New and improved pavement technologies are developed through laboratory investigations, construction and maintenance, theoretical analyses, long term performance studies such as SHRP and C-SHRP, and integrated programs of laboratory and field research. It is the latter, integrated approach, which is the subject of this paper. In 2002, the advancement of pavement technology was given a quantum boost by the largest research funding ever provided to the field, $9 million in total. The support package has been provided from The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT), Ontario Research and Development Foundation (ORDCF), and several private and public sector partners. The first major initiative to occur under this support is an integrated laboratory and field research program involving new state-of-the-art testing equipment, and new expanded field and central laboratories and central and satellite field test sections. This paper first briefly summarizes the background, partnerships, vision and focus areas for the research initiative, and then concentrates on the design, construction and performance results from the central field test sections. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E211395.
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