roads and footpaths wdc amp

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R O A D S A N D F O O T P A T H S
A S S E T M A N A G E M E N T P L A N

I s s u e d V e r s i o n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
Roads and Footpaths

2012-2022 Activity Management Plan

Prepared by

Waipa District Council
101 Bank Street
Te Awamutu
New Zealand

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www.waipadc.govt.nz
Revision Information

Revision Revision Date Details
1.0 18/06/2010 Initial Version
1.1 – 1.5 Used to correct formatting corruption issue
Risk Management Section Completed, New Section on
1.6 28/04/2011
Strategic Alignment, Further Revisions
1.7-1.9 Activity Management updates & asset quantity/value updates
1.10 17/10/2011 Further refinement plus review by Dawn
1.11 05/12/2011 Executive Summary alignment with LTP wording
1.12 10/01/2011 LOS table update
1.13 01/2012 Financials
Roading Agreement for Professional Services added to
1.14 09/02/2012
appendix
2.0 13/02/2012 Draft as provided to Audit
2.1 22/02/2012 Refinements -LOS
2.2 27/02/2012 Victoria Boulevard Project Update
2.3 21/08/2012 Adopted LTP financials, 2012 NRB results
Issued Sept 2012 28/09/2012 Issued
Table of Contents

1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 11
1.1 Asset Management ...................................................................................................... 11
1.2 Asset Management Plans ............................................................................................. 12
1.3 Stakeholders ................................................................................................................. 13
2 Strategic Alignment ............................................................................................. 15
2.1 Hierarchy of Linkages ................................................................................................... 15
2.2 Roads and Footpaths Strategic Alignment ................................................................... 16
3 Description of Roading & Footpaths ..................................................................... 21
3.1 Waipa District Overview ............................................................................................... 21
3.2 Activity & Assets ........................................................................................................... 22
3.3 Land .............................................................................................................................. 26
3.4 Formation ..................................................................................................................... 27
3.5 Sub-Base & Basecourse (Pavement) ............................................................................ 28
3.6 Surfacing ....................................................................................................................... 29
3.7 Unsealed Roads ............................................................................................................ 32
3.8 Surface Water Channels & Catchpits ........................................................................... 33
3.9 Structures ..................................................................................................................... 35
3.10 Traffic Facilities ............................................................................................................. 39
3.11 Pedestrian Facilities ...................................................................................................... 42
4 Levels of Service .................................................................................................. 44
4.1 The Importance of Levels of Service ............................................................................ 44
4.2 Customer Research and Expectations .......................................................................... 44
4.3 Legislative Requirements ............................................................................................. 51
4.4 Level of Service Components ....................................................................................... 51
4.5 Levels of Service Review............................................................................................... 52
4.6 Current and Target Levels of Service ........................................................................... 53
5 Demand: Driver, Forecasts & Management .......................................................... 57
5.1 Waipa District Population Projections ......................................................................... 57
5.2 Current & Historical Demand ....................................................................................... 60
5.3 Demand Projections ..................................................................................................... 63
5.4 Meeting Demand .......................................................................................................... 65
6 Risk Management ................................................................................................ 67
6.1 Risk Management Processes ........................................................................................ 67
6.2 Risk Summary ............................................................................................................... 68
6.3 Significant Negative Effects .......................................................................................... 76
6.4 Business Continuity ...................................................................................................... 76
6.5 Insurance ...................................................................................................................... 77
6.6 Heath & Safety ............................................................................................................. 77
6.7 Climate Change ............................................................................................................ 77
7 Activity Management .......................................................................................... 78
7.1 Activity Management – Roads ..................................................................................... 80
7.2 Activity Management – Unsealed Roads ..................................................................... 94
7.3 Activity Management - Structures ............................................................................... 96
7.4 Activity Management – Traffic Facilities ...................................................................... 98
7.5 Activity Management – Streetlights ............................................................................. 99
7.6 Activity Management – Footpaths ............................................................................. 100
7.7 Activity Management – Cycleways ............................................................................ 104
7.8 Passenger Transport ................................................................................................... 105
7.9 Disposal ...................................................................................................................... 105
7.10 Sustainability .............................................................................................................. 106
8 Financial Summary ............................................................................................. 107
8.1 Financial Forecasts - Overview ................................................................................... 107
8.2 Renewal Requirements & Renewal Budgets .............................................................. 110
8.3 Financial Forecasts – Summary Tables ....................................................................... 112
8.4 Capital Projects ........................................................................................................... 113
8.5 Forecasting Assumptions ........................................................................................... 119
8.6 Summary of Financial Policies .................................................................................... 120
9 Project & Budget Changes – Risks & LOS Impacts ................................................ 126
10 Confidence & Accuracy Levels – Data & Forecasts ............................................... 128
10.1 Financial forecast ....................................................................................................... 129
10.2 Supporting Asset Data ................................................................................................ 129
11 Asset Management Practices & Improvement Programme .................................. 132
11.1 WDC Asset Information Systems & Processes ........................................................... 132
11.2 Asset Management System ........................................................................................ 132
11.3 RAMM Management .................................................................................................. 133
11.4 Asset Information Team ............................................................................................. 133
11.5 Process Improvements ............................................................................................... 133
11.6 Data Improvements .................................................................................................... 133
11.7 Improvement Items – Asset Management Plan Improvements ................................ 135
11.8 Improvement Items .................................................................................................... 135
Appendix A .................................................................................................................... 136
Council Mission & Goals ......................................................................................................... 136
Appendix B .................................................................................................................... 138
Legislative Requirements ....................................................................................................... 138
Appendix C .................................................................................................................... 140
Road Networks & Hierarchy – Towns & Villages ................................................................... 140
Appendix D .................................................................................................................... 144
Level of Service Review .......................................................................................................... 144
NRB Results including ‘Don’t Know’ Responses ..................................................................... 145
Peer Group for LOS Performance Measures .......................................................................... 151
LOS Performance Measures – Supporting Data ..................................................................... 151
Appendix E .................................................................................................................... 152
Revised Population Projection Scenarios ............................................................................... 152
Additional Growth Projections ............................................................................................... 153
Traffic Count Locations 2010/11 ............................................................................................ 154
Appendix F .................................................................................................................... 157
Risk Management ................................................................................................................... 157
Appendix G .................................................................................................................... 159
Activity Management – Copy of Agreement for Provision of Roading Administration and
Professional Services .............................................................................................................. 159
Appendix H .................................................................................................................... 177
Appendix I ..................................................................................................................... 178
List of Figures, Tables, and Diagrams ..................................................................................... 178
Executive Summary
Executive Summary

