The HIAMP sets out how the Council will best manage its highway network. This considers customer needs, local priorities, asset condition and the best use of available resources.
This presents the Council's strategy for the management of our highway assets (at November 2016). It allows planning over both the short and long-term, while delivering a minimum whole-life cost approach to our Highway assets.
Current ranking
In West Yorkshire, Calderdale are ranked 3rd.
Nationally, we are ranked 50th out of the 112 councils that took part in the survey.
It is a unique and standardised joint effort between Highway Authorities across the UK. It lets us compare, share knowledge and offers the chance to become more efficient by sharing 'good practice'. It gives us:
- A better understanding of how it is performing in the eyes of the public.
- A consistent datum for setting service levels and a means of measuring the impact of service improvements.
- Access to the best performers and the chance to learn from the good practice of others.
- Full transparency of data for benchmarking purposes.
The NHT survey is undertaken each year with Ipsos MORI.
This involves the distribution of around 3,000 questionnaires throughout the district. The results of the survey are published in October.
Highway infrastructure maintenance schemes
Candidate schemes for each asset group will be identified from studies of the condition data applicable to that asset group.
Programs of work for each asset group will be prioritised using factors from the Highways Infrastructure Asset Management Plan.
These are grouped together under the term CASSEM:
- Congestion
- Accessibility
- Stakeholder
- Safety
- Environment
- Maintenance
The list of schemes is the basis of the yearly programme of works for the each asset. This will be defined when funds have been sorted.
Highways risk register
Highway authorities must manage a number of risks at both strategy and operation levels. How likely these risks are and the outcomes can be used to:
- Inform and support Calderdale's approach to asset management;
- and inform key decisions about performance, investment and implementing works programmes.