Annual Report 2006 (main body) - RTA - NSW Government

elow the levels of previous years. Almost
all this expenditure on natural disasters
occurred in regional areas of the State.
Major works recently completed under the
accelerated program include:
7.5 km of the Gwydir Highway
at Lamonts Lane west of Inverell.
1.3 km of the Orange to Parkes
Road near Manildra.
1.5 km of the Golden Highway
at Plain Creek east of Dubbo.
1.8 km of the Castlereagh Highway
near Gilgandra.
3.5 km of Campbelltown Road.
1.2 km of John Renshaw Drive.
DISASTER REPAIRS
Disasters cause significant and widespread
hardship for the people of NSW, industry
and communities. The NSW Government
provides significant financial assistance to
councils to repair roads damaged by declared
natural disasters. It also funds repairs to road
infrastructure on Crown Roads.
MURRAY RIVER BORDER CROSSINGS
Progress was made on upgrading key
crossings on the Murray River in 2005–06.
The NSW and Victorian Governments
published a Murray Crossings Strategy in
March 2002.
NATURAL
DISASTER REPAIRS
In 2005–06, the RTA managed $42.3
million of NSW Government funds to
repair damage from declared storms,
flooding and bushfires. Major storm
events occurred in the South West,
Central West and North Coast areas,
together with bushfires in the Junee
area. Major restoration continued in
the Moree and Narrabri areas as a
result of flooding in 2004–05.
A new crossing at Barooga–Cobram was
completed in June 2006 and fully funded
by the NSW and Victorian Governments.
The NSW Government is cooperating with
the Australian and Victorian Governments
on the new crossing at Robinvale due for
completion in late 2006, and planning for a
new crossing at Moama–Echuca.
FIGURE 5
% Pavement area rated
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
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FIGURE 6
100
98
96
94
92
90
88
86
84
82
80
ROUGHNESS (% GOOD) ON AUSLINK
NATIONAL NETWORK CORRIDORS
SLOPE STABILITY
The three year risk management program
begun in 2004–05 continued to assess and
risk-rate slopes across the State. A Road
Slope Management System was designed
and implemented.
Recent highlights include slope stability
works on the Pacific Highway at
PAVEMENT DURABILITY ON SEALED COUNTRY STATE ROADS
(INCLUDING AUSLINK NATIONAL NETWORK)
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Poor Fair Good
Since 1998, automated technology has been used to collect pavement durability data
1989 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 01 02 03 04 05 2006
Hume Highway
Sydney/Newcastle
New England Highway
Canberra connections
Newell Highway
Sturt Highway
Cumberland Highway
Port links
South Coast
Sydney Dubbo
Pacific Highway
All Auslink Network
NOTE: Values shown for various corridors for years prior to 2005 are those on the former National Highway Network. Change in
‘Cumberland’ in 2001 was due to federal redefinition of National Highway Links. Major change to Cumberland in 2006 is due to the opening
of M7 Motorway and subsequent reduction in length of Cumberland Hwy / Pennant Hills Rd (HW13). No condition data is available for M7.
18 POSITIVE ECONOMIC OUTCOMES