TRAFFIC DELAY COST SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY

This paper focuses on trenchless technology cost savings due to elimination of traffic disruptions associated with utility cuts. Typical construction durations and traffic control plans for two lane roads have been utilized to develop equations for calculating traffic disruptions. The results show that as traffic levels increase, the user delay costs can be significant. It is suggested that the methodology presented can enable the decision maker to consider total costs, including user delay costs associated with typical traffic control plans, and that in certain cases this can make trenchless technology the most economic alternative.