Energy developments and the transportation infrastructure in Texas : impacts and strategies.

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• Creators:
  Quiroga, Cesar ; Fernando, Emmanuel ; Oh, Jeongho
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Energy Energy Industries--Texas Fuel Gas Geographic Information Systems Oils Resource Development Right Of Way (Land) Transportation--Texas Wind Power Generation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-12/0-6498-1 ; Report 0-6498-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sept. 2009-Aug. 2011.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  In recent years, Texas has experienced a boom in energy-related activities, particularly in wind power
  
  generation and extraction of oil and natural gas. While energy developments contribute to enhance the
  
  state’s ability to produce energy reliably, many short-term and long-term impacts on the state’s
  
  transportation infrastructure are not properly documented. Examples include the impact of frequent
  
  truckloads on state highway infrastructure such as pavement structures and shoulders, as well as impacts on
  
  roadside infrastructure such as driveways and drainage facilities. There is also a lack of documentation on
  
  the impact on TxDOT’s ability to manage the state highway right-of-way effectively, e.g., with respect to
  
  driveway access and utility crossings.
  
  This report describes the work completed to measure the impact of increased level of energy-related
  
  activities on the TxDOT right-of-way and infrastructure, as well as develop recommendations to reduce and
  
  manage TxDOT’s exposure and risk resulting from those activities. The report addresses a number of topics,
  
  including the process to develop a geodatabase of energy developments in the state, field visits, pavement
  
  impacts, roadside impacts, operational and safety impacts, and economic impacts. The geodatabase includes
  
  non-renewable energy datasets, renewable energy datasets, energy use datasets, and geology-related datasets.
  
  The recommendations for implementation were grouped into the following categories: early notification and
  
  coordination (five recommendations), road maintenance and repair (four recommendations), roadside
  
  management (two recommendations), and funding (five recommendations).
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6498
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24074/dot_24074_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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