About the Project

In 2021, the City of Lynnwood, Washington determined that it required a pavement management system (PMS) to improve planning for budget and work needs and to better communicate conditions and needs to decision-makers. The City has a working relationship with Perteet, Inc. (Perteet) to support planning activities. APTech, as a subcontractor to Perteet, was selected to assist with roadway condition data collection, implementation of Cartegraph’s Operations Management System (OMS), and to provide training in the use of OMS to the City and Perteet so that they can use this tool effectively in the future. 

Our work included:

• Collecting pavement condition data for about 175 centerline miles of City streets using our automated data condition collection vehicle (EDGE)

• Using collected images and data to report distress type, severity, and extent for each road segment

• Loading the collected data into OMS

• Providing guidance in the configuration of OMS for analyses

• Documenting our work in a summary report detailing current conditions and recommendations

Due to the success of the work, we were asked to participate as an on-call consultant to help the City and Perteet continue to use the PMS system. This work allows the City and its representatives to proactively plan for budget and work needs in the future and to clearly communicate work plans and budget impacts using map-based tools to decision-makers. This will in turn enable the City to make better use of limited resources and more informed data-driven decision making.