Oregon Department of Transportation <br /> Management Review of Construction and Maintenance <br /> i <br /> Overall Findings, continued <br /> i <br /> Maintenance <br /> ODOT's maintenance function includes activities such as <br /> pavement repair, snow and ice control, litter .pick-up, and <br /> cleaning culverts, among others. <br /> ~ * ~ ~ <br /> t <br /> • ODOT is strengthening maintenance by implementing an <br /> effective outcome-based level of service approach <br /> • Currently, resources are allocated to regions on a historical <br /> erformance oals and cost <br /> ed u on <br /> bases, and are not bas p p g <br /> factors <br /> <br /> ,I <br /> • Managers have increased the use of contracting but not <br /> institutionalized an approach for evaluating the cost- <br /> effectiveness of contracting different activities <br /> ~I • The maintenance management system supports a systematic <br /> approach to planning work, but needs to be modernized to <br /> handle the new level-of-service approach <br /> Page 9 <br /> 00307h18.doc <br /> 170898-12.56 <br /> D Y h ~t A N\ G E M E N T G R O U P! N C. <br /> <br />