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Manual for Controlling and Reducing the Frequency of Pavement Utility Cuts
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1. Report No. FHWA-RD-02-%%% |
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4. Title and Subtitle Manual for Controlling and Reducing the Frequency of Pavement Utility Cuts |
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7. Author(s) W. James Wilde, Carolyn A. Grant, and Patricia K. Nelson |
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address The Transtec Group, Inc. 1012 East 38 ½ Street Austin, TX 78751 |
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11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-01-C-00024 |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Office of Program Administration Federal Highway Administration 400 Seventh St., S.W. |
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15. Supplementary Notes Contracting Officer's Technical Representative: C. Paul Scott, HIPA-20 |
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16. Abstract At an alarming rate, pavement utility cuts are becoming a major problem in the pavement infrastructure of the United States. Not only is the number of overall utility customers increasing with the growing US population, new and widely variable types of utilities are being developed constantly. In the first half of the twentieth century, the major utilities included water, wastewater, electricity, telephone and natural gas. By the end of the twentieth century, the volume and variety of utilities have increased dramatically, including cable television, an unprecedented increase in telephone customers, fiber optics, internet-related technology and cabling, and others. This report is intended as a manual to provide basic information regarding methods that government agencies can use to reduce, or at least to control, street cuts and minimize damage to public infrastructure due to the ever-increasing activity of new and existing utility companies. This report also describes the problems associated with extensive pavement utility cuts, and recommends potential solutions based on the policies and technologies discussed in the manual. Such recommendations include the implementation of incentive- fee- and requirements-based policies, and the promotion and advancement of trenchless technology applications. Recommendations in this manual can be used by cities, states, and other local governmental agencies to reduce or control the frequency of pavement utility cuts in the agency's pavements. |
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17. Key Words utility cut, pavement deterioration, trenchless technology, public utilities, franchise fee, right of way management policy, permit fees, shared resources |
18. Distribution Statement No Restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service; Springfield, Virginia 22161 |
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PREFACE
This manual is intended to provide guidance and support for state and local rights-of-way (ROW) and public works agencies in developing policies and in promoting technologies for controlling or reducing the frequency of utility cuts in pavement infrastructure. The primary focus of this manual is the potential for policies that may be implemented and technologies that may be encouraged by individual agencies to control and reduce the frequency of utility cuts in pavements. Current and potential uses of trenchless technology are discussed to provide a basic technical background of, and to inform the users of this manual about, methods available to help reduce the frequency of pavement utility cuts.
The primary audience of this manual is the state and local utilities and ROW manager charged with the responsibility of protecting and regulating an agency's rights-of-way. With such a substantial responsibility, mixed with constrained resources yet ever-increasing demands from utility providers, state and local highway agencies must find ways to manage and control access to the ROW. By so doing, they attempt to preserve the functional life of ROW assets and minimize the life-cycle cost of the facilities.
This manual is organized into five chapters. The first two chapters give a general background of the problems that have arisen throughout the United States and preview potential solutions to these problems. Chapter 1 describes the policies that may be implemented by various local and state agencies to control the frequency of pavement utility cuts. Chapter 4 discusses the technology available for reducing the frequency of these cuts by encouraging trenchless technologies, where possible, and in reducing the impact to existing facilities (utilities or public assets) when using either open-trench or trenchless methods. Section 4.5 presents several innovations that may be used in the near future to reduce the requirements for open-trenching methods of utility construction and maintenance even further. Chapter 5 highlights recommended policies and practices for controlling and reducing the frequency of utility cuts in highways and streets throughout the Nation.
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