2011_AAPA_Study_Tour.. - Aapaq.org

6. Improving Pavement Performance AAPA 2011 Study Tour Group Reportgovernment, through SANRAL, will provide funding for pavement maintenance. The initiative isbeing developed and is expected to be commenced in the next budget cycle. This will preventroad maintenance competing for funding with departments such as education, health, etc. and isexpected to address the deterioration and backlog of maintenance on the provincial networks.3. Pavement and asset management“Measure, predict performance and manage expenditure”Pavement management systems, in their availability and functionality, vary greatly between roadsauthorities in South Africa. Currently SANRAL have network data, less than 2 years old, availableon all their roads. This age of the data increases significantly and the amount available alsodecreases for provincial, metropolitan and municipal networks:Provincial networks: data on 82% on the network, but most of the data is older than 10 yearsMetropolitan networks: data on 64% on the network, but most of the data is older than 10 yearsMunicipal networks: data on 4% on the network, but most of the data is older than 10 yearsLouw Kannemeyer - TourCurrently SANRAL is encouraging the collection of Pavement Management System data onprovincial, metropolitan and municipal networks to assist in the management of these networks.In the case of a major metropolitan area with more than 5 million inhabitants data is collected onvehicle type and movement from mobile phone data and the vehicle registration database. Thisinnovative approach enables SANRAL to evaluate the impact of changing toll charges and betterV4-2 Page 69