Reconstruction Program

Reconstruction Program Recommendations

Good Roads Cost Less philosophy applies to all pavements. Reconstruction projects are an important part of the life cycle management of Utah's pavements. In December of 2016 UDOT's Pavement Working Group (PWG) developed recommendations for including a Reconstruction program into their pavement management responsibilities to compliment the Preservation and Rehabilitation programs. An initial 7 Year Program (2019-2025) was recommended and approved with project needs identified that averaged $50M per year. The story map (image link below) covers the projects, funding and programming recommendations that the group developed.

The Need

In the near future (5-10yrs) the PWG has identified an estimated need of $50M annually for projects that fall into the Reconstruction category. Reconstruction projects are typically very expensive and hard to fund. These projects are identified where the existing pavement section's life expectancy has been met or is approaching. Additionally these pavement sections have been identified where all preservation and rehabilitation options have been exercised and/or evaluated. Region PME's have concluded that another pavement treatment simply won't fix the underlying deficiency and will not yield a good return on investment. This special case is where the Reconstruct cycle of pavement management complements UDOT's Good Roads Cost Less philosophy. Projects in this category often are summed up with the following statement.

"This pavement is about 50 years old. We had a project to rehabilitate the concrete four years ago.

It is about due for another treatment. The time between rehabilitation projects keeps getting shorter."

Dave Holmgren R1 PME

​I-15: SR 232 to I-84

Managing the Program

The PWG recommends that this new program be managed similarly to the existing Preservation and Rehabilitation programs. Region Pavement Management Engineers will maintain a list of projects that fall into this category. For the 2019 STIP planning year the Pavement Working Group (PWG) has requested that a Reconstruction Program be added to pavement management responsibilities of Preservation and Rehabilitation.

Program Cash Flow

The PWG has developed a 7 Year program consisting of 13 projects. The table below shows the estimated total dollars needed in each program year.

2018 Approved Reconstruction Project List