Pavement preservation is a cost-effective set of practices that extend pavement life and improve safety and motorist satisfaction while saving public tax dollars.

The National Center for Pavement Preservation (NCPP) seeks to advance and promote sound preservation practices through education, research management, outreach, and hands-on technical assistance.

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Groundbreaking Book Now Available:  The NCPP and TRIP announce the publication and availability of an important new book entitled “At the Crossroads: Preserving Our Highway Investment”. The book is now available from the NCPP and presents in plain language, the concept, benefits, and need for preservation. "At the Crossroads" is an excellent way to educate practitioners, policy-makers, and the public on the benefits of the pavement preservation philosophy....[more]

Drive MI Campaign Seeks to Improve Michigan Roads:  The Drive MI Campaign is fully supported by the Michigan Transportation Team (MTT) - a partnership of businesses, associations and citizens linked with the common goal of improving Michigan's transportation infrastructure....[more]

Detroit Wins Second Place for Worst Commute:  Detroit is continuing to make national headlines, only this time as the country’s second worst city for commuters as rated by Forbes.com. Forbes estimates that the average Detroit commuter is delayed 54 hours a year....[more]

States Get In on Calls for a Gas Tax Holiday:  Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida has been fighting to cut 10 cents from the state’s gasoline tax for two weeks in July. Lawmakers in Missouri, New York and Texas have also proposed a summer break from state gas taxes, while candidates for governor in Indiana and North Carolina are sparring over relief ideas of their own....[more]

Yellowstone Greens Up with WMA:  The FHWA Western Federal Lands Highway Division and the Office of Pavement Technology collaborated to construct two sections of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) using different materials and one HMA section between Yellowstone National Park’s east entrance, about 52 miles west of Cody, Wyoming, and Sylvan Pass, a length of approximately seven miles....[more]

Idaho Board Freezes Future Road Projects:  The Idaho Transportation Board has voted to end three programs so that it can instead spend the money on keeping the state's existing roads from falling apart....[more]

Summer Gas Tax Holiday Plan Still Alive:  Despite the hard work of ASCE Key Contacts that blocked Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) proposal to impose a summer gas tax holiday last week, the issue continues to garner support from policymakers. Echoing the plans set forward last week by Sen. McCain, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) this week indicated that she would also consider a gas tax holiday this summer....[more]

McCain Gas Tax Holiday Would Devastate Highways:  Presidential contender Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has called for a suspension of federal fuel taxes from Memorial Day to Labor Day. AASHTO estimates that for the average motorist driving approximately 12,000 miles per year, the savings would amount to only $28 and result in the loss of nearly 300,000 jobs....[more]

12th AASHTO/TRB Maintenance Mgmt. Conf.:  The AASHTO Highway Subcommittee on Maintenance and the TRB Maintenance Committee are requesting abstracts for the 12th Annual Maintenance Management Conference to be held in Maryland in July 2009. Topics include bridges, contract maintenance, equipment, management systems, pavements, performance measures, research, roadside & environment, snow & ice, traffic services & safety, and workforce development....[more]

TSP Research Roadmap Survey:  A survey is now available on the recently completed TSP Research Roadmap. Preservation practitioners are encouraged to complete the survey, and express their interest in the proposed research topic areas....[more]

Pavement Preservation ETG:  PP ETG has recently compiled a list of recent pavement preservation research needs and active projects related to asphalt recycling and other forms of preservation treatment. The research "catalog" has been broken down by treatment type / topic area, or may be downloaded as a single document....[more]

Kent County, MI Receives ACPA Award:  The Kent County Road Commission is proud to announce that that it was the recipient of the ACPA Gold Winner in the Urban Arterials & Collectors category of the 18th Annual Excellence in Concrete Paving Awards (2007) for construction of a 4-inch white topping on Patterson Ave. in Kent County, Michigan....[more]

TSP Research Roadmap:  The FHWA in partnership with AASHTO, the FPP and the preservation industry, have completed a study to delineate the most critical knowledge gaps in pavement and bridge preservation and the research which is necessary to fill those gaps. This Transportation System Preservation (TSP) Research, Development, and Implementation Roadmap is the output of that partnership effort, and is now available for download...[more]

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