1 ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ROADS CONFERENCE 2013 OUR ROADS – PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE/ROLE IN NATIONAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT HODSON BAY HOTEL, ATHLONE, MAY 2013.

Our Roads - Planning for the Future/Role in National and Local Development Road Management (Pavement Management & Licensing) John McCarthy Senior Advisor Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport

Overview & Background  Road Management Pavement Management Roadworks Control & Licencing Bridges Traffic (including Speed Limits) Road Safety (including Accidents) Public Lighting Hazards & Public Liability

 Technical data allows Department of Transport Tourism and Sport & local authorities to demonstrate funding requirements as well as set goals and objectives in line with available budgets.  Road Inventory to be held and managed in MapRoad  Appropriate condition assessment Mechanical & Visual Records (i.e. PSCI)  Evaluate, develop, manage and monitor works programmes through the use of MapRoad PMS Pavement Management Overview

2005 Non-National Roads Needs Study  To establish, by county and nationally, the lengths and areas of various categories of non-national roads requiring remedial works, and  To review existing pavement management systems and recommend a system suitable for use on the non-national road network. Recommended the use of MapRoad  On Department of Transport Website &loc=397

2005 Non-National Roads Needs Study The recommendations arising from the study are: 1. The enhancement of MapRoad be adopted as part of a structured implementation 2. That the structured implementation process take into account, inter alia, the implementation factors identified in the report, to ensure the initiative is a success 3. That external expert assistance should be brought in to help guide the implementation process. 4. That a steering group be instituted to oversee and coordinate the implementation process, with working groups as needed to focus on specific data and processing issues. 5. That the implementation process should include a review of network definition rules and should ensure that the network definition system can accommodate all the anticipated data needs of the road authorities. 6. That the implementation process should also allow for raising the profile and awareness of PMS within local authorities, as this will pay dividends in obtaining participation in the process and in ultimately using the system.

Guidance and Standards  Department Guidelines Guidelines on the Rehabilitation of Roads over Peat Guidelines for the Opening, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Trenches in Public Roads (Purple Book) Guidelines for Road Drainage Guidelines on the Depth of Overlay to be used on Rural Non National Roads or LGMA Extranet Road Schedule  Pavement Condition Rating Manual (2010)  On DTTAS Website / LGMA Extranet

Guidance and Standards  Department Guidelines Guide to Road Safety Engineering in Ireland Available on DTTAS Website or LGMA Extranet Will be updated

Guidance and Standards  Roadex Local Roads in Remote Areas  Irish Pavement Asset Group (IPAG) Standards WP1 – Asset Registry WP2 – Network Referencing WP3 – Inventory Data Collection and Maintenance WP4 – Condition Surveying and Rating (including Drainage) WP5 – Routine Maintenance Management WP6 – Pavement Management Strategies WP7 – Reinstatements WP8 – Taking in Charge IPAG Documents on LGMA Extranet

Condition Rating Index  Based on PASER (University of Wisconsin)  Other models were considered  Network level rating Links Rating to Treatment  Standardised approach to link pavement distress to treatment measures (Index – Treatment – Money) Applications  Carlow / Kilkenny – Tertiary Roads  South Tipperary, Galway & Donegal (full network)  Both used manually and with Android App Regional Road Survey  Used Condition Rating Index

Condition Rating Index

 Uses ‘ Before’ and ‘After’ rating of works Support justification in prioritising works Picture of Network Relatively Easy/Quick to use  Circulars RW 3 (Rural) & RW 4 (Urban) of 2012 requirements Regional and Local Roads outside the urban 60km/h speed limit Required for the selection of projects for future Restoration Improvement (RI) and Restoration Maintenance (RM) grants Required for ‘before’ and ‘after’ condition rating for all Restoration Improvement (RI) and Restoration Maintenance (RM) projects from 2012 onwards Will be extended to include urban roads within the 60km/h limit All Condition Rating records must be maintained on ‘MapRoad’

Condition Rating Index Urban Condition Rating Index  Draft Developed  Similar to Rural Manual  Based on PASER (University of Wisconsin)  Flexible Manual  Concrete Manual  Android App updated  Tested  Lessons Learnt  To Issue Summer 2013 Pilots - underway  Cork  Dublin City  Cork City  Dun Laoghaire & South Dublin (Joint)  Athlone

Roadworks Control  Background Broadband Jobs Strategy Irish Water  Existing Situation Manual Systems in place in: -  South Dublin  Dun Laoghaire  Cork City  Cork County  Dublin  New National LGMA System

Mechanical Surveys  Integral to Road & Pavement Management  2011 Regional Road Survey  100% Network Survey  Structural Condition/Pavement Strength  Skid Resistance & Texture  Road Profile & Ride Quality  Visual Condition & Digital Video  PCI, IRI, Rut depth, MPD, SC,  Report on LGMA Extranet  Surveys on Local Roads  Sample Surveys / as required

Training & Quality  Issue of consistency and quality of results  Learning Process  PSCI Training Course running through the Regional Training Centres  Performance and Monitoring

Performance & Monitoring  Financial  Engineering  Audit  Use of Performance Indicators to demonstrate Value for Money  Inspections

Performance & Monitoring  Pavement Management History of Works Pavement Inventory Financial Management Condition Rating  Unit Costs Increased emphasis on monitoring unit costs focusing on urban footpath and carriageway grants  Example of current max unit costs for Surface Dressing are: -  Regional Roads is €5.50  Local Roads is €4.50 Where costs are ‘abnormally’ high an explanation is sought

Conclusion  Circulars Memorandum on Grants for Regional & Local Roads Pavement Management Circular RW 4 of 2013 MapRoad Road Management System - Road Licencing Module RW 2 of 2013 Allocations Circular RW 1 of 2013 Outputs 2012 Town Councils RW4 of 2012 Pavement Condition Ranking  Speed Limits Guidelines for the Application of Special Speed Limits Department Circular (28 th February 2011) on Special Speed Limits All speed limits in each road authority required to be logged on Map Road Facility already exists on Desktop Version Further enhancement of the facility will take place

Conclusion  Next Steps Local authorities - gain experience as well as build knowledge and data  Road networks to be updated  History of works to be completed Development and rollout of training Further PSCI development for Urban Roads Rollout of IPAG Further development of MapRoad Guidelines on the Depth of Overlay to be used on Rural Non National Roads being updated MapRoad to assist in managing Finances, Grant Submissions and Returns  Copies of Memorandum, Circulars & Reports on LGMA Extranet

John McCarthy Senior Advisor Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport Thank You

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