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In 1982, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
(MTC), completed a study of local road and street maintenance needs
and revenue short falls in the San Francisco Bay Area. The results
of the study indicated that local jurisdictions were spending only
60 percent of funds required to maintain roads in a condition considered
adequate. This indicated a need to improve pavement maintenance
and rehabilitation techniques and practices. A committee was formed
to evaluate pavement management efforts. At approximately the same
time, six public works directors reviewed a proposal to develop
a prototype PMP; however, it was felt that the proposed system was
too complex. This group strongly emphasized that simplicity was
the most important objective to be developed in a PMP if it was
to be adopted and used by cities and counties.
In 1983, a consultant was retained to assist MTC in determining
MTC PMP needs, PMP resources, and problems. In addition, they were
to develop three basic elements of a standardized prototype PMP:
a pavement condition index (PCI), effective maintenance treatments
for the Bay Area, and a network level assignment procedure. The
result was the first version of the MTC PMP!
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