2018-12-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              11 DECEMBER 2018


1.    Road Infrastructure Overview

Council’s road infrastructure plays a vital role in connectivity of the 867km road network (both
670km sealed and 197km unsealed roads) across the Noosa Shire. There are in excess of 38,000
financial road infrastructure assets on Council’s register considered in this Asset Management Plan
(AMP). The road infrastructure assets have a current replacement value of $420m, equating to
approximately 43% of Council’s financial assets.

The operational and maintenance expenses for road infrastructure make up approximately 14% of
the $90m annual budget. The Capital Program fluctuates from year to year, however, the 2018/19
Capital Program capital investment for road infrastructure is $6.9m, 23% of the $29.5m Capital
Program.

2.    Road Infrastructure Assets

There are a multitude of asset types within the Road Infrastructure Asset Management Plan, with
various measures of units. The assets that are on the current asset financial register are included
in the AMP and are summarised below:

o    670km        Sealed roads
o    197km        Gravel roads
o    11,049       Signage assets
o    2,160m       Road barriers
o    1,038        Road furniture
o    243          Bus stops
o    143          Carparks
o    21           Retaining walls
o    6,017m       Kerb & Channel
o    58m          Stormwater (sub soil drainage)
o    18           Lighting Assets
o    17           Waste assets

Road infrastructure assets are critical infrastructure to Noosa’s transportation network with the
primary function of maintaining connectivity of Council’s sealed and unsealed road network. The
Asset Management Plan (AMP) consolidates Council’s available data from the financial asset
register and analysis on the road infrastructure assets.

3.    Road Infrastructure Asset Condition

In asset condition reporting an approach to linking individual assets to the specific asset class has
been undertaken. The graph below details sealed and gravel road conditions that have had a
physical condition assessment undertaken. These assets are grouped consistently and reported
accordingly throughout the AMP. Any road infrastructure assets that have reached condition 5 will
be included in the relevant renewal programs of the 10-year Capital Program.

The majority of Council’s sealed and gravel roads are in a good to very good condition. The
continued approach to having good sustainable asset renewal interventions will ensure this level
of condition is achieved across future generations.




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