Towards the Incorporation of Environmental Impacts into Pavement Management Systems

Incorporating Flood Hazards into Pavement Sustainability Assessment

“…LCCA is commonly used by transportation agencies across Canada to evaluate the overall long-term cost effectiveness and compare competing pavement designs, but the economic costs of adverse environmental impacts are rarely considered in pavement design and management decisions ( 24 , 25 ). Recent studies have estimated social costs of environmental impacts of pavement management activities (including air and water pollution, and noise) to integrate them into existing LCCA ( 26 – 30 ). A similar approach can be used to assess the sustainability performance of pavement while considering climate change impacts.…”