Equipment Package: MCM Roadway Maintenance and Construction
Description:
This equipment package provides overall management and support for routine maintenance on a roadway system or right-of-way. Services managed include landscape maintenance, hazard removal (roadway debris, dead animals), routine maintenance activities (roadway cleaning, grass cutting), and repair and maintenance of both ITS and non-ITS equipment on the roadway (e.g., signs, traffic controllers, traffic detectors, dynamic message signs, traffic signals, etc.). Environmental conditions information is also received from various weather sources to aid in scheduling routine maintenance activities.
Included In:
City of Charleston Maintenance Operations
City of Huntington Maintenance Operations
Municipal Maintenance Dispatch
WV DOH District County Maintenance Dispatch
WV Parkway Authority Turnpike Control Center
Functional Requirements
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The center shall maintain an interface with asset management systems to track the inventory, restrictions, repair needs and status updates of transportation assets (pavement, bridges, signs, etc.) including location, installation and materials information, vendor/contractor, current maintenance status, standard height, width, and weight restrictions. 2 -
The center shall respond to requests from emergency management and traffic management centers for hazard removal, field equipment repair, and other roadway maintenance. 3 -
The center shall exchange information with administrative systems to support the planning and scheduling of maintenance activities. This information includes: equipment and consumables resupply purchase request status, personnel qualifications including training and special certifications, environmental regulations and rules that may impact maintenance activities, and requests and project requirements from contract administration. 4 -
The center shall provide emergency management and traffic management centers with information about scheduled maintenance and construction work activities including anticipated closures and impact to the roadway, alternate routes, anticipated delays, closure times, and durations. 5 -
The center shall collect the status and fault data from roadside equipment, such as traffic, infrastructure, and environmental sensors, highway advisory radio and dynamic message signs, automated roadway treatment systems, barrier and safeguard systems, cameras, traffic signals and override equipment, ramp meters, beacons, security sensors and surveillance equipment, etc., and provide a cohesive view of equipment repair needs. 6 -
The center shall collect the status and fault data from traffic management centers, including data for traffic, infrastructure, and environmental sensors, highway advisory radio and dynamic message signs, automated roadway treatment systems, barrier and safeguard systems, cameras, traffic signals and override equipment, ramp meters, beacons, security sensors and surveillance equipment, etc., and provide a cohesive view of equipment repair needs. 7 -
The center shall remotely control and collect data from infrastructure monitoring sensors located along the roadway infrastructure or on maintenance and construction vehicles. 8 -
The center shall receive equipment availability and materials storage status information from storage facilities to support the scheduling of roadway maintenance and construction activities. 9 -
The center shall support an interface with a map update provider, or other appropriate data sources, through which updates of digitized map data can be obtained and used as a background for the scheduling of roadway maintenance and construction activities. 10 -
The center shall collect current and forecast traffic and weather information from traffic management centers and weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services). 11 -
The center shall dispatch and route maintenance and construction vehicle drivers and support them with route- specific environmental, incident, advisory, threat, alert, and traffic congestion information. 12 -
The center shall manage an interface with center personnel to accept vehicle systems control information and remotely control maintenance and construction vehicle on-board equipment. 13 -
The center shall track the status of roadway maintenance and construction activities by monitoring collected data from the dispatched vehicles and equipment.
