Marlborough District Council Roading Assets - Activity Management Plan 2015 - 2018 SECTION 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.2 INTRODUCTION 1.2.1 Introduction Marlborough District Council is located in the north eastern corner of the South Island and has a total land area of 12,484 km.2 The Council is a Unitary Authority whose area of responsibility and administration extends from the sub- alpine environs of the Upper Awatere and Wairau Valleys to the extremities of the Marlborough Sounds and includes D’Urville Island. The roading asset is distributed throughout this area. The road network administered by Marlborough District Council, (Council) as at July 2014 consists of 1,526 kilometres of formed road and is Council’s largest infrastructure asset with an optimum depreciated replacement value of $500.2 million excluding land (June 2014) The road network comprises: 1,526 km of formed road - 886 km sealed, - 640 km unsealed 234 km of footpath 332 km of kerb and channel 358 bridges 9 footbridges 18 wharves 7,058 m of retaining walls 6,058 culverts 2,936 m guard rail 7,544 m sight rail 4759 streetlights 13 off street car parks 9,386 traffic signs street furniture & features In the 2014/15 year Council has budgeted in its subsidised roading programme to spend a total of $10.01million with $5.93 million on the maintenance and management of the network and a further $4.94 million on renewals. The operating costs of this activity represent approximately 20% of Council’s total activity revenues (2012- 2022 LTP). The level of expenditure on roads, the demands of growth and the increasing age of the infrastructure means that is vitally important that sound practices and systems are in place to ensure the cost-effective and efficient management of the road network. This Activity Management Plan has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the International Infrastructure Management Manual. 1.2.2 Purpose of the Asset Activity Management Plan The purpose of developing an Asset Activity Management Plan (AMP) is to document the practices and systems being applied to the management of infrastructure assets and to clearly communicate the levels of service and associated funding requirements. AMP’s are multi-disciplinary documents and bring together management, financial, engineering and technical practices with the goal of delivering the desired levels of service in the most cost-effective manner. The overall objective of this Road Asset Activity Management Plan is: “To meet the existing and future communities required levels of service through the creation, operation, renewal or replacement and disposal of road assets in the most cost- effective way using the most efficient management techniques.” The specific purpose of this plan is to: 30 September 2014 Page 1 of Section 1