Field Operations Guide - Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

FOG-102ChapterINTRODUCTIONSubjectObjectives of Maintenance OperationOVERVIEWOBJECTIVESThe Division of Traffic Operations and the Division of Maintenancesupport the Cabinet’s mission, which is to preserve and maintain a safe,efficient, environmentally sound, and fiscally responsible transportationsystem to ensure mobility and access and to promote economic growthfor all citizens of the Commonwealth.The primary objective of the two divisions is to perform work asprioritized below:1. Perform needed critical maintenance—Work that must be done topreserve the road or to permit safe usage by motorists, such aspothole patching, snow and ice removal, roadway obstructionremoval, and bridge or pipe failures2. Perform a scheduled amount of preventive maintenance—Work thatshould be done to prevent further deterioration of highways in aneffort to keep the work out of the “critical” area, such as roadwayditching, pipe or catch basin cleaning out, bridge deck flushing, andcleaning and erosion control3. Perform as many desirable, but not mandatory, activities as timeallows—Work that does not come under critical or preventivemaintenance, such as litter pickup, types of sign cleaning, or brushcutting10/11 Page 1 of 1