A Review of Highway Agencies in the South Asia Region

A Review of Highway Agencies in the South Asia Region
SHAMP has a national ‘operational business’ focus and currently sits beside the Capital
Plan. While the Capital Plan is developed and agreed at the political level, the asset
stewardship expectations of SHAMP are recognized in capital program decision-making and
project development. These two plans are closely coordinated and together define the state
highway business and management of state highway assets.
This is a key strategic management document for the NZTA that translates the long and
short term goals and objectives into a plan to manage the assets, identifies the actual
service required and expenditure that goes with it.
Execution of Works and Services
Network management aims at enabling efficient movement of people and goods across
New Zealand’s infrastructure. NZTA does this through management of its assets and the
ways people use the network.
Asset Management
NZTA uses a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, upgrading and
expanding physical assets to manage the effectiveness of transportation assets throughout
their lifecycle.
This approach results in the publication of SHAMP which covers all infrastructure assets
that together form the state highway network, including road carriageways, bridges and
structures, drainage features, traffic facilities, lighting, Intelligent Transport System assets,
landscaping and miscellaneous assets within the road reserve.
The asset management cycle shown in Figure C10 summarizes how asset-related demands
are assessed and met. SHAMP is structured to address each stage of this cycle and describe
key improvement initiatives and targets for the next three years with respect to the asset
and associated management practice.
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To efficiently operate the network, several tools are used:
A central traffic management center enabling NZTA to optimize the use of the network
Figure C10: NZTA asset management cycle
37 NZTA (2010). Operating our network. http://www.nzta.govt.nz/network/operating/index.html.
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