Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

Highway Green Spaces Life Cycle PlanA 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♦ 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).Table 16.7.1 below details the service options identified for this asset.Table 16.7.1 Highway Green Spaces – Service OptionsAsset GroupStatutory MinimumExisting(2005/6 Budget)Requested AdditionalFundingOptimumGeneraldescription ofeach ServiceOptionMinimum (Reactive)level of service meetingstatutory or legislativerequirements only.The current LoStypically as set out inthe City’s HAMP ornational. COPsA LoS that attempts tomeet customerexpectations andpolitical aspirationsLoS based uponengineering principles& technical judgementHighwayGreen SpacesStreet TreesFigures Not Available atthis time.Approx. £ 65 kNominal budget reflectsremoval of dead, dyingand potentiallyhazardous trees only.Currently running atapproximately 120 peryear.Figures Not Availableat this time.Approx. £ 65 kActual funding is asper the statutorysafety obligations.Nominal budgetreflects removal ofdead, dying andpotentially hazardoustrees only.Figures Not Availableat this time.Estimated at anadditional £0.935m pafor 5 years plus anadditional £25k pa.A survey of all streettrees within thehighway is about to beundertaken and theinformation will be usedto determine the actualbudgets required fortheir on goingmanagement.Figures Not Availableat this time.Estimated at £1.0m pafor 5 years, thereafter£0.9M pa for lifecyclereplacement in order toreplace all street treesthat are removed eachyear as per theCouncil’s policy.16.7.3 Levels of serviceThe LoS identified by Newcastle City Council for the management of highwaygreen spaces include:Maintenance146