Exploratory Assessment of Roadway Infrastructure Adaptation to the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise

The rapid deterioration of infrastructure systems along with the shrinkage of funding resources necessitates cost-effective management of infrastructure networks. The existing methods for cost analysis of infrastructure networks are based on optimizing network costs for a limited period, and hence, are prone to: (i) shifting the cost burdens, (ii) not considering the service life of assets in a network beyond the planning horizon and (iii) not considering uncertainty in factors such as future preservation funding as well as timing and cost of preservation activities. In this paper, we propose a simulation framework to address these limitations in network-level cost analysis. The proposed framework is based on the premise that a sustainable practice is the one that provides the longest service life at the lowest cost in infrastructure networks. The proposed framework determines the network-level costs considering the dynamic network-agency-user interactions and uncertainties. The application of the proposed framework is demonstrated using a case study pertaining to a pavement network. The results show the capability of the proposed framework in evaluating and identifying sustainable strategies leading to the longest service life for the assets at the minimum network-level costs.

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