Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

Carriageways Life Cycle Plan14.2 InventoryInformation on the inventory of carriageway infrastructure is held on the assetmanagement system database (SYMOLOGY) which at present stores details of:• Street name (99%)• Road classification (99%)• Road length (99%)• BVPI Inspection details (100%)• Highway Inspectors condition assessments (95%)• Road width (30%)• Surfacing material (80%)• Coloured and High Friction surfacing (15%)• Historical planned maintenance (95% over the past year)• Historical reactive maintenance (95% over the last 3 years)• Location of traffic calming features (90% over the last 2 years)• Location of cellars under the carriageway (30%)It is intended that the Symology database will eventually hold full details of:• Street name• Road classification• Road length• BVPI Inspection details• CES condition assessments• Road width• Surfacing material• Coloured and High Friction surfacing• Construction date• Construction details• Inspection details• Location of speed limits• Location of traffic calming measures• Location of cellars under the carriageway• Winter maintenance routes• Carriageway maintenance histories• Gully positions• Highway Drainage details• Road Markings associated with Traffic regulation OrdersA video survey of 30% of the classified network and 20% of the unclassifiednetwork has been completed by DCL, with the roads picked being arepresentative sample of all of the roads within the network. Following validationof the survey results it is intended that the remaining percentage of the networkshould be surveyed by video or walked inspection within the next 12 months.In addition the highway inspectors and highway control assistants areundertaking an ongoing inventory collection for a number of carriageway assetelements as part of, and in addition to, their regular work duties.94