Best Practice - Sealed Roads Maintenance –Roads/Streets Hierarchy Categories
Current practice in sealed road maintenance for road
hierarchy categories is listed in order of annual maintenance cost ($/yr) from
lowest to highest. Also shown are the key variables affecting life
cycle cost identified in pilot council testing.
The reported sealed road
maintenance expenditures exclude reseals, street sweeping and grass cutting.
Care
is to be taken in interpreting the best practice report, as there are many
factors, which affect annual maintenance costs.
To see full details for each example, click on the Council
name hyperlink.
|
Council |
Road/ Hierarchy Class |
Maint. cost ($/yr) |
Age of seal (yrs) |
Traffic (AADT) |
% Heavy Vehicles |
Urban/ Rural |
Seal type |
|
Ararat (RC) |
Hierarchy
Urban S3 |
$91 |
7 |
150-500 |
1-5% |
Urban |
Flush seal |
|
Ararat (RC) |
Hierarchy
Urban S1 |
$245 |
8 |
1000-5000 |
1-5% |
Urban |
Flush seal |
|
Ararat (RC) |
Hierarchy
Urban S2 |
$688 |
6 |
150-500 |
1-5% |
Urban |
Flush seal |
|
Ararat (RC) |
Hierarchy
Rural S1 |
$714 |
7 |
10-150 |
5-10% |
Rural |
Flush seal |
|
Ararat (RC) |
Hierarchy
Rural S2 |
$1,414 |
6 |
50-100 |
5-10% |
Rural |
Flush seal |
|
Manningham
(C) |
Urban
Collector |
$1,538 |
15 |
1000-5000 |
5-10% |
Urban |
Asphalt |