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• ►1. Definitions and Planning
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction to Maintenance Management
    • ♦Purpose of this Chapter
  • ►2. Definitions of Maintenance
    • ♦Purpose of Definitions
    • ♦Definitions of Maintenance Work
    • ♦Travel Way
    • ♦Shoulder and Side Approaches
    • ♦Roadside
    • ♦Drainage
    • ♦Structures
    • ♦Traffic Operations
    • ♦Emergency Operations
  • ►3. Maintenance Plans
    • ♦Developing a Maintenance Plan
    • ♦Plan Format
• ►2. Budgeting
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Types of Budgets
    • ♦Allocation Programs
  • ►2. Maintenance Budget Process
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Appropriation Process
    • ♦District Allocations
    • ♦Budget Formulas
    • ♦Section Allocations
  • ►3. Contract Budget
    • ♦Contracted Routine Maintenance Budget
    • ♦Category 1, Preventive Maintenance and Rehabilitation, Allocation Program
  • ►4. Cash and Expenditures
    • ♦Department Accounting Systems
    • ♦How to Charge Routine Maintenance Expenditures
    • ♦Where to Find More Information
  • ►5. Maintenance Contingency Fund
    • ♦Contingency Fund
• ►3. Level of Service
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Levels of Service
  • ►2. Level of Service
    • ♦Purpose and Goal
    • ♦Why Guidelines are Needed
    • ♦Definitions
    • ♦Using the Guidelines
    • ♦Maintenance Priorities
    • ♦Pavement Maintenance
    • ♦Roadside Maintenance
    • ♦Operations
    • ♦Bridge Maintenance
  • ►3. Environmental Best Management
    • ♦Reserved for future section
• ►4. Contracting and Purchasing
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Purpose of Contracting and Purchasing
  • ►2. Routine Maintenance Contracts
    • ♦When to Use Routine Maintenance Contracts (RMC)
    • ♦Use of the Construction and Maintenance Contracting System (CMCS)
    • ♦District Let Contracts
    • ♦State Let Contracts
    • ♦Contract Administration
  • ►3. Preventive Maintenance Contracts
    • ♦Preventive Maintenance Contracts (CPM)
  • ►4. Emergency Contracts
    • ♦Authority for Expediting Emergency Contracts
    • ♦Emergency Contract Procedures
  • ►5. Purchase of Services
    • ♦Authority for Purchase of Services
    • ♦Definition of Service
    • ♦Materials and Services Used on the Roadway
  • ►6. Interagency Agreements and Contracts
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦Interagency Exchanges of Less Than $50,000
    • ♦Interagency Exchanges of More Than $50,000
  • ►7. Inmate/Probationer Labor
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Texas Department of Criminal Justice Memorandum of Agreement for Inmate Labor
    • ♦Sheriff's Department Agreement For County Inmate Labor
    • ♦Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD)
    • ♦Juvenile Offenders
  • ►8. State Use Program
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Process
  • ►9. Bridge Preventive Maintenance Program
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Eligible Bridges
    • ♦Contracting
  • ►10. Material Purchasing
    • ♦Where to Find Purchasing Procedures
    • ♦Review by the Maintenance Division (MNT)
• ►5. Agreements, Permits and Reports
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Municipal Maintenance Agreements
    • ♦Purpose
    • ♦Execution
    • ♦Required Documentation
    • ♦Exhibits
    • ♦Revision
    • ♦Inactive Cities
    • ♦Landscape Maintenance Agreements
  • ►3. Personal Injury and Property Damage Claims
    • ♦Types of Claims
    • ♦Claims Against the Department
    • ♦Damage Claims
  • ►4. River Water Use Certification
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦Reporting
  • ►5. Wetlands/Streambed Permits
    • ♦Clean Water Act
    • ♦Waters of the United States
    • ♦Wetland Defined
    • ♦Section 404 Permits
    • ♦Activities That Require Permits
    • ♦404 Permitting for Maintenance Activities
  • ►6. Storm Water Management
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) - Construction General Permit (CGP) (TXR150000)
    • ♦CGP Excluded Activities
    • ♦Activities Not Excluded from the CGP
    • ♦CGP - Notices of Intent/Notices of Termination
    • ♦CGP Summary
  • ►7. Major Accident or Unusual Incident Reporting
    • ♦Reporting
  • ►8. Highway Condition Reporting System
    • ♦Purpose
  • ►9. Storage Site Agreements
    • ♦General Procedure
    • ♦Submission
• ►6. Management Information Systems
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Maintenance Management System (MMS)
    • ♦Pavement Management Information System (PMIS)
    • ♦Texas Maintenance Assessment Program (TxMAP)
  • ►2. Maintenance Management System
    • ♦Maintenance Management System (MMS) Defined
    • ♦Function Codes for Maintenance
    • ♦MMS Interfaces
  • ►3. Pavement Management Information System
    • ♦Pavement Management Information System (PMIS) Defined
  • ►4. Texas Maintenance Assessment Program
    • ♦Texas Maintenance Assessment Program (TxMAP) Background
    • ♦Benefits
• ►7. Emergency Management
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Purpose of This Section
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦Natural and Manmade Disasters
    • ♦Role of the Department
  • ►2. Disasters and National Emergencies
    • ♦General Policy in All Disasters
    • ♦Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM)
    • ♦State Emergency Management Council
    • ♦Disaster District Committees
    • ♦Disaster District Committee Chairperson
  • ►3. Federal Reimbursement Programs
    • ♦General Policy
    • ♦Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
    • ♦Federal Emergency Management Agency Program (FEMA)
  • ►4. Oil and Hazardous Material Spills
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Abandoned Hazardous Materials
    • ♦Hazardous Substance Spill Contingency Plan
  • ►5. Emergency Planning Roles and Responsibilities
    • ♦District and Division Responsibilities
    • ♦Maintenance Section
    • ♦District Maintenance Management
    • ♦Maintenance Division Management
• ►8. Quarry and Pit Safety
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Texas Law and Code
    • ♦Safety Certificate Required
    • ♦District Requirements
    • ♦Further Information
• ►9. Local Government Assistance Program
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦County Assistance
    • ♦Program Allocation Method
    • ♦Division Responsibility
    • ♦District Responsibility
    • ♦Assistance to Cities

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Manual Notice: 2023-1

From: James R. Stevenson, P.E., Director, Maintenance Division

Manual: Maintenance Management Manual

Effective Date: July 07, 2023

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Purpose

The Maintenance Management Manual has been revised to clarify the addition of a section to the MMA section to describe Landscape Maintenance Agreements.

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Contents

Chapter 5, Section 2, Municipal Maintenance Agreements, has been revised to include a new section ‘Landscape Maintenance Agreements.’ This section describes how TxDOT may enter into a separate agreement with a city to maintain various landscape features after a Municipal Maintenance Agreement has been executed.

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Contact

Address questions concerning information contained in this Manual Notice to Mark Johnson at (512) 221-8993 or mark.j.johnson@txdot.gov.

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