Full Text of HR0175 094th General Assembly
HR0175 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Proper pavement preservation & maintenance has | 3 |
| recently gained national attention as a critical part of any | 4 |
| comprehensive plan to maintain highway systems; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Association of State Highway and | 6 |
| Transportation Officials (AASHTO) defines preventive | 7 |
| maintenance as "the planned strategy of cost effective | 8 |
| treatments to an existing roadway system that preserves the | 9 |
| system, retards future deterioration, and maintains or | 10 |
| improves the functional condition of the system"; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, The National Center for Pavement Preservation | 12 |
| (NCPP) was opened in October of 2003, with the mission of | 13 |
| promoting sensible pavement preservation strategies | 14 |
| nationwide; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, On October 8, 2004, the Federal Highway | 16 |
| Administration put out a policy memorandum titled Preventive | 17 |
| Maintenance Eligibility that stated the following: "Timely | 18 |
| preventive maintenance and preservation activities are | 19 |
| necessary to ensure proper performance of the transportation | 20 |
| infrastructure. Experience has shown that when properly | 21 |
| applied, preventive maintenance is a cost effective way of | 22 |
| extending the service life of highway assets and therefore is | 23 |
| eligible for Federal-Aid funding. By using lower-cost system | 24 |
| preservation methods, States can improve system conditions, | 25 |
| minimize road construction impacts on traveling public, and | 26 |
| better manage their resources. Preventive maintenance offers | 27 |
| State DOT's a way of increasing the return on their | 28 |
| infrastructure investment"; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, The treatments and activities commonly defined as | 30 |
| preventive maintenance include: joint repairs, crack seals, | 31 |
| pavement patching, and thin surface treatments such as |
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| chip-seals, ultra-thin hot-mix, and micro-surfacing; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, The NCPP along with AASHTO have published studies | 3 |
| showing that every dollar spent on preventive maintenance saves | 4 |
| the user agency six dollars down the line in rehabilitation and | 5 |
| reconstruction costs; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The Foundation for Pavement Preservation, a | 7 |
| non-profit consortium of industry and government groups, | 8 |
| conducted a study that showed the State of Michigan, by | 9 |
| implementing a comprehensive preventive maintenance program | 10 |
| just seven years ago, was able to spend approximately $800 | 11 |
| million less to achieve current pavement conditions; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we encourage furthering the effort to create a comprehensive | 16 |
| pavement preservation and maintenance plan in Illinois; and be | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That we commend the Illinois Department of | 19 |
| Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | 20 |
| for initiating Illinois' first full-scale pavement | 21 |
| preservation plan; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 23 |
| delivered to the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairman | 24 |
| of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
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