Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

Carriageways Life Cycle Plan14.7.4 Service OptionsA developed asset management approach is intended to facilitate better decisionmaking by providing enhanced information to support the decision makingprocess. In practical terms this means the identification and assessment ofService Options.The following are the service option categories selected for inclusion in theHAMP♦ Statutory Minimum: Meeting statutory or legislative requirements only♦ Minimum: The effect of reducing funding levels to current RNF and LTPallocations♦ Existing: Is the effect of a continuance of current funding levels♦ Requested: The amount of additional funding required based on customerexpectations and political aspirations♦ Optimum Service: Assesses constraints as well as desires to identify aneconomically optimal Level of Service. This option is determined from thelife cycle planning process.♦ Attainable Service: Re-interprets the optimum option in the light ofavailable resources. (E.g. budget constraints).Carriageway Service Options identified by Newcastle City Council are detailed inTable 14.7.6 below.Table 14.7.6 Carriageway Service OptionsAsset Group Statutory Minimum MinimumGeneraldescription ofeach ServiceOptionCarriagewaysMinimum (Reactive)level of servicemeeting statutory orlegislativerequirements only.Approx. £0.628 m forone year onlyRapid andunsustainabledeterioration of roadnetwork, causing anincrease inmaintenance costs,backlog and a steepdecline in assetvalueThe effect ofreducing fundinglevels to currentRNF and LTPallocations£ 1.85 M paThe minimumbudget levelwould not besufficient tomaintain thecurrent networkcondition resultingin a greaterbacklog thanwould be the casefor current fundinglevels.Existing(2005/6 Budget)The current LoStypically as set outin the City’s MP ornational. COPsApprox. £3.1m paThe presentbudget level is notsufficient tomaintain thecurrent networkcondition resultingin a greaterbacklog of workseach year(Includesadditional budgetof £1.0m fundedby PrudentialBorrowing)RequestedAdditionalFundingA LoS that attemptsto meet customerexpectations andpolitical aspirationsExtra funds of£7.8m pa over a 5year periodfollowed by anadditional £2.1m pathereafterRequired to meetthe levels ofmaintenancedeemed necessaryto improve thecurrent BVPIratings and improvethe condition of allroads to anacceptablestandard and clearthe backlog.(Excludesadditional funding)OptimumLoS based uponengineeringprinciples &technicaljudgementEstimated at£9.9m pa for 5years, thereafter£4.2m paWill enable ademonstrableimprovement incarriagewaycondition over a5 year period,and allow forongoingmanagement tomaintain theasset at the newcondition levels111