Iowa Pavement Management Program Database : Integration and Delivery

Iowa has embarked on a project to develop a statewide pavement management system (PMS). The project, the Iowa Pavement Management Program (IPMP) covers 38,000 km (23,500 miles) of roads operated under three levels of government including state, county, and city. The mission of the project is to support both project-level and network-level PMS conducted by cities, counties, regional planning affiliations (RPAs), metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT). This paper will discuss issues related to the integration of the different data elements of the PMS, data exchange, and data delivery. It will also focus on institutional issues that had to be overcome for the successful implementation of the IPMP.