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Division of Highways
Asset Management:
Recommends to the Board of Transportation the distribution of Maintenance and Resurfacing Funds across
14 Divisions and 100 counties. Manages and supports the following central units: Bridge Management,
Equipment & Inventory Control, Construction, Intelligent Transport Systems, Materials & Tests, Oversize/Overweight Permits, Pavement Maintenance, Roadside Environmental, Secondary Roads and State Road Maintenance.
Bridge Management Unit:
Responsible for the inspection, analysis, inventory, and administration of maintenance
policies and procedures for all structures on the State Highway System.
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Pavement Management Unit:
Provides adequate and economical designs for new pavements and rehabilitation designs.
Maintains records of pavement history, service life, skid, profile, features and conditions
of existing paved roadways.
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Equipment and Inventory Control Unit:
Supports the DOT's equipment and material needs for the operation of the state's transportation system.
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Roadside Environmental Unit:
Provides roadside elements for a state highway system that is safe, environmentally sound, attractive
and responsive to the public's needs. Programs of interest include NC Wildflower, NC Scenic Byways,
Adopt-A-Highway, Wildlife Habitat and Rest Areas.
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Unit:
Manages and maintains the State's Travel Information System. Provides incident management services for the state.
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Secondary Roads Unit:
Maintains the inventory of Secondary roads, paved and unpaved roads, on the NCDOT system. Manages
priority status for unpaved roads to be paved and respond to the public's inquiries regarding
additions and deletions of roads to the State maintained system.
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Oversize/Overweight Permits Unit:
Processes applications and issues permits for oversize/overweight vehicles. The Permit Unit
also furnishes lists of restricted routes and permit information to the general public.
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State Road Maintenance Unit:
Implements and manages programs for maintaining roads on the NCDOT system.
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Field Operations:
Field Operations oversees the Construction Unit, Materials and Tests Unit and the 14 Division offices across North Carolina.
Construction Unit:
Provides oversight and administration to highway construction projects under private contract. This
office ensure adequate staffing, monitors and evaluates contractual agreements, and works closely with the Federal Highway Administration.
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Materials and Tests Unit:
Responsible for determining the quality of materials and products incorporated into the Transportation
System. The Unit manages the training and certification of technicans and approves products for use and provides expertise to field personnel.
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Alternative Delivery Unit:
The Alternative Delivery Unit develops and provides the Department with
alternative contracting methods for delivery of transportation projects. The Alternative Delivery Unit is comprised of three groups: Design-Build, Value Management, and Alternative Contracts.
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Right of Way Branch:
Responsible fore acquisition of all necessary lands and rights of way used for construction and
improvements of all roads and highways which are part of the State Highway System.
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Highway Design Branch:
Comprised of 6 units: Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulics, Location & Surveys, Photogrammetry, Roadway
Design, and Structure Design. The primary responsibilities of the branch are to oversee all design
aspects of highway design.
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Traffic Engineering and Safety Systems Branch:
The branch includes the Traffic Safety Unit, the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and
Signals Unit, and Traffic Congestion and Signing Unit. These Units are responsible for monitoring,
evaluating and implementing traffic operational and safety measures and countermeasures to
improve traffic flow and safety on the highway system.
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Project Development and Environmental Analysis:
The Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch (PDEA) was formed in response to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, which called for efforts to prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and the biosphere.
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Transportation Planning Branch:
The Transportation Planning Branch (TPB)'s mission is to provide multi-modal transportation planning services to municipalities, counties, regions, MPOs and RPOs. The Branch includes the Traffic Survey Unit and Transportation Planning Units.
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Project Services:
Offers specialized expertise in standard specifications, special provisions, bid packages, plans and standards, contract time, estimating, utility encroachment agreements, right of way contracts, and engineered designs and solutions for utility structures.
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Work Zone Traffic Control:
Prepares Transportation Management Plans for TIP projects, provides support to field offices during
construction of TIP projects, and tests, approves, and implements new and innovative work zone
products and technologies.
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Safety & Loss Control:
The Safety & Loss Control Division recognizes that the safety of NCDOT employees is paramount to the maintenance and construction of the state transportation system.
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