Highway Asset Management
Consultation on Walsall Council’s Highway Asset Management Plan
If you live, work, or simply pass through Walsall you will probably use the single most valuable asset to the community, which Walsall Council is responsible for - the highway network. Whether on foot, cycling, using public or personal transport we all need the highway network in order to get around.
The way it is maintained and managed has a direct impact on the borough’s residents, businesses and visitors. We all depend upon a reliable service from our road network in order to sustain our economic and transportation needs, it is vitally important to have a network that is in good condition if we are to reflect the buoyant economy that exists in Walsall.
Walsall’s Highway Asset Management Plan (HAMP) will provide an integrated framework through which we will deliver highways maintenance across the borough’s road network in a way that optimises resources for the management of the highway infrastructure.
The primary function of the Highway Asset Management Plan is to maximise value for money for road users and residents while carrying out the council’s duties as the Highway Authority, in line with the progressive introduction of Whole Government Accounts (WGA).
Walsall’s Highway Asset Management Plan has strong links with the council’s corporate goals, objectives, policies and pledges; and provides the foundation for delivering a well-maintained and managed highway infrastructure. The Plan signals the beginning of a new approach to maintaining the council’s road network, it sets out the management arrangements required to ensure levels of service are optimised in a way that ensures the highway asset is managed, wherever practical, to meet the expectations of highway users.
We hope you will take this opportunity to participate in this consultation exercise for Walsall’s draft Highway Asset Management Plan and provide us with your feedback so that we can prepare the final document for formal publication.
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Comments
Comments or representations on the draft Highway Asset Management Plan are to be made in writing. A comments form has been prepared which can be used to submit comments in one of two ways:
1) Download and print the PDF version of the comments form (PDF 12KB)
This should be posted to:
Richard Pohribnyj
Highway Asset Manager
Walsall Council
Freepost WL53
Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1TP
2) Complete the word version of the comments form and email it to us at highwayassetmanagement@walsall.gov.uk
If you require any of these documents, including the Plan, in alternative formats, or would like to discuss alternative ways of making comments please contact:
Richard Pohribnyj
Highway Asset Manager
Telephone 01922 652304
Hard copy version of the Highway Asset Management Plan
To reduce the environmental impact of this consultation exercise, only a limited number of printed copies of the Plan have been produced. These will be made available upon request and will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis.
If you wish to receive a hard copy version please contact:
Richard Pohribnyj
Highway Asset Manager
Telephone 01922 652304
Closing date
Closing date for comments and representations is 3 October 2008. All comments and representations received will be reviewed and the final Highway Asset Management Plan will then be completed and formally published.