A Review of Highway Agencies in the South Asia Region

A Review of Highway Agencies in the South Asia Region
Planning and Programming
In order to maximize the return on investment, SANRAL has developed a medium- and
long-term asset management strategy. This strategy aims at holistic management and clear
funding prioritization. The responsibility for planning is placed at different levels within
SANRAL. The higher echelons are responsible for strategic planning, leaving the further
detailing of these plans to the lower echelons of the organization. Figure C3 shows this
distribution of responsibilities.
Figure C3: Planning responsibilities within SANRAL 28
28 SANRAL (2009). Declaration of Intent 2009 – 2012.
In the planning process, the following inputs are used to develop road works plans:
Historical performance;
Materials availability;
Availability of funds/financial constraints;
Traffic volume and composition;
Road classification and adjacent land use; and
Environment.
However, planning is driven by the impact of the quality of the road network experienced
by its users. Financial constraints are incorporated through a Medium Term Expenditure
Framework (MTEF), at least where it concerns non-toll roads. This MTEF details future
allocations of available tax-based revenues and thus describes budget constraints.
Execution of Works and Delivery of Services
Road Network Management
SANRAL employs an integrated approach to road network management. This approach is
based on regular data collection to monitor the performance of the network. Maintenance
and rehabilitation requirements are determined based on this approach. Supporting road
network management are several smaller management programs. There is a united focus
on delivering results that can be monitored through KPIs and the integrated approach to
the network and individual stretches/projects which form part of the network. The overview
presented in Figure C4 shows the overall performance management framework of SANRAL.
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