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Effective Road Maintenance on Limited Budgets
Grantley Switzer
General Manager Recreation, Culture and Community Infrastructure
Latrobe City Council
Latrobe City
• 1 of Victoria’s four Regional Cities
• Community of 75,000
• 4 main towns, 7 small towns
• Small geographical area, 1422 square kilometres
• 1,558 km’s of roads
Today’s Presentation• Roads to Recovery• Industry Factors
• Sealing of Rural Roads• Products to Market
• Road Rehabilitation Program• Special Charge Schemes• Construction Standards• State Budget Implications
• The Environment• Other Challenges• The Ideal World
The Starting Point
Some of the specific objectives or key outcome areas for road network maintenance planning are:
• to facilitate road asset maintenance decisions so that road assets perform effectively throughout their service lives, to appropriate standards, which have been set with due consideration of community expectations;
• to provide a basis for establishing maintenance funding decisions; and
• to assist the determination of funding levels for capital works and maintenance.
Industry Factors
Bituminous Products
Class 170 bitumen (per tonne)
Date Value
Jan-05 $522.50
Jan-06 $607.50
Jan-07 $657.50
Jan-08 $734.17
Jan-09 $867.50
Jan-10 $847.50
Jan-11 $917.50
Jan-12 $1014.17
Apr-12 $1037.50
Quarry Products
35 – 40% increase since 2008
Fuel Costs
Transport cost increases
Employee Costs
4.5% per annum
COUNCIL RATE
INCREASES 5%
Roads to Recovery
• A great program• No ongoing commitment from Federal Government – lack of
certainty in the future• Removal would result in massive budget deficits
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 Draft$1,038,000 $1,175,000 $1,175,000 $1,175,000 $1,175,000
Sealing of Rural Roads
Road Rehabilitation Program
• Latest 10 year program developed in 2007/08• In five years the program has been pushed out to being a 15
year program• $15 million in funding arrears• Political backlash - low
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 Draft$1,438,000 $1,785,000 $2,540,000 $2,900,000 $3,350,000
External Factors
Products to Market
Plantation example
Year VicRoads Latrobe City
Council
Total
2010 – 2011 $442,500 $1,145,307 $1,587,807 2011 – 2012 $300,000 $892,000 $1,192,000 2012 – 2013 $300,000 $557,000 $857,000 Grand Total: $1,042,500 $2,594,307 $3,636,807
Sealing of Rural Roads• $250,000 per annum from Council’s capital works program since 2007/08 – monies held in reserve.• 1 project completed• 4 projects in the pipeline
Special Charge Schemes
No of residents Resident Contribution Latrobe City Contribution
Project 1 5 $25,000 $275,000
Project 2 17 $85,000 $240,000
Project 3 3 $15,000 $115,000
Project 4 13 $65,000 $260,000
Total 38 $190,000 $890,000
The Environment
Extent of fire events – Feb 2009
Delburn –
6,500 hectares
Churchill/ Jeeralang –
25,800 hectares
Impact to Infrastructure
• 1 bridge damaged beyond repair
• App 30 km of sealed road pavement damaged, requiring re-sheet
• Guardrails / signs / guideposts etc (around 4,200!)
The Drought Breaks
• Increased works in 10/11 and 11/12
Major patches ↑
Drainage issues / complaints ↑
Gravel Road Re-sheets ↑
• Latrobe City has been able to ‘get by’ with stagnant or diminishing budgets for most years since 2000
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 DraftGravel Road Re-sheet Program $460,000 $460,000 $600,000 $700,000 $800,000Gravel Roads - Minor Sealing Works Program $140,000 $140,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000
Piggery Road, Boolarra
Piggery Road, Boolarra
Other considerations
Latrobe City Challenges
• Ageing workforce• Skill Shortages• Community Expectations• Tree Changers• Growth
Council’s response
Construction Standards
• Now more sophisticated and demanding than ever (minimum pavement thickness conditions demanded)
• Planning / approval / inspection / handover regime has increased dramatically
State Budget Implications
• Local Government feel the pain also!• Residents don’t see or understand (or care) about the demarcation lines• Key focus for Latrobe City is safety and presentation – for Vic Roads
focus will move to safety
An ideal worldRate rises and budget allocations consistent with:• Increases in costs (wages, salaries, materials, etc.)• At minimum, keep pace with CPI (but should be related to costs of bituminous products, fuel costs,
quarry products, etc.)• Take a whole of life approach to the maintenance of the asset• Consider municipal growth• Working in partnership with other agencies