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Lawmakers Debate 'Resilient Pavement' Proposal as MnDOT Points to Existing Long‑Term Program
Summary
House and Senate drafts diverge on a proposed resilient pavement program that would fund longer‑life pavement fixes; industry groups pushed for incentives for 50‑year designs while MnDOT said it already administers a long‑term pavement performance supplement and warned against codifying technical ratios without more study.
Lawmakers, MnDOT staff and pavement industry representatives debated whether to create a new statutory “resilient pavement” program to incentivize longer‑life pavements or to rely on MnDOT’s existing long‑term pavement performance supplement.
Supporters — including the Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota and the Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association — argued a program that rewards longer service life (for example, designs that target 50 years rather than typical design lives of 20–35 years) could reduce the frequency of disruptive reconstruction, produce better value over time and reduce business and traffic impacts. Dan LeBeau of the Concrete Paving Association told the committee the proposed resilient‑pavement approach focuses on “longer life fixes” and said…
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