 25 Renewal Products ($169M Budget)

• Implementation Assistance Program

• Proof of Concept Pilot Incentive

• Lead Adopter Incentive

• User Incentive

• Round 4 - May 30, 2014

• Website: www.fhwa.dot.gov/goshrp2

• Every Day Counts– EDC-2 (2013-2014)

– EDC-3 (2015-2016)

• State Innovative Transportation Councils– STIC Incentive Program

• AID Demonstration Program• www.fhwa.dot.gov/accelerating/

Every Day Counts

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