State of Good Repair (SGR) Program

In 2015, House Bill 1887 was passed and incorporated into the Code of Virginia (§ 33.2-369) to create the State of Good Repair (SGR) Program. Also, Code of Virginia (§ 33.2-232) and Code of Virginia (§ 33.2-214) have requirements regarding the SGR program 

Known as State of Good Repair (SGR), the program provides funding for deteriorated pavements and Poor Condition -- structurally deficient * (SD) -- bridges owned or maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and or localities, as approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Legislation requires the program to be transparent and based on objectively obtained and developed data.

House Bill 1887 (Chapter 684) Enactment 2 required that the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approve a prioritization ranking process by July 1, 2016 for SD bridges and deteriorated pavements. CTB approved the SGR Program Prioritization Process Methodology in June 2016 as outlined in “Resolution of the CTB Approved Process Methodology and FY2017 State of Good Repair Percentage Fund Distribution”.  Subsequent Resolutions have since been approved by the CTB to address fund distributions and other matters affecting SGR. Links to the various CTB resolutions can be found below.

SGR allocations are for rehabilitating or replacing bridges deemed in Poor Condition (SD) on the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) and deteriorated pavement on interstate and primary highways. SGR funds are required to be distributed proportionately between VDOT and localities, based on assessed needs. Each district will receive between 5.5 percent and 17.5 percent of the total available SGR funds in any given year based on its SGR needs as described above. Furthermore, the CTB has the ability to approve two exceptions or waivers to this funding distribution requirement.

State of Good Repair Requirements

Description	Pavement	Bridge
Purpose	Reconstruction/Rehabilitation (Deteriorated)	Reconstruction/Replacement (Structurally Deficient)
System	VDOT Maintained Interstate and Primary Routes and Locally Maintained Primary Extensions	All Systems (VDOT and Locally Maintained)
Priority Consideration	Priority Consideration Lowest CCI, Highest AADT Number, Condition, Costs	Number, Condition, Costs
Distribution	All nine construction districts - Based on needs Min 5.5% and Max 17.5% per year
Waivers	Key Project - extraordinary circumstances only - cap can be waived
	20% taken off the top for Secondary Pavements (if VDOT secondary target not met)	N/A

* A bridge that has been deemed structurally deficient does not imply that it’s likely to collapse or is unsafe, but there are elements of the bridge that need to be monitored and / or repaired.

Important Dates

Virginia localities must submit applications and work notification form through the SMART Portal.  The application/notification form in-take period tentatively starts on Oct. 1, 2020 and ends on Dec. 11, 2020, at 5 p.m.

For more information:

Please see the SGR Bridge Program page or the SGR Primary (Locality) Extension Pavement Program page. (These links are also available under Quick Links.)