Roads and Transport Directorate Future Direction

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* 1. Name of your council’s IPWEA regional group (see website for regions):

Central West

Hunter

Illawarra

Metro North

Metro West

Metro South

Mid North Coast

New England

North Coast

Orana

South West

South East

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* 2. What aspects of the Roads and Transport Directorate provide value to your council?

Technical Resources and Publications (e.g. Asset Benchmarking report)

Advocacy and Industry Engagement (e.g. Submissions)

Local Roads Congress

Working Party and Committees

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Which of the following Publications from the IPWEA Roads and Transport Directorate is useful for your work at council?

Asset Benchmarking Project - Road Management Report and Bridge Management Report

Bridge Publications - BRIDGEdesign Guide, BRIDGE Guide and BRIDGEloading Assessment Guide

Standard drawings

NSW Construction Costs Forecast

Fair value Guide

Quality Systems for Local Roads

Road Inspection Manual

Automated Detection of Road Defects Evaluation

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Were you aware of the availability of these publications?

Yes

Some of them

Please provide any feedback on the above publications here:

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* 5. To understand the use of standard drawings by council staff, please share where you obtain standard drawings from:

Own or other local council provided

External company/consultant

Roads and Transport Directorate website

Do not use them

Please specify or provide feedback on the use of standard drawings at your council (including whether there is a lack of certain standard drawings):

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* 6. The Roads and Transport Directorate currently offers a set of standard drawings for roads, footpaths and cycleways, stormwater management, traffic control and open spaces. In addition to the previous question, if there is a need for more standard drawings (e.g.: water supply, sewerage), what additional categories of standard drawings would you require?

No additional categories needed

More standard drawings are required

Please specify what additional categories of standard drawings are required by your council:

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* 7. The Roads & Transport Directorate has an interest in the current use of the suite of AUS SPEC specifications and would like to gauge how NSW Councils are using these documents. Does your Council use AUS SPEC for (tick all boxes as applicable);

Public infrastructure design (in house and outsourced designs).

Public infrastructure day labour construction

Public infrastructure outsourced construction contracts

Public infrastructure maintenance programs

Delivery of public infrastructure via land use developments (design and construction).

Do not use AUS SPEC

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* 8. Which of the following specifications does your Council use in addition to AUS SPEC;

Australian Standards

Transport for NSW (formerly RMS)

NSW Public Works

Others (please nominate):

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* 9. Industry engagement: The Roads & Transport Directorate represents our member councils on the following programs. Which of the groups/programs provides value to you and your council?

Streets Opening Coordination Council NSW/ACT (SOCC)

Scientific board r-CITI UNSW

TfNSW RMCC Steering Committee

TfNSW Freight Programs, including Farm Gate Access Pilot Program

TfNSW Level Crossing Working Group

TfNSW Australian Government Black Spot NSW Consultative Committee

Standards Committee CE-001: reviewing AS2860 Part 6 Disabled Parking with Part 1 Off Street Car Parking

Austroads Taskforce Temporary Traffic Management: representing ALGA

Local Government Towards Zero Community Partnerships

SSROC Paving the Way

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* 10. The Street Opening Coordination Council (SOCC) published the latest version of the Guide to Codes and Practices for Streets Opening in 2018. The SOCC is currently undertaking a peer review to inform a future update:

Are relevant persons in your council aware of the SOCC User guide and do they use it?

Can you easily follow the SOCC User guide?

Are there any grey area’s that require more clarification or guidance?

Does the SOCC guide provide enough information when carrying out work in road reserves and public spaces?

Are there any other comments about the SOCC guide that would add value to the guide?

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* 11. What area/s do you think the Roads and Transport Directorate should focus on to support local councils in the coming year?

Asset Management

Freight transport

Road Safety

Bridges

Disaster Recovery

Other (please specify):

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* 12. Which of these new and future initiative topics will be useful for your council?

Engineering Lessons Learned from Disaster Recovery Project

Manage Road Defects – Manual and Training using a risk-based approach

Asset Management Principles for NSW Local Government

Bridge Inventory on local roads to support route assessments for freight movements

Paving the Way – soft plastics and crumb rubber in roads

Freight – understanding the future freight task and the impact on the local roads network.

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* 13. What issues would you like to see us advocating for more on for local councils?

Engineering registration scheme

Road safety

Disaster recovery

Road Classification and Regional Road Transfer Review

Other (please specify):

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* 14. What content would you like to receive in the communication emails from the Directorate?

New publications

Key advocacy updates – submissions

Other (please specify):

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* 15. Please add any additional feedback or suggestions for Roads and Transport Directorate below, specifically how the Directorate can better provide value to you, our member councils.