Highway asset managers are encouraged to share their progress towards implementing the UK Roads Liaison Group’s new Code of Practice – ‘Well-managed highway infrastructure’ – after it was published nearly a year ago.

 

The Group is carrying out a survey to establish how it can support professionals in achieving the aims of the guidance, including moving to a risk based approach to asset management.

 

The Code of Practice, according to the UKRLG, can help highway authorities to align their services with local priorities and objectives, supporting process reviews to find new efficiencies, particularly in routine activities.

 

For those making good progress in implementing the Code, the survey will be an opportunity to share how they have moved towards a risk based approach – and the resource implications of this – to help others in developing their own plans.

 

For those making slower progress, the Group seeks to understand the main blockers and challenges so that it can provide better support. The survey also requests views on how the risk based approach will change working practices in adapting to a number of recent court cases.

 

Respondents are asked to complete the survey, which should take about 10 minutes, before 31 October. A summary of the results will be shared after the survey closes. To participate click here. 

 

Also this week the World Road Association has launched a new online manual on road asset management, which looks to help countries at various stages of development to implement asset management strategies.

 

The tool – available free of charge – is intended provide decision makers in fields concerning roads with key information and data for a clear understanding of road asset management issues.

 

It contains 15 chapters organised under four themes: Management; Data and modelling; Planning; and Application. For more information visit piarc.org

 

(Photo: Alastair Lloyd)