Highway Infrastructure Asset Management - Resilient Network Plan

4.1 Planned Maintenance

The condition of the Resilient Network and its assets will be surveyed and inspected, and maintenance needs identified in line with the rest of the network. However, as far as is practicable, any potential infrastructure schemes on the Resilient Network will be prioritised. We will make every effort to carry out preventative maintenance to avoid more disruptive maintenance in future and maintenance schemes will be designed to provide resilience as described above.

4.2 Highway Inspections

Routine Highway Infrastructure Safety Inspections will be carried out in accordance with the Council's Highway Infrastructure Safety Inspection Manual. Additional reactive safety inspections may be required following incidents or extreme weather events.

4.3 Cyclic Maintenance

In terms of routine or cyclic maintenance activities, to help mitigate the risk of excess standing water gully cleansing operations will be carried out on an annual basis, with known high risk areas checked and cleared of debris in advance of adverse weather conditions.

Additional consideration will also be given to the monitoring and maintenance of all other highway infrastructure assets located on the Resilient Network including, but not limited to:

• vehicle restraint barriers - inspection and tensioning
• road markings - condition and refurbishment
• street lighting - structural testing, electrical testing and visual assessment

4.4 Reactive Maintenance

Reactive maintenance timescales will be determined on an individual basis following inspection by a Highway Technician, in accordance with the Risk Matrix detailed in the Council's Highway Safety Inspection Manual which both the impact and probability of a defect when determining repair timescale.

4.5 Network Management

Roads on the resilient network will, as far as reasonably practicable, be designated as Traffic Sensitive Streets under section 64 of the New Road and Street Works Act. For any roads that do not meet the criteria to be designated as Traffic Sensitive, we will look to use an alternative form of enhanced classification to ensure any promoters wishing to undertake works on the Resilient Network must give greater advanced warning of proposed works which may help coordinate activities and reduce disruption.