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Michigan Department of Transportation Asset Management Program
Applying
the Right Fix…At the Right Time…In the Right Place
Since 2003, the
West Michigan Regional Planning Commission (WMRPC) staff, in association with
representatives from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), the
Macatawa Area Coordinating Council (MACC), the Grand Valley Metropolitan Council
(GVMC), the West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission (WMSRDC),
and each of the seven County Road Commissions conducted PASER road ratings of
all Act 51 roadways within the Region. These ratings have been completed at the
request of the State of Michigan's Transportation Asset Management Council.
Asset Management as defined
in Michigan is “an ongoing process of maintaining, upgrading and operating
physical assets cost-effectively, based on a continuous physical inventory and
condition assessment.” {MCL 247.659a(1)(a)}. It consists of five major
elements:
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Developing policy goals and
objectives
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Data collection
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Planning and programming
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Program delivery
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Monitoring and reporting
results
Asset Management involves a
shift in thinking away from fixing the immediate and most severe problems in our
roadways, to a more strategic assessment that facilitates decisions based on the
long range condition of the entire system.
More information about the
Michigan Department of Transportation Asset Management Program and the
Transportation Asset Management Council can be found
here.
Summary reports for the 2007
PASER road ratings are also available. Link
to Region 8’s Asset Management data collection page by clicking
here.
Information links for each county are listed below:
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Allegan
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Ionia
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Mecosta
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Montcalm
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Osceola
The area’s MPOs are
responsible for Kent and Ottawa Counties.
Data collection for 2011 is
in process. Summary reports for 2010 will be available soon. Please feel free to contact
Elizabeth Van Doorne if either you or your community has questions regarding the
program.
RELATED SITES:
Federal Highway Administration/Office of Asset Management (FHWA)
Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Contact us for more information
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