Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

IntroductionTable 1.3 Newcastle City Council Asset GroupingsAsset GroupCarriagewaysFootways, Cyclewaysand Hard VergesHighway GreenSpacesLightingTraffic SignalsSigns, Barriers &Street FurnitureBridges & OtherHighway StructuresWinter MaintenanceAsset ElementsCarriageways, highway drainage, road markings andstreet cleaningFootways, cycleways (dedicated and shared use), hardpaved verges, footway gullies and street cleaningGrass verges, trees, hedges, flower & shrub beds &planters located within the highwayColumns, lamps, cabling, feeder pillars, illuminated signs,subway lights, illuminated bollardsSignalised junctions, pedestrian crossings, school crossinglights, SCOOT and UTC systems.Advance direction signs, direction signs, warning signs,information signs, sign posts, street name plates, nonilluminatedbollards, seats, council owned bus shelters,highway fences, pedestrian barriers, safety barriers, andother street furniture.Bridges, subways, culverts, retaining walls, high mastlighting columns, tunnels, stairs, river walls & revetments.Salt storage areas, gritters & grit bins.1.4 Key StakeholdersThis HAMP is intended as a tool to create and improve the asset managementapproaches within Newcastle City Council. Its initial use will be to provide informationto Members and Senior Management of the resources and practices required toefficiently manage the highway asset, so that a confidence level can be reached inthe service provided and to demonstrate the effective use of the budgets available, itwill also help to demonstrate any failings in the system or the funding limitations.A secondary use will be that of operational managers and staff being able to seehow the high level strategies and objectives affect the operational and improvementplans used to deliver the highway services.A major benefit of this plan will be to help inform and engage the people ofNewcastle with regard to the planning and works that go into the effectivemaintenance of the highway, and to help provide the appropriate informationrequired by auditors and government bodies.1.5 Asset Management Organisational StructureThis HAMP has been developed using the knowledge and expertise of a number ofofficers within the Council supported by advice and assistance from OPUSInternational, a consultant experienced in asset management. It has drawn togetherknowledge from a number of teams and departments and from specialists within theorganisation.22