SOLUTIONS
Street Maintenance Dilemma
Many cities now struggle with the difficult task of funding adequate street maintenance. State and local budgets
continue to decrease. Gas taxes are stretched thin. Public street use continues to grow. As if this weren’t
enough, statistics prove that refuse, construction, and transit vehicles can cause up to 60% of total vehicle
damage to public streets annually — which can cost jurisdictions tens of thousands to millions of dollars to
repair. How can this damage from heavy-duty vehicles be proven and how can maintenance expenses be
recovered from parties creating the damage?
Fortunately, HF&H has solutions.
Premium Studies, Lucrative Solutions
Clients rely on HF&H when they need experts to evaluate street deterioration factors, measure the impact of refuse, construction, and transit vehicles—and provide street maintenance funding solutions. As leaders in this arena, we help jurisdictions achieve street maintenance funding goals by:
Conducting proven impact studies to assess and document
the detrimental effects that heavy-duty vehicles
impose on public streets.
Developing innovative funding strategies to equitably recover maintenance costs from responsible parties.
Is Your Street Funding Adequate?
Damage from refuse vehicles can cost
jurisdictions over $320,000 annually; and
construction vehicles can result in over
$740,000 in maintenance costs annually. |
VALUABLE IMPACT STUDY SERVICES
HF&H studies accurately measure the damage caused to city streets by refuse, construction, and transit vehicles.
Our studies often find that the damage caused by heavy-duty vehicles produces a disproportionate financial burden that can be alleviated.
HF&H performs the following studies to help determine the impact of various vehicles and facilities on street quality:
Recycling and Solid Waste Vehicle Impact Studies:
We collaborate with our clients’ service providers to distinguish the physical impact of and associated maintenance
expenses from collection vehicles regularly operating on public streets.
Transit Vehicle Impact Studies:
We study vehicle types, routing, ridership, and trip frequencies of bus
transit systems to calculate the impact on public streets and associated maintenance expenses.
Facility Impact Studies:
We work with host jurisdictions
and facility operators to establish the impacts of hosting regionally used facilities in their jurisdictions and to set reasonable host fees for those facilities.
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Innovative Ideas Abound
HF&H understands that jurisdictions must find new ways to acquire revenue in order to maintain safe, high-quality roadways. Our studies substantiate that
one way to fund street maintenance is to initiate Refuse Vehicle Impact Fees in addition to franchise fees. Our experts help clients calculate and establish
appropriate Refuse Vehicle Impact Fees based on vehicle usage for regular collection services and, if applicable,
at solid waste and/or recycling facilities within jurisdictions—which can contribute hundreds of thousands
of dollars annually toward street maintenance.
Remarkable Results
California jurisdictions have reaped the rewards of HF&H refuse vehicle and facility host impact studies:
The City of Fresno identified $726,000 in Refuse
Vehicle impacts; $597,000 in Transit Vehicle impacts;
and $7,912,000 in Construction Vehicle impacts. -
The City of Livermore now collects approximately
$835,000 annually to assist with street maintenance
related to Refuse Vehicles.
“On behalf of the City of Livermore
Public Works Department, I would like to
take this opportunity to express my
satisfaction and appreciation for the
outstanding services provided by HF&H.”
Dan McIntyre, P.E.
Public Works Director
City of Livermore |
ADVANTAGES YOU CAN TRUST
Client Satisfaction
Our clients have unanimously reported 100% satisfaction with our results, hire us again & again, and recommend
our services to other jurisdictions with similar needs.*
Incomparable Support
HF&H delivers outstanding support every step of the way. We build long-term relationships and deliver long-term
value for every client.
Substantial Results
We address your particular challenges and maximize your solid waste, recycling, and diversion results. We’ve saved our clients millions of dollars, collectively, through expert financial analysis.
One-Source Solutions
As a team with extensive public sector and private hauler experience, we collaborate and offer comprehensive
solutions to your diversion compliance and contract performance issues.
Get to know us and discover why we’re the right choice for your vehicle impact study and street maintenance funding solutions services.
*Results of 2006 HF&H Client Satisfaction Survey conducted by
Johnston, Gremaux & Rossi, LLP, Certified Public Accountants. |
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