Facing Funding and Weather Challenges: Impact of Weather Events on Treatment Selection and Pavement Condition PPRA Fall Meeting 2014 November 17-19, Baltimore, MD Tanveer Chowdhury, P.E. Assistant State Maintenance Engineer Maintenance Division, VDOT

Presentation Outline 2 1.Introduction to VDOT 2.Maintenance and operations budget, needs and gaps 3.HB 2313 – attempts to bridge the funding gaps 4.Weather events of 2013 – 14 and their impacts 5.Historical and predicted future pavement condition

Introduction to VDOT Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT): Maintains and operates the 3 rd largest network of state maintained highways in the US Over 125,000 lane-miles of pavement Interstate: 5,500 lane-miles Primary: 21,500 lane-miles Secondary: 98,500 lane-miles (~82,000 hard surfaced) Consists of 9 Construction/Maintenance Districts and a Central Office in Richmond Employs approximately 7,500 full time personnel 3

4 Introduction to VDOT VDOT maintains Interstate, Primary, Secondary and Frontage Roads – Interstates Carry AADT from 9,500 to 244,000

Introduction to VDOT Ferry Services Three Toll Roads Four tunnels and underwater crossings One Toll Bridge 42 Safety Rest Areas and 11 Welcome Centers Two mountain tunnels on Interstate 77 Southwest Virginia Merry Point Ferry George P. Coleman Bridge-Route 17 Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel East River Tunnel 5 19,414 Bridges and Culverts Varina-Enon Bridge VDOT Also Maintains…..

6 VDOT Maintenance and Operations: Needs, Allocations and Gaps FY Biennium Overall maintenance and operations Needs: $ 5.731B Pavements: $ 1.565B Bridges: $ 1.621B Tunnels: $ 159M Traffic and Safety: $ 925M Emergency and Incident Management: $ 638M Roadside: $ 460M Facility Management and other: $ 387M Proposed Allocation and Contribution: $ 3.757B Gap: $ 1.974B

HB 2313: Legislation to Fund Transportation 7 Over the first five years, HB 2313 was projected to: Generate over $1.8 billion in additional funding for maintenance Provide $660 million in dedicated new construction funding Increase funding for transit by $509 million HB 2313 passed VA General Assembly in 2013 and proposed to: Eliminate the 17.5 cents per gallon fuel tax Replace the excise tax with 3.5% sales tax on gasoline 6% sales tax on diesel Increase vehicle titling tax from 3% to 4.15% Increase general sales tax from 5% to 5.3% (dedicating the increase to Transportation) Create a $64 Alternative Fuel Vehicle fee

8 Updates since HB 2313 Passed: Financial Outlook was updated in December 2013 State transportation revenue forecasts down by $ 796M Federal revenue forecasts down by $ 123M Interim updates to forecasts in August 2014 Required reductions in funding planned Transportation programs continue to benefit from the legislative changes

Weather Events

March 5, 2014 Impacts of Weather Events ( ) 10 VDOT exceeded its $157 million snow budget by almost $169 million The additional expenditure will be paid out of the maintenance budget, making the following adjustments: Extending completion dates of paving projects Limiting use of service contracts and performing services with VDOT staff Limiting overtime Delaying new equipment purchases

Impacts on the paving program VDOT Paving program reduced for CY 15 Paving work Reduced allocation on all systems- Interstate, Primary and Secondary Decrease in planned paving and downtrend in predicted %sufficiency in

Impacts on the paving program 12

13 Impacts on the paving program (preservation activities)

Historical and Predicted Future Pavement Condition HistoricalPredicted

Tanveer Chowdhury, P.E. Assistant State Maintenance Engineer Maintenance Division, VDOT (804) Questions ?