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S.F. No. 1587 - Pavement Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Author: Senator Steve Murphy
Prepared by: Bonnie Berezovsky, Senate Counsel (651/296-9191)

Krista Boyd, Fiscal Analyst (651/296-7681)

Date: March 8, 2007

Section 1, Subdivision 1, defines terms. "Life-cycle cost" is initial pavement cost and costs of maintenance, repair, and resurfacing. "Life-cycle cost analysis" compares life-cycle costs of competing pavement materials using equal design lives.

Subdivision 2 requires the Commissioner of Transportation, for each project involving paving costs in excess of $100,000, to perform a life-cycle cost analysis and design and award the project utilizing the paving material with the lowest life-cycle cost.

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