This executive summary identifies the key philosophies guiding the management of
the Roading and Footpath service. The key issues and projects are also identified.

The assets covered in this AMP include:
 Roads
 2182ha Land
 1165 km Formation
 1070km Sub-Base
 1061km Basecourse
 1490km Surfacing
 88km Unsealed Roads
 1910km Surface Water Channels
 2363 Catch Pits
 184 Bridges
 2746 Culverts
 54 Retaining Walls
 155 km Railings
 2766 Streetlights (lamps)
 214km Footpaths

Key Philosophies
Renewals
 Focus on maintaining the current maintenance levels, through strengthening
the pavement (the layers beneath the surface of the road) as well as surface
treatments, to ensure efficient use of resources
Levels of Service
 Continue to monitor existing levels of service and benchmark against other
peer group Councils
 Continue to work towards achieving the Levels of Service (LOS) of having a
footpath on at least one side for all urban roads

Growth
 Growth will be supported through increasing capacity and/or through
demand management, but carefully managed to ensure that existing levels of
service are not compromised through inappropriate or poorly managed
growth
Road Safety
 Road safety is a key drive in shaping our ongoing programme of works with
the council prioritising safety projects on the basis on an assessment of
condition, traffic volume and safety history

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Executive Summary

Current State
Waipa District Council currently manages 1061km of road (of which 92% are sealed)
and 214km of footpath. The network is primarily radial in nature with key routes
connecting our main towns of Te Awamutu and Cambridge, and also connecting to
the state highways that cross the District (SH 1, 3, 21 and 39).

Key Issues
 Community feedback indicating a desire for an even higher level of service
across the district’s roads
 Impending changes to the road network as a result of construction of the
Cambridge Section of the Waikato Expressway
 Aging infrastructure and the associated risks with maintaining these
 Large commuting population who travel from Waipa into Hamilton for work
and education putting pressure on the collector and arterial network
 Increasing demand for freight movement within and across the District
 Move from FinanceOne to RAMM as Council’s primary asset inventory system
for transport assets (including valuation purposes).

Key Assumptions
 No legislative or operational changes will be made that affect the state
highway network, rail freight or the number and/or size of heavy commercial
vehicles using the local roading network.
 Waikato Expressway (Cambridge Section) will occur as planned with
completion in 2015/16
 The completion of the Waikato Expressway (Cambridge section) defers any
requirement for a third bridge for the foreseeable future and with minor
traffic improvements the two existing bridges will provide a high level of
service beyond 2026.
 No significant upgrades to the roading network in terms of capacity,
alignment or connectivity are planned during the life of this plan.

3 Year Focus
 Maintaining current Levels of Service
 Further utilise RAMM to its fullest capabilities to assist with prudent asset
management of the transport assets
 Completing the planned three year forward works programme for
maintenance and renewals
 Refine and monitor robust forward works plans for renewal and improvement
programmes (including post expressway projects in Cambridge) and
implementation of the Town Centre Concept Plans

10 Year Focus
 Deliver improvement projects associated with the implementation of the
Town Centre Concept Plans and those projects developed that will be
required post construction of the Waikato expressway

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Long Term Focus
Maintain and manage the transport network in Waipa for the benefit of all current
and future residents.

Financial Forecast
The forecast expenditure needed to manage the asset at the desired level of service
is shown in the figures below.

Figure 1: 10 Year Operating & Capital Budgeted Expenditure

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Figure 2: 10 Year Budgeted Operating Expenditure

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Figure 3 shows funding sources for the budgeted operating expenditure.

Figure 3: Operating Expenditure Funding

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Figure 4 shows the capital expenditure budget split by expenditure driver. This shows
that capital expenditure is being driven primarily by renewals with LOS
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Figure 4: Capital Expenditure by Driver

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