CDOT asset management program briefs stack on inventories, performance metrics and funding

CDOT’s asset management program manager briefed the Transportation Commission stack on how the department inventories assets, measures performance and sets multi‑year planning budgets.

Toby Manthi explained that CDOT’s formal asset management program (in place since 2012) covers 12 asset classes and is governed by policy directive 16‑09. The program maintains inventories, performance measures and models that forecast future condition and recommend preservation, rehabilitation or replacement treatments. Manthi noted that asset managers plan treatments four years in advance and that the Transportation Commission approves performance targets and planning budgets.

The program’s planning budget is approximately $870 million per year when bridge and tunnel enterprise funds are included. Manthi said roughly 89% of asset funding is concentrated in maintenance, pavement and bridges; remaining asset classes (signals, rest areas, heavy fleet, etc.) share about 11%.

Performance and the 10‑year plan: Manthi said some metrics are improving (for example, interstate poor pavement percentages have dropped since 2021) and that the next transportation asset management plan is due March 2027. He also explained how the asset management program complements the CDOT 10‑year plan, which funds larger backlog reductions and some system expansion.

Questions from stack members focused on how local input is incorporated into inventories and how CDOT models aging infrastructure; Manthi and pavement asset manager Craig Wheaton explained that vendor‑collected condition data feed models and that regions coordinate with local officials when preparing treatment lists.