IPWEA (NSW) ROADS & TRANSPORT DIRECTORATE ROAD ASSET BENCHMARKING PROJECT 2012 ROAD MANAGEMENT REPORT April 2013 The Roads & Transport Directorate is a joint initiative with IPWEA NSW Division Roads & Transport Directorate Road Asset Benchmarking Project 2012 Road Management Report First Published 2013 © IPWEA 2013 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without the prior written permission of IPWEA. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in-Publication data: Road Asset Benchmarking Project 2012 Road Management Report ISBN 978-0-9870677-4-6 Project Manager Mick Savage, Manager Roads & Transport Directorate Prepared by John Howard, Jeff Roorda and Associates Steering Group – Roads and Transport Directorate Management Committee Warren Sharpe, IPWEA Board (Chair) Greg Moran, IPWEA Board Clr Ken Keith, LGNSW Clr Allan Smith, LGNSW Bill Woodcock, IPWEA Board Tony Reed, IPWEA David Andrews, IPWEA Cliff Toms, IPWEA Peter McMahon, RMS Richard Connors, LGNSW Roads & Transport Policy Officer Brendyn Williams, Chief Executive Officer IPWEA (NSW&ACT) Mick Savage, Manager Roads & Transport Directorate Published by IPWEA NSW Division Roads & Transport Directorate Level 12, 447 Kent St Sydney NSW 2000 T: +61 (02) 8267 3000 F: +61 (02) 9283 5255 M: +61 (0) 418 808 085 E:
[email protected] W www.roadsdirectorate.org.au IPWEA believes this publication to be correct at the time of printing and does not accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of information herein. Cover Photograph Wentworth St, Blackheath Table of Contents Executive Summary i 1. Introduction 1 2. Background 2 3.