Cumberland, Maryland and its Pavement Management System

Recognizing that its collection of streets (or pavement network) is a valuable asset, and wanting to manage that asset over a long term using preventative maintenance and/or rehabilitation rather than reconstruction on a sporadic basis; the City of Cumberland administrative staff and elected officials have opted to implement a Pavement Management System (PMS). The PMS will allow for an objective assessment of the current pavement network along with its rehabilitation needs, and provide and objective estimate of the funding levels needed for budgeting. Thus providing a system to allow better cost-effective strategies and actions to improve the pavement network and to protect the City’s invest in its pavement network.