Key PBPD Questions that Planners, Engineers and Designers Should Ask

Life Extension, Preservation, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Projects

• What is the objective (expected outcome) of this project?
  • What safety or performance improvements is the project intended to address?
• What are the specific needs or problems that the project is expected to address)?
  • What level of improvement to the Pavement Condition (usable life) is needed?
  • What specific safety metric(s) needs to be improved?
  • What geometric, drainage, ADA, utility, access, modal use, needs to be improved?
  • What context is the project located within that should be considered and incorporated into the project scope of work?
  • What are the targeted operational and/or safety performance measurements that the project design needs to achieve?

Modernization or Expansion Projects

• What is the objective (expected outcome) of this project?
  • What capacity, operational or safety improvements is the project intended to address?
  • What roadway context classification or modal considerations does this project need to incorporate into the planning and design?
• What are the needs that the project is expected to address?
  • What modal use is the project intended to serve?
  • What specific operational and safety performance measurements does the project need to be designed to?
  • What are the design criteria/standards that will be utilized in the design of this project?