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For 2022, 11 departments of transportation (DOTs) earned a Perpetual Pavement Award (PPA): By Performance. This year's winning projects epitomize the long-life asphalt pavements that reflect the characteristics of a Perpetual Pavement design: excellence in design, quality in construction, and value to taxpayers. To learn more about the 2022 PPA:By Performance winners, please click the projects below:

On December 1, 2023, Mel Monk, Exceutive Director of the Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA), presented the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) with their 2022 PPA:By Performance for SR 52 in Geneva County. There to accept the award on behalf of ALDOT were George Conner, ALDOT Deputy Director – Operations;John Eichelberger, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Materials & Tests Engineer; Kendall Smith, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Assistant Materials & Tests Engineer; Jim Adams, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Construction Engineer; and Chris Huner, ALDOT Southeast Region – Troy Area, Operations Engineer.

Pictured L to R: Conner, Monk, Eichelberger, Smith, Adams, and Huner 

Buzz Powell, APA's Technical Director, presented Patrick Overton, FDOT State Construction Engineer, with their 2022 PPA: By Performance at the 2023 ACAF Convention. 
 
Pictures L to R: Overton and Powell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colton Robison, Executive Director of the Mississippi Asphalt Pavement Association, recently presented MDOT with their 2022 PPA: By Performance. Proudly accepting the award were John Caldwell, Northern District Transportation Commissioner; Willie Simmons, Central District Transportation Commissioner; Earl Glenn-, MDOT District 3 Engineer; Tom King, Southern District Transportation Commissioner; Joel Bellipanni, MDOT District 3 Special Projects Engineer; and current MAPA President Lester Williams, Dickerson and Bowen inc.This is MDOT's seventh PPA. 
 
Pictured L to R: Robison, Caldwell, Simmons, Glenn, King, Bellipanni, and Williams.
On July 13, 2023, Tennessee Road Builders Association (TRBA) President Brian Marsh of Ford Construction Co. in Dyersburg, Tenn., presented the record-breaking 18th PPA: By Performance to TDOT Commissioner Butch Eley at the TRBA Mid-Year Meeting in Nashville.
 
Pictured L to R: Marsh and Eley.
 
 
 
 
 
WSDOT was presented with their ninth PPA: By Peformance at WAPA's 69th Annual Meeting. WSDOT also earned a 2022 PPA: By Design and a 2022 PPA: By Conversion.