Issue - meetings

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To deliver a maintenance programme in line with the Code of Practice 'Well-managed highway infrastructure’. Changing from reliance on specific guidance and recommendations in the previous Codes to a risk-based approach determined by appropriate analysis, robust data and continuous review. The Code is designed to promote the adoption of an integrated asset management approach to highway infrastructure based on the establishment of local levels of service through risk-based assessment. The Code, as with previous codes, recognises that “prevention is always better than cure”.

Invest in highways maintenance to establish a pro-active ’find and fix’ regime. To reverse the impact of budget reductions and savings pressures, that has resulted in a reactive maintenance programme and on the basis of need regime.

There are 6 ways to help keep the drainage assets free flowing and clear:-

·       Prevent debris covering the inlets and restricting flow

·       Prevent debris entering the pipe and restricting the flow

·       Prevent debris entering the outfalls and restricting flow

·       Identifying damage to the infrastructure quickly

·       Maintain the surface course of the road to prevent loss of material into the drains

·       Prevent run off from adjacent land that silt up the drainage system

The proposal seeks additional funding to:-

·       Sweep roads appropriate to local conditions

·       Empty gullies and prove pipes and outlets appropriate to local conditions

·       Repair damaged infrastructure where it cannot be cleared

·       Upgrade the capacity where viable

Author: Carl Touhig

Contact Details: carltouhig@monmouthshire.gov.uk

To increase funding for highways maintenance of drainage assets in line with the Code of Practice 'Well-managed highway infrastructure’.

To increase funding for sweeping the priority routes to support maintenance of drainage assets.

To deliver a cyclical programme of maintenance for drainage assets along the County priority routes.

To identify and plot all drainage assets across the county as part of a risk-based assessment and provide maintenance records regarding asset management.