Transport Asset Management Plan - Halton Borough Council

Halton Borough Council
Transport Asset Management Plan
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“Asset management is a strategic approach that identifies the optimal allocation of resources
for the management, operation, preservation and enhancement of the highway infrastructure to
meet the needs of current and future customers.”
The Local Transport Plan (LTP) is a document that describes the direction and strategy for the
delivery of transport related services. The current LTP guidelines require every local authority to
demonstrate that they are managing their transport asset effectively. This is to be achieved through
the production of a Transport Asset Management Plan (TAMP).
The compilation of a TAMP will provide the Council with a tool to: -
• Support the Corporate need for detailed information on its assets held authority wide.
• Establish and communicate a clear relationship between the programme set out in the
TAMP and the authority’s LTP targets and objectives.
• Ensure existing highway assets are in a condition compatible with the delivery of the
LTP.
• Enable the value for money of local road maintenance to be considered more
effectively against other local transport spending, eventually assisting in local transport
strategy and plan production.
• Obtain and organise information to support Whole Government Accounting (WGA)
requirements.
Corporately the TAMP has to reflect the Council’s Corporate Plan. The TAMP must also take into
consideration customer expectations, availability of funding, identification of annual programmes of
work and appropriate levels of service for the transportation infrastructure. This TAMP will set the
framework for improving highway maintenance in the Borough in the longer term and to ensure that
the aims set out in the Corporate Plan are achieved.
An initial coarse valuation has been undertaken and values the cost of replacing the asset at
£1.25billion. The TAMP will be updated annually to refine data on Highway Assets and their value.
The Plan recommends that a number of actions be carried out.
1. Carry out further public surveys to improve understanding of the public perception of highway
maintenance.
2. Complete the population of the Bridge Management System database.
3. Refine current levels of service.
4. Measure demand aspirations and associated service levels.
5. Develop the current 3 year maintenance programme in to one of 10 years.
6. Develop a formal risk register.
7. Produce lifecycle plans for each major asset.
The TAMP is a ‘live’ document that will be subject to constant review and updating to meet the
ongoing demands of Highway Maintenance. Annual updates of the Plan will be published to maintain
its relevance in the future.
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