FAQs

Take a look at the draft Asset Management Plan here.

The draft Asset Management Plan details information about infrastructure assets including actions required to provide an agreed level of service in the most cost-effective manner while outlining associated risks.

The draft plan defines the services to be provided, how the services are provided and what funds are required to provide the services generally over a 10-year planning period.

This draft plan covers the infrastructure assets that provide services across the Roads, Footpath and Kerb network.

Asset management planning is an important process to ensure infrastructure is provided in a financially sustainable manner.

Modelling shows that Asset Management Plans reduce risk and cost. Planned works are more affordable and have lower risks than simply re-acting to what are often foreseeable issues.

‘Assets’ refers to infrastructure that is managed by the Adelaide Hills Council. The asset categories that are part of this consultation are: bridges.

Asset management requires the understanding of the services that are provided by assets. For example a road provides a way to get from one place to another in a vehicle, in a safe manner. 

Customer levels of service are derived from what aspects of the service is important to the customer (is the ride bumpy), whether they see value in the service being provided (the road I traverse every day is not potholed or sections missing), and what is the likely trend over time based on the current budget (this road is getting bumpier, and the potholes have increased – or – the road has been resealed and I have a smooth journey).

Quality - How good is the service … what is the condition or quality of the service?

Function - Is it suitable for its intended purpose …. Is it the right service?

Capacity/Use - Is the service over or under used … do we need more or less of these assets?

Sustainability - Coordinating existing strategies and using sustainable materials for the optimum approach,  whilst minimising the impact on the environment

Your feedback will help us shape the Asset Management Plan for roads, footpaths and kerbs. 

Have your say by:

Taking part in the online feedback tools on this website

Email us: engage@ahc.sa.gov.au

Call us: 8400 0400

Send us a letter: PO Box 44, Woodside, SA 5152 

Following the public comment period, staff will review the community feedback and prepare a report to Council on the outcomes of the consultation. The results of all the feedback will also be used to guide the Asset Management Plan.

Call our team on 8400 0400 or email engage@ahc.sa.gov.au 

• Road Seal & Pavement – 608kms
• Unsealed Roads – 401kms
• Footpaths – 115kms
• Kerb & Watertable – 253kms
• Shoulders – 561,000m2

Total Replacement Cost - $295 million

• Newly Constructed- $2.