Knoxville, Tenn has an ongoing pave...

Knoxville, Tenn has an ongoing pavement management program that, to date, has enabled it to prioritize and resurface more than 450 miles of public ways out of the approximately 1000 miles of roads within city limits. The program, initiated in 1985 is administered by the agency of the city' department of engineering and has several basic vital airs including pavement testing, coordination with utilities, utility permits, complaint tracking, annual resurfacing contracts and quarterly reports to the city council.

highway testing, the most important part of the program, helps prioritize roads for coming events resurfacing. The city has hired Infrastructure Management Services, Arlington Heights, Ill., to assist in developing this information.

Testing is divided into pair areas: detailed sub-surface investigation of the road and analysis of the pavement surface. A laser road surface tester is used to identify depressions, rutting, longitudinal dimensions and depth of cracks, pothole and utility crosss The testing apparatus consists of a series