Dubai RTAs PMMS to identify surface damage of roads received the Brandon Hall Excellence Award 2022

Commuters might have witnessed an ultra-high-tech beam tailing the RTA vehicle which is laser technology that gathers road surface condition data and plays a huge role in enhancing operational efficiencies. 

According to Maitha bin Adai, CEO of the RTA Traffic and Roads Agency, this feature cuts field inspection time by up to 400 percent and increases the accuracy of automated inspection data to 97 percent compared to previous surveying and automated examination.

This innovation called the Pavement Maintenance Management System (PMMS) has recently won the RTA an international award. The authority received the Brandon Hall Excellence Award 2022 under the 'Business Future — 'Best Advance in Assessment and Survey Technology category'. The RTA's PMMS project is a comprehensive automated system for assessing roads condition.

It is tailored to track and examine paving layers for all types of roads, record the current pavement condition, and identify damages that occur in the paving layers during the operational cycle of paving, including data related to the date of construction, operational status, and maintenance procedures as stated by Bin Adai.

To keep them in outstanding shape and to guarantee that they satisfy the standards for the safety and comfort of road users, pavements are periodically inspected and maintained. The RTA was able to automate these routine checks with the PMMS.

According to the functional and structural evaluation carried out by the Traffic & Roads Agency in 2022, Dubai's Road Facilities Construction Condition Index scored 95%.