HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE IN

BLACKPOOL

An overview of the current situation.

The aim of this The aim of this presentationpresentation

• To inform Members of:- To inform Members of:- – The extent of the Highways network The extent of the Highways network

and the Council’s responsibilities.and the Council’s responsibilities.– The current problems and issues.The current problems and issues.– The results of Condition Assessments & The results of Condition Assessments &

the Financial Implicationsthe Financial Implications– Past and Present Funding for Past and Present Funding for

maintenance.maintenance.– How funding and needs have affected How funding and needs have affected

maintenance priorities to date.maintenance priorities to date.

• For Members to consider what they For Members to consider what they may wish to see in a future way may wish to see in a future way forward for Highways Maintenance.forward for Highways Maintenance.

What have we got?What have we got?

• 511 km of public highway511 km of public highway– 45 km of Principal Roads45 km of Principal Roads– 56 km of Other Main Roads56 km of Other Main Roads– 410 km of Residential Roads410 km of Residential Roads– 750km of footways (75% flagged 750km of footways (75% flagged

construction)construction)

• 500 Unadopted back streets500 Unadopted back streets

• 23 Major Bridges and Structures23 Major Bridges and Structures

What are our What are our responsibilities?responsibilities?

• Highways Act 1980 – Section 41- Highways Act 1980 – Section 41- Highway Authorities have a Statutory Highway Authorities have a Statutory Duty to maintain the Highway.Duty to maintain the Highway.

• Consequences of failure to maintainConsequences of failure to maintain– Deterioration leading to dilapidationDeterioration leading to dilapidation

– Run down depressed appearance of the Run down depressed appearance of the TownTown

– Claims against the Council for accidents Claims against the Council for accidents arising from defects – “Tripping Claims”arising from defects – “Tripping Claims”

– Greater ultimate repair costsGreater ultimate repair costs

What are the Problems What are the Problems and Issues?and Issues?

• Roads don’t last forever – limited Roads don’t last forever – limited life.life.

• Factors that influence the useful Factors that influence the useful lifelife– Standard of ConstructionStandard of Construction– Traffic VolumesTraffic Volumes– WeatherWeather– Use and AbuseUse and Abuse– The extent of Routine Preventative The extent of Routine Preventative

MaintenanceMaintenance

Problems and Issues Problems and Issues Typical DefectsTypical Defects

Problems and Issues Problems and Issues Typical DefectsTypical Defects

Problems and Issues Problems and Issues Typical DefectsTypical Defects

Problems and IssuesProblems and IssuesTripping Claims ReceivedTripping Claims Received

Total Number and Cost of Highways Claims as at 31.03.07.

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£500,000

£1,000,000

£1,500,000

£2,000,000

£2,500,000

£3,000,000

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sCost of Claims £1,337,05 £1,806,96 £1,805,80 £2,617,26 £1,490,48 £1,356,91 £1,877,02 £793,556

Number of Claims 348 432 476 721 339 329 260 108

1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007

28%

17%

30%

23%

33%

29%

33%

17%

11%

21%

3%

1%

21% 25%

3%

1%

2%

Smoothness of thesurface (742)

Extent of potholes oruneven level changes (718)

Drainage capability (705)

Don't Know Very Poor Poor Average Good Very Good

Figure 5: Rating local vehicle roadway surfaces (Question 3)Figure 5: Rating local vehicle roadway surfaces (Question 3)[1]

21%

12%

24%

17%

40%

37%

41%

18%

16%

25%

4%

1%

18% 21%

3%

1%

2%

Smoothness of thesurface (740)

Extent of potholes oruneven level changes (717)

Drainage capability (700)

Don't Know Very Poor Poor Average Good Very Good

Figure 6: Rating local pedestrian footway surfaces (Question 4)

RESULTS FROM BLACKPOOL CITIZENS PANEL SURVEY – JULY 2007

STRUCTURAL CONDITION OF

PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK FROM DEFLECTOGRAPH

SURVEYS

Structural Condition of Principal Road Network

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2002/3 2004/5

<= 0 Years

1-4 Years

5-8 Years

9-15 Years

>15 Years

DescriptionColour Length/m % Length % Action

Residual Life >15 Years

Structurally

Sound 51,700 68.1 45,000 59.1 No Action

Residual Life 9-15 Years Structurally Sound 8,800 11.6 11,840 15.5

To be

monitored

Residual Life 5-8 Years

Some

Defectivenes

s 5,600 7.4 5,900 7.7

Requires

Preventative

Maintenance

Residual Life 1-4 Years

Nearing

Failure 4,600 6.1 7,000 9.2

Requires

Structural

Maintenance

Residual Life <= 0 Years Failure 5,200 6.8 6,480 8.5

Requires

Structural

Maintenance

Total 75,900* 100 76,220* 100

2002/03 2004/05

CONDITION OF CLASSIFIED ROAD NETWORK FROM

SCANNER SURVEYS

BV223 Principal Roads SCANNER (2006/07)

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

2005/06 2006/07

Passes BVPI

Passes BVPI, butnearing failure

Fails BVPI

(BV224a) B Roads SCANNER (2006/07)

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

2005/06 2006/07

Passes BVPI

Passes BVPI, butnearing failure

Fails BVPI

(BV224a) C Roads SCANNER (2006/07)

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

2005/06 2006/07

Passes BVPI

Passes BVPI, butnearing failure

Fails BVPI

CONDITION OF UNCLASSIFIED (RESIDENTIAL)

ROADS FROM CVI SURVEYS

BV224b (97b) Unclassified Road (CVI) combined years

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07

Minor Defects - Passes BVPI

Passes BVPI, but nearing failure

Fails BVPI

%

Structural CI > 0 < 75

No / Some

defects

but passes

BVPI

83% 349,896 84.10%

Edge Course CI > 0 < 40

Structural CI > 75 < 85

Passes BVPI

Requires

Preventative

but nearing

failure

2% 204 12,859 3.10%

maintenance

Edge Course CI >=40 < 50

Structural CI >=85

Requires

Maintenance

15% 68,269 53,323 12.80%FAILS

BVPI

Edge Course CI >=50

100 420,256*

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07

Condition Index DescriptionColour Len(m) Length % Length

354,944 84.60%

To be

monitored

% Length % Action

Wearing Course CI>=50 < 60 6,590

Wearing Course CI> 0 < 50 335,860 351,783 83..7

0% 10,853 2.60%

16.24% 53,394 12.70%Wearing Course CI >=60 FAILS BVPI 62,560

Total 405010* 100 419,191* 100 416,078* 100

CONDITION OF PRIORITY FOOTWAYS

BV187 Condition of Priority Footways

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07

Passes BVPI

Fails BVPI

BV187 2006/07 Condition of Priority Footways

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Cat 1 Cat 1a Cat 2

Passes BVPI

Fails BVPI

Descripti

on Colour Length (m) % Length (m) % Length (m)% Action

Requires

Preventative

maintenance

Requires

Maintenance

FAILS

BVPI

Total 56,192 100 11,588 100 115,866 100

Cat 1 Cat 1a Cat 2

Condition Index

Overall CI < 20 Passes BVPI GREEN 44,082 78.40% 8,724 75.30%

12,110 21.60% 2,864 24.70%Overall CI > = 20 FAILS BVPI RED 44,812 38.70%

71,054 61.30%

CONDITION OF OTHER

(RESIDENTIAL) FOOTWAYS IN THE

CORE AREA SHOWING TRIPPING

CLAIMS

An Analysis of Maintenance Funding Requirements

(Prepared for the Highway Asset Management Plan)

ASSET QUANTITY OF ASSET UNIT AVERAGE COST OF

NEW ASSET

NEW VALUE OF WHOLE ROAD

NETWORK (455K)

RECOMMENDED ANNUAL RENEWAL

PROVISION

Item TypeNumber of assets

estimated across the whole network

Cost today to buy each unit. As per

Blackpool Council schedule of rates

Total cost to replace all of the asset type across

the whole network. (GRC-Gross

Replacement Cost)

The amount of funding required to sustain the current

condition of the asset.

AS ANTI SKID 4,276 SQU METRE £15 £64,140 £6,414

BN LITTER BIN 305 UNIT £650 £198,142 £19,814

BS BUS STOP (SIGN) 395 UNIT £27 £10,742 £1,535BS BUS STOP

(SHELTER) 123 UNIT £6,500 £802,208 £80,221

CC COM CABINET 1,486 UNIT £400 £594,567 £39,638

CI CENTRE ISLAND 9,004 SQU METRE £30 £196,595 £9,830CR CENTRAL

RESERVE 26,444 SQU METRE £30 £793,327 £39,666

CT CYCLE TRACK 5,766 SQU METRE £30 £172,974 £8,649CW CARRIAGEWAY 3,526,596 SQU METRE £100 £352,659,602 £1,247,135

CW CARRIAGEWAY SQU METRE £2,000,000FW FOOTWAY 1,863,338 SQU METRE £43 £62,930,492 £2,000,000

GB GRIT BIN 15 UNIT £349 £5,286 £529

GD GUARD POST 1,806 UNIT £120 £271,856 £18,124

GY GULLY 34,857 UNIT £96 £3,328,812 £166,441

KB KERB 1,060,133 METRE £35 £36,637,248 £1,831,862

LB LAY BY 11,322 SQU METRE £26 £237,633 £11,882LL LONGITUDINAL

LINES 117,941 METRE £2 £228,789 £11,738

PB PARKING BAY 29,906 METRE £2 £194,323 £22,340PR PEDESTRIAN

RAILS 10,619 METRE £190 £2,021,507 £101,075

PV PAVED VERGE 8,812 SQU METRE £44 £1,815,559 £90,778SB SAFETY BOLLARD 451 UNIT £153 £69,244 £4,616

SG SIGN 5,703 UNIT £195 £1,110,974 £158,711

TR TREE 2,501 UNIT £350 £875,321 £17,506

VG GRASS VERGE 169,187 SQU METRE £9 £1,449,937 £28,999

£466,669,277 £7,917,500

CURRENT HIGHWAYS WORKS SPENDING 0708

REACTIVE PLANNED PLANNED TOTAL SPEND(REVENUE) (CAPITAL)

CARRAIGEWAY 170 329 550 1049FOOTWAY 717 111 106 934DRAINAGE 60 60FENCING AND BARRIERS 10 10VERGES AND TREES 80 80DYKE CLEANING 12 12SIGNS 30 30ROAD MARKINGS 30 20 50GULLEY CLEANING 60 60HIGHWAYS AMENITIES 40 40ROUNDABOUT MAINTENANCE 10 10BRIDGES 5 10 90 105

1224 470 746 2440

Current Maintenance Funding

Historical Funding LevelsHistorical Funding LevelsThe Funding GapThe Funding Gap

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4500

YEAR

£x1000

Annual Allocation £1000

1993/94 Allocation + RPI

ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE

• Reversing or managing the decline in the condition of the Highways

• Pressure from tripping and other claims

• Residents and visitors perception of the condition of the Highways

• How do we prioritise limited funds?

ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE – MAIN ROUTES AND

RESIDENTIAL STREETS

• Main routes – carry more traffic and thus more wear

and tear– more expensive to repair and maintain.– represent the “shop window” and give

a good or bad impression to visitors to Blackpool.

– Safety and injury risks are greater

• Residential Streets– Tripping claims arise largely from the

“core area” residential footways.– Residents concerns about “their street”

A FUTURE APPROACH?

• Review the funding available for maintenance

• Use available funding and resources to try to ensure that the strategic network (main routes) are kept at the current condition standard.

• Assets which have safety implications shall be given priority for maintenance.

• Residential streets will be maintained to the best standard that can be achieved given the above, with available resources being targeted to areas known to generate claims when appropriate.