For 2023, 15 departments of transportation (DOTs) earned a Perpetual Pavement Award (PPA): By Performance. This year's winning projects epitomize the long-life asphalt pavements that reflect the characteristics of a Perpetual Pavement design: excellence in design, quality in construction, and value to taxpayers. To learn more about the 2022 PPA:By Performance winners, please click the projects below:
On December 1, 2023, Mel Monk, Exceutive Director of the Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA), presented the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) with their 2022 PPA:By Performance for SR 52 in Geneva County. There to accept the award on behalf of ALDOT were George Conner, ALDOT Deputy Director – Operations;John Eichelberger, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Materials & Tests Engineer; Kendall Smith, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Assistant Materials & Tests Engineer; Jim Adams, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Construction Engineer; and Chris Huner, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Operations Engineer.
Pictured L to R: Conner, Monk, Eichelberger, Smith, Adams, and Huner
- Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Highway 24, Section 6 (MM 5.90 - MM 8.70) in Ouachita County
- Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) SR 9336 (MP 0.000 - MP 7.057) in Miami-Dade County
Buzz Powell, APA's Technical Director, presented Patrick Overton, FDOT State Construction Engineer, with their 2022 PPA: By Performance at the 2023 ACAF Convention. - Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) US 50 in Trenton
- Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) I-80 (MP 176.06 - MP 180.29) in Jasper County
- Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) State Highway Administration I-97 NB & SB (MP 1.20 - MP 4.75) in Anne Arundel County
- Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) SR 16 (LM 19.521 - LM 29.152) in Yazoo County
Colton Robison, Executive Director of the Mississippi Asphalt Pavement Association, recently presented MDOT with their 2022 PPA: By Performance. Proudly accepting the award were John Caldwell, Northern District Transportation Commissioner; Willie Simmons, Central District Transportation Commissioner; Earl Glenn-, MDOT District 3 Engineer; Tom King, Southern District Transportation Commissioner; Joel Bellipanni, MDOT District 3 Special Projects Engineer; and current MAPA President Lester Williams, Dickerson and Bowen inc.This is MDOT's seventh PPA. - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), District 10-0, SR 210 (Segments 0080/0000 - 0150/3328) in Armstrong County
- Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) SR 34 (LM 7.73 - LM 12.95) in Greene County
On July 13, 2023, Tennessee Road Builders Association (TRBA) President Brian Marsh of Ford Construction Co. in Dyersburg, Tenn., presented the record-breaking 18th PPA: By Performance to TDOT Commissioner Butch Eley at the TRBA Mid-Year Meeting in Nashville.- Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) I-81 Northbound (MP 109.8 - MP 111.8) in Montgomergy County
- Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) SR 02 (MP 46.05 - MP 48.72) in King County
WSDOT was presented with their ninth PPA: By Peformance at WAPA's 69th Annual Meeting. WSDOT also earned a 2022 PPA: By Design and a 2022 PPA: By Conversion.