About the Frozen Four

Objectives | Partners | Bylaws & Procedures | Progress Reports

The North Central Pavement Research Partnership is a new pooled fund project (#TPF-5(119)) dedicated to improving the roads in the region by delivering thoughtful and timely research findings for implementation. This will be done by integrating and coordinating the research efforts of the member agencies in order to reduce research duplication, to engage the best research teams, to optimize the use of research dollars, to expedite research solutions, and to effectively communicate research results and issues.

Objectives

1. Share research problem statements from individual partner agencies.
2. Establish common short and long term research objectives in specific areas
3. Assess and prioritize common research objectives.
4. Identify means (including pooled funds) to initiate and monitor priority research projects of common interest.
5. Share and review the results from research projects of common interest.
6. Collaborate on the implementation of research results of common interest.
7. Transfer technology to improve highways
8. Share issues, research needs, data, and solutions on an on-going basis.
9. Fund and execute short-term research and technology transfer activities as needed and as able.

Partners

Illinois

Iowa

Michigan

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Bylaws and Procedures

Progress Reports