2018-08-07 S&O Agenda - Att 1 to Item 1 - Draft Bridges Asset Management Plan

2.7    Current Levels of Service
The current levels of service for bridges is to ensure connectivity of council’s sealed and unsealed
road network. Council’s bridges are designed and constructed to suit the hierarchy of the road
network and therefore structure types, load limits and traffic demands determine the levels of service.
The overall management of Council’s bridges are in accordance with the Department of Transport
and Main Roads Structures Inspection Manual - September 2016.

Regular inspections are critical to the management of bridges and the inspections undertaken by
Council and by third party providers will meet the standards and statutory requirements to ensure all
structures remain safe to all users of bridges. The scheduled maintenance activities will be within
the defined timeframes to ensure that all potential or identified defects are rectified.

Levels of service must be readily measurable and preferably from available data sources or
otherwise. Each level of service should be stated in terms of appropriateness and understood by the
community for whom the service is provided. The levels of service in this AMP are intended to:

   Measure the effectiveness of this AMP;
   Assist with the identification of the expenditure and benefits of the Noosa Council services being
    offered;
   Provide focus for the development of future bridges asset management strategies;
   Provide guidance for current and future services to be offered; and
   Define the specific levels of service provided by Noosa Council.

The levels of service outlined in this Bridges AMP are also aligned to:
 Statutory, legislative and relevant code requirements.
 Information obtained from asset condition assessments and maintenance analysis; and
 Noosa Council’s Corporate Plan.

The current levels of service are catalogued and is located at Annex A.


2.8    Measured Levels of Service
To demonstrate the levels of service of the bridge assets a table of performance measures have
been drafted and are located at Annex A. This table of Measured Levels of Services are to inform
responsible staff of their obligations in maintaining the current levels of service. When targets are
not achieved they should be escalated and reported through the Asset Management Governance
Framework.




Asset Management Plan: Road Bridges                                                             Page 6