MCM Work Activity Coordination Functional Area

Description

'MCM Work Activity Coordination' disseminates work activity schedules and current asset restrictions to other agencies. Work schedules are coordinated with operating agencies, factoring in the needs and activities of other agencies and adjacent jurisdictions. Work schedules are also distributed to Transportation Information Centers for dissemination to the traveling public.

Included In

Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways Maintenance Bureau
DuPage County Maintenance Operations
IDOT District 1 Maintenance Management
IDOT District 1 Bureau of Traffic – Expressway Operations Unit
IDOT District 1 ComCenter
Illinois Tollway Maintenance and Construction
Kane County Maintenance Operations
Lake County Highway Maintenance Operations
McHenry County Maintenance Operations
Will County Division of Transportation Maintenance Operations
Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways Construction Bureau
City of Chicago DOT Division of Electrical Operations
City of Chicago DOT Roadway Maintenance
Lake County Highway Construction Operations
Kendall County Maintenance Operations
Grundy County Maintenance Operations
City of Chicago Incident Center (CIC)
Kane County Construction Operations
IDOT Expressway Lane Construction Closure Application Website
IDOT Arterial Construction Closure Application Website

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
01The center shall provide work zone activities affecting the road network including the nature of the maintenance or construction activity, location, impact to the roadway, expected time(s) and duration of impact, anticipated delays, alternate routes, and suggested speed limits. This information may be augmented with images that provide a visual indication of current work zone status and traffic impacts.
02The center shall provide status information about scheduled maintenance and construction activities including anticipated closures and impact to the roadway, alternate routes, anticipated delays, closure times, and durations. The information is provided to other management centers such as traffic, emergency, transit, traveler information providers, other maintenance centers, multimodal transportation providers, rail operations, and the media.
03The center shall collect and respond to feedback concerning scheduled maintenance and construction activities with other management centers such as traffic, emergency, transit, and rail operations.
04The center shall collect and disseminate asset restriction information levied on transportation asset usage based on infrastructure design, surveys, tests, or analyses. This includes standard facility design height, width, and weight restrictions, special restrictions such as spring weight restrictions, and temporary facility restrictions that are imposed during maintenance and construction.
05The Center shall provide road infrastructure restriction information to other Centers.
06The center shall exchange information with administrative systems to support the planning and scheduling of maintenance and construction activities. This information includes: equipment and consumables resupply purchase request status, personnel qualifications including training and special certifications, environmental regulations and rules that may impact maintenance activities, and requests and project requirements from contract administration.
07The center shall exchange rail schedules and work plans with rail operations centers.