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Fossils, politics, endangered species, and a landfill-the $127 million La Pata Avenue Gap Closure project in Southern Orange County, California, encountered more challenges than they could have imagined during the initial planning phases. Establishing a connection between two major cities over rugged, undeveloped backcountry terrain required significant collaboration between many political and influential interest groups; the relocation of a landfill to a new site; 15 million cubic yards of earthwork; 117,383 tons of asphalt; extensive environmental mitigation; and accommodation of archaeological finds.Learning Objectives:Successfully coordinate a massive roadway connection project.Overcome funding challenges with creative solutions.Engage communities, agencies, and stakeholders to gain support for a controversial project.
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Every year, around 20% of all crashes, injuries and fatalities on the roadway are weather related and over 30 billion vehicle hours are lost due to weather-related congestion at a…
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Self-Assessment is an excellent way to examine and evaluate your agency's current management policies and procedures. In this session, you will gain an understanding of why self-assessment can improve effectiveness,…
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Winter maintenance managers have to make many decisions about the weather. This session makes it simple, focusing only on what matters, and provides you with a path toward using these…
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By using pilot programs and conducting cost benefit analysis, the Village of Buffalo Grove has successfully re-written their winter maintenance plan, implemented BMP's for winter maintenance, reduced the amount of…
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While water and wastewater systems typically have dedicated funding resources to address system issues, identifying and choosing the most cost-effective approach to stormwater management can be a struggle. Risk-based asset management is quickly becoming a preferred business process for municipal public works programs. This session will review asset management evaluations completed for several municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) and other agencies, including case studies for risk-based projects performed for Washington, D.C.; Chesterfield County, Virginia; and the Georgia Department of Transportation. Use of GIS paired with a risk-based approach to stormwater system asset management can help communities and agencies more efficiently inventory their assets, and determine the current physical state and performance capabilities of each asset.Learning Objectives:Describe the key elements for conducting a risk-based stormwater asset management assessmentEvaluate new technologies to streamline field data collectionDiscover technology that can be used to develop a cost-effective stormwater capital improvement program (CIP)
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Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all transportation-related fatalities and severe injuries. This presentation will relate the knowledge gained by the speaker as part of his Jennings Randolph International Fellowship study in Sweden. Sweden is the birthplace of the Vision Zero approach and has implemented a variety of transportation practices.Learning Objectives: Achieve an understanding of the Vision Zero philosophy.Identify the tools and methods used in Sweden to improve transportation safety.Discover what the Jennings Randolph Fellowship program is and how public works professionals can apply and participate.
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When Columbus, Georgia, Public Works first introduced cross-training as a way to mitigate the effects of an aging and shrinking workforce, it was not well received by some employees. But in the end, the benefits have far outweighed the discomfort. Supervisors have been better able to recognize the competitive talents of employees, and production and employee morale have increased. Employees have discovered that their ability to help their co-workers in times of need has greatly benefited them when they needed additional support; plus, they have learned new skills and are more knowledgeable about the total department.Learning Objectives: Understand the true benefits of cross-training.Prepare for the challenges and downfalls of implementing cross-training.Implement a successful cross-training program.
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APWA's Fleet Services Committee has planned a very special learning opportunity for Fleet professionals. This program will consist of 4 separate presentations that will feature practical solutions on the issues facing Fleet departments in today's world. You may attend just those presentations that meet your immediate needs or join us for the full day of programming. If you are interested in obtaining CEU credit for those presentations that you attend, please see the volunteer monitors in the room and have your badge scanned after each presentation.Learn how municipalities are saving valuable time and taxpayer dollars by using Cooperative Purchasing Agreements. Presenters will include an experienced fleet professional and representatives from cooperative purchasing programs.Learning Objectives:Describe what cooperative purchasing isDiscover how your agency can implement cooperative purchasing.Save time and dollars for your fleet program
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Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) is catching the attention of water operations around the world. Water is injected into underground aquifers during peak moisture seasons and then recovered out of the same wells when it is needed during peak-hours, peak-days, or dry/hot weather droughts. Learn how one California city, using ASR, is increasing the sustainable water supply, improving water quality, and adding flexibility and reliability to the system. The goal is to annually store 1.5 billion gallons of clean, treated drinking water.Learning Objectives:Discuss how ASR technology works.Examine the benefits of ASR technology.Make an informed decision on whether or not to pursue ASR as a solution for their water operations.
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