Best
Practice - Sealed Roads Maintenance – Individual Roads/Streets
Current practice in sealed road maintenance for individual
roads/streets is listed in order of annual maintenance cost ($/yr) from lowest
to highest. Also shown are the key variables affecting life
cycle cost identified in pilot council testing.
Care
is to be taken in interpreting the best practice report, as there are many
factors, which affect annual maintenance costs.
To see full details for each example, click on the Council
name hyperlink.
|
Council |
Road/ Hierarchy Class |
Maint. cost ($/yr) |
Age of seal (yrs) |
Traffic (AADT) |
% Heavy Vehicles |
Urban/ Rural |
Seal type |
|
Wangaratta
(RC) |
Byawatha Road
(Rural Collector) |
$42 |
0 |
0-500 |
1-5% |
Rural |
Flush seal |
|
Wangaratta
(RC) |
Bowser Cres
(Residential) |
$980 |
0 |
0-500 |
1-5% |
Urban |
Flush seal |
|
Northern
Grampians (S) |
Landsborough
Rd |
$1,287 |
15 |
500-1000 |
5-10% |
Rural |
Flush seal |
|
Northern
Grampians (S) |
Crothers Rd |
$4,650 |
15 |
50-100 |
1-5% |
Urban |
Flush seal |