How We Undertake Routine Maintenance
The strategy for Routine maintenance operations is to ensure that Network Safety and Network Serviceability & Network Sustainability objectives are achieved. These objectives are:
Network Safety
- Complying with statutory obligations
- Meetings users need for safety
Network Serviceability
- Ensuring network availability
- Achieving integrity
- Maintaining reliability
- Enhancing condition
Network Sustainability
- Minimise the need for more expensive maintenance at a later date
The types of activities to undertaken to assist in delivering the objectives of the network are:
- Emergency repairs to the asset after incidents and accidents
- Keeping signs & road markings in good condition
- Maintaining boundary and safety fences
- Clearance and maintenance of drainage systems
- Clearance of litter and sweeping of the carriageway (motorway only - other roads are the responsibility of the local authorities)
- Cutting grass and vegetation at junctions and within the central reservation to improve visibility
- Maintaining traffic signals, street lighting
- Routine maintenance and cleaning of the Brynglas and Gibraltar tunnels
