Tips and tricks for establishing a thrifty culvert management program

摘要

Knowing that a few structures were approaching the end of their design life, the town of Sudbury initiated an innovative program to comprehensively evaluate more than 150 culverts and bridges. The town developed a crossing asset management program to inventory culverts and bridges. As a result, the town was able to to prioritize maintenance, repair, and replacement needs to proactively manage these assets and coordinate with planned roadway and utility work. This article discusses the town's approach to cost-effectively map, inventory, and inspect culverts as well as develop a risk-based prioritization to prepare a capital improvement plan and a maintenance and management plan.