Maintaining the Highway Assets
The Assembly’s highway network is surveyed and inspected on a
systematic and regular basis to ensure the safety of road users and
to assist in the forward planning of maintenance works. This
includes;
- Annual surveys identifying defects
- Skid resistance testing
- Structural condition of the highway
This enables maintenance and improvement works to target those
areas which are in the worst condition and ensure that the type and
extent of the works provide value for money.
Safety inspections and safety patrols are carried out at
intervals ranging from daily to monthly depending on the road
category.
These inspections are intended to identify defects which are
likely to create a danger and require urgent or immediate
attention.
Detailed inspections are carried out at less frequent intervals
than safety inspections and are used to establish programmes of
routine maintenance tasks which are not of an urgent nature.
The data collected is analysed and used in the identification
and prioritisation of the programme of renewal and upgrade
schemes.