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Lightning Park car park, Noranda Technical Services Engineering The Engineering Section continued to improve the City’s amenity and infrastructure in 2008-09. More than $1.8 million was spent on road works, while a further $1.78 million was invested in operational maintenance for engineering works including street lighting, street sweeping, bus shelters, graffiti cleaning, signs, roads, drains, paths and kerbing. Construction The 2008-09 highlight was the construction of the Principal Shared Path leading from the Bayswater Train Station to the Tonkin Highway. The City of Bayswater undertook the project on behalf of the Department of Planning to speed up the provision of an important community facility. The City was recognised for its successful delivery of the project in a timely way, and at a fraction of the cost quoted by private contractors. Road and footpath improvements The City has continued to replace its network of slab footpaths with concrete, in order to improve amenity, eliminate trip hazards and reduce maintenance costs. In 2008-09, the City purchased a new road sweeper to improve the sweeping of arterial roads, ensuring that safety conditions are met for all road users. The City resurfaced 12 kilometres of roads in 2008-09 to ensure the road network remained at the highest standard for motorists and cyclists. Roads resurfaced included: • Slade Street, Bayswater; • Wall Street, Maylands; • Murray Street, Bayswater; • Rowlands Street, Maylands; • Bramwell Street, Noranda; • Barnard Place, Noranda; and • Turon Street, Morley. This financial year also saw the commencement of the four year program of upgrading all street signs in the City to the new reflective standard. The signs will be clearer during the day and at night. Traffic management A number of traffic management projects were undertaken to improve safety. These included works in: • Whatley Crescent; • Railway Parade/Beechboro Road; and • Wall Street. 16 city of bayswater annual report 2008-09
King William Street, Bayswater Geographic information services Spatial systems In the 2008-09 financial year, the City’s internal corporate mapping system, CitySpatial, was integrated to another corporate application, the waste management request system. The City receives more than 120 ratepayer waste related requests daily, including 3m³ bulk bin orders, tip pass orders, service requests and complaints. Integrating the two systems has improved turnaround times for ratepayers and ensured greater accuracy in the information provided. The City also produced 1,464 land certificates this financial year. These certificates are used by property purchasers to gather information such as drainage, zonings, land areas, and licences relating to the property. The City’s online mapping application, Interactive City Maps, was integrated to the planning and building application processes, enabling applicants to search the property in question to monitor the status of their application in the City of Bayswater. In December 2008, high resolution aerial images of the City were taken and loaded on the City’s spatial applications, including its online Interactive City Map service for the community. Fleet management An additional 17 operational vehicles were fitted with the real time Global Positioning System (GPS) fleet monitoring devices this financial year. This included road sweepers and street tree watering trucks. Each vehicle is fitted with duress functionality for emergency use by all drivers and includes onboard messaging services. A total of 35 vehicles are now monitored in real time to help better manage work flows and provide a safer working environment. All vehicles are monitored by the City’s security call centre operations 24 hours a day. Infrastructure asset management Global positioning system (GPS) mapping of the City’s storm water drainage network, roads and footpaths are continuing so a comprehensive inventory of assets can be established. There are more than 220 kilometres of interconnected pipes with over 10,000 junction points. In addition, the City has an extensive sealed road network spanning 381 kilometres in length, and there are 290 kilometres of footpaths. Creating an inventory of this infrastructure, including rating its condition, will assist in rolling out maintenance programs. city of bayswater annual report 2008-09 17
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