Local Transport Plan 3 - Worcestershire County Council
Local Transport Plan 3 - Worcestershire County Council
Local Transport Plan 3 - Worcestershire County Council
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In line with the <strong>County</strong>'s <strong>Transport</strong> Asset Management <strong>Plan</strong>, a more structured approach to themanagement of <strong>Worcestershire</strong>’s transport asset is being implemented, bringing together a number ofthemes that define a robust asset management approach:Strategic Approach: A continuous, systematic maintenance processWhole of Life: The life-cycle of an asset is fully taken into accountOptimisation: Focussed on maximum benefits by balancing competing demandsResource Allocation: Needs are assessed to influence allocation of resourcesCustomer Focus: Customer expectations are considered explicitly as part of the process.Integration (where practical) with the <strong>County</strong>'s Capital <strong>Transport</strong> Improvement programme (LTP3)The introduction of LEAN engineering principles to <strong>Worcestershire</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong>'s Highways and<strong>Transport</strong> Asset Management has delivered excellent results from the Term Maintenance Contract. Thishas reduced actual costs which have led to optimised use of limited funding to repair and enhance ourroads.In addition to the Maintenance Block allocation (which is provided by the Department for <strong>Transport</strong>)<strong>Worcestershire</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> continues to invest its own resources in the maintenance programme,leading to a better maintained, higher quality highway network.Following a very successful major project which saw £15 million of <strong>County</strong> Capital funding being investedin the <strong>Worcestershire</strong>'s urban Unclassified roads (streets), a number of other projects have been givenapproval with implementation currently underway or planned for delivery in the short term. Thesefurther projects include:network. (2010/11 to 2012/13)– An investment in the <strong>County</strong>'s B, C and Unclassified rural road– A project aimed at replacing the majority of the<strong>Worcestershire</strong>'s aging concrete lighting columns (2010/11 to 2011/12)In response to the severe damage and disruptioncaused by the floods in 2007, a project aimed at the resolving highway drainage issues that havecaused damage to property and severe disruption to the transportation network. (2009/10 to 2013/14)
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