NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL 17 March 2020 Cabinet Title: Roads, Structures and Street Lighting Maintenance Programme 2020/21 Purpose: To seek Cabinet approval of the proposed Roads, Structures and Street Lighting Maintenance Programme for 2020/21. Recommendation: That Cabinet (a) notes the approach taken to determining the asset maintenance programme for roads, structures and street lighting; (b) approves the maintenance programme for 2020/21, as detailed at Appendix 1a and 1b; and (c) notes that the programme will be issued to the Locality Planning Partnerships for information. 1. Executive Summary 1.1 North Ayrshire Council has a statutory obligation under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to manage and maintain its public road network. The adopted road network within North Ayrshire has a total length of 1040km. The core roads assets are currently estimated at a value of approximately £1.7 billion. 1.2 The Council’s Roads Service has adopted an asset management approach to allocate available road, structures and street lighting maintenance funds to locations that will offer the best return on the investment. 1.3 The Roads Asset Management Plan (RAMP) and the roads assets maintenance strategy follows the recommendations contained within the ‘Well Maintained Highways Code of Practice’, ensuring that the Council’s statutory obligations as delegated Roads Authority are met. 1.4 In complying with the Code of Practice, an effective regime of inspection, assessment and condition recording is well established which assists in not only providing a road network for the future but one that promotes social inclusion and contributes to economic growth within the area. This approach also ensures that the Council is providing value for money on any investment attributed to road maintenance. 1.5 The proposed Roads, Structures and Street Lighting Maintenance Programme 2020/21 is attached at Appendix 1a and 1b. The Programme is based on available Revenue and Capital budgets and reflects a total investment of £5.9 million for the year in our roads, structures and lighting assets. 2. Background 2.1 North Ayrshire Council is responsible for the maintenance of the adopted local road network, including lighting and structures assets, as well as its other non-adopted road assets. The Council has no responsibility for the maintenance of the Trunk Road Network which falls to Transport Scotland and their management contractor, Scotland Transerve. The Trunk Road network includes the A78, the A737 from Kilwinning to the Renfrewshire boundary and A738 from the Pennyburn Roundabout to the A737 Dalry Road Kilwinning. 2.2 North Ayrshire Council’s roads are the Council’s largest community asset and play a vital role in supporting the local and wider economy by facilitating the movement of people, goods and services and connecting people with economic and social opportunities. 2.3 The proposed Roads, Structures and Street Lighting Maintenance Programme for 2020/21 has been produced using the associated Lifecycle Plans, and developed in accordance with the strategy contained within the Roads Asset Management Plan (RAMP). The Lifecycle Plans inform decisions on the location and type of maintenance treatments that will deliver the maximum return on investment and ensures the provision of an effective road network throughout North Ayrshire. 2.4 Road Condition is measured nationally through the Scottish Road Maintenance Condition Survey (SRMCS). The measure in place, the Road Condition Index (RCI), records the percentage of the Council’s roads which should be considered for maintenance. North Ayrshire’s current RCI is 37.3 which is an improvement from 38.1 in 2018 and from 39.1 in 2017. However, the estimated carriageway maintenance backlog figure for North Ayrshire is currently £34.8 million. The ‘steady state’ figure for maintaining our roads at their present condition is £4.3 million per year. The allocated capital budget supported by revenue funding is £4.3 million for 2020/21. This is therefore expected to maintain our road assets at least at steady state. 2.5 Road lighting condition is measured through programmes of structural and electrical assessment and testing, which are prioritised through review of age profile and material type life expectancy. The results are categorised and recorded in the lighting asset management database to inform a prioritised list of replacement schemes. The estimated lighting maintenance backlog figure for North Ayrshire is currently £23.5 million. The ‘steady state’ figure to maintain lighting assets at their current condition is £1.06 million. The Capital budget for next year is £750,000, however the Capital budget has been reprofiled for 2021/22 and 2022/23 to increase expenditure to £1.25 million, before it returns to £1 million in 2023/24 onwards. 2.6 Bridge and retaining wall condition is evaluated through a robust inspection programme. General inspections are undertaken every 2 years, while an in-depth ‘principal inspection’ is carried out every 6 years. The results of the inspections are used to inform work programmes. The results of the inspections are input into a Structures database which is then used to calculate an average Bridge Structure Condition Index (BSCIav). The BSCIav is currently 86.32 (2018/19 figure) with a target of 90. The rate of decrease of the BSCIav has lessened since the capital budget for structures was introduced several years ago. It is estimated that the cost of maintaining our bridges and retaining walls in a ‘steady state’ is £870,000. The allocated capital budget supported by revenue funding is currently £710,000. This will be kept under review and a reprofiling of the capital investment budget will be considered going forward. 2.7 Details of how condition assessments are carried out and how roads, structures and lighting locations are prioritised for inclusion in our Maintenance Programme are provided in Appendix 2. The assessment matrix used for scoring and ranking footways for inclusion in our footway resurfacing programme is attached in Appendix 3. The assessment matrix used for scoring and ranking structures for inclusion in the Structures Maintenance Programme is attached in Appendix 4. 3. Proposals 3.1 That Cabinet notes the approach taken to determining the asset maintenance programme for roads, structures and street lighting. 3.2 That Cabinet approves the maintenance programme for 2020/21, as shown at Appendix 1a and 1b. 3.3 That Cabinet notes that the programme will be issued to Locality Planning Partnerships for information. 4. Implications/Socio-economic Duty Financial 4.1 The Roads, Structures and Street Lighting Maintenance Programme will be delivered from available Capital and Revenue budgets. Estimated costs for the prioritised works identified are detailed within the appendices. Human Resources 4.2 Delivery of the programme will be met from the existing staff resource. Legal 4.3 North Ayrshire Council has a statutory obligation to manage and maintain its public road network under the terms of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984. Equality/Socio-economic 4.4 There are no equality implications. The maintenance programme contributes to the Council’s socio-economic duty, as well-maintained roads are essential for the social and economic prosperity of North Ayrshire. Environmental and Sustainability 4.5 Effective programming and management of these assets assists in reduced carbon associated with mobilisation of unplanned reactive maintenance resources and extends the use of assets in a cost effective and sustainable manner. Key Priorities 4.6 Effective management of these assets contributes to a number of Council plan objectives, including ensuring that North Ayrshire is well-connected with effective infrastructure and that we maximise resources and provide value for money. Community Wealth Building 4.7 The maintenance programme contributes to Community Wealth Building as a proportion of the maintenance programme is delivered by local contractors and in- house by the Roads Operations Team and Building Services. 5. Consultation 5.1 The maintenance programme once approved will be shared with each Locality Partnership. RUSSELL McCUTCHEON Executive Director (Place) For further information please contact David Hammond, Interim Head of Commercial Services, on Tel: 01294 324750. Background Papers 0 Appendix 1a Mainland Roads Programme 2020/21 Carriageway Resurfacing Street Town Location Estimate Cost A736 Bank Irvine Stuart Drive to Galt Ave £70,000 Street A737 Irvine Kilwinning Buckreddan to Eglinton Park Gates £130,000 Road A737 Marress Irvine Fullarton church to Traffic Lights, £151,000 Road Northbound A738 High Road Saltcoats Dalry Road to first island eastbound £56,000 A738 Stevenston Bus lane, part lengths £35,000 Roundabout with B752 A760 Kilbirnie Roundabout at Main Street to Roundabout £75,000 at School Road and towards Milton Park A760 Largs Amenity Site to Crematorium £82,000 A760 Largs East of Mills milk entrance £146,000 A760 Largs - Kilbirnie West of Roudenburn Farm £52,000 B7047 West Kilbride Roundabout to Lawfield Ave (half width) £65,000 Meadowfoot Road B7080 Long Irvine Near BP to Roundabout and from £110,000 Drive roundabout North to Surfacing joint B7081 Irvine Newmoor Interchange to just past the £70,000 industrial estate entrance B7081 Corsehill Irvine Roundabout to Dunlop Crescent £110,000 Mount Road B714 Dalry C87 to St Andrews Gardens £198,000 B769 Irvine Cunninghamhead northwards to 7.5t limit £65,000 sign B780 Ardrossan Munnoch reservoir to B781 £118,000 C129 Irvine