It's the roadmap to your pavement's future. In 2010, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) introduced the Pavement Management Roadmap (Pub. No. FHWA-HIF-11-011), a long-term vision for pavement management and the research, development, and technology transfer initiatives needed to help transportation agencies achieve that vision. Over the past year, FHWA launched an implementation campaign designed to increase awareness of the Roadmap and move forward in accomplishing its goals.

Asset management provides a coordinated approach to managing infrastructure assets over the course of their life cycle, thereby improving performance, increasing safety, and providing greater value to the community. A new emphasis on asset management in recent years has also meant a new role for pavement management.

"Today asset management managers rely on pavement management data to develop a strategic program of projects that will make progress toward achieving the State's targets for asset condition and performance of the National Highway System," said Nastaran Saadatmand of FHWA.

To help agencies more fully utilize their pavement management systems (PMS), the Roadmap identifies the steps needed to address current gaps in pavement management and establish research and development initiatives and priorities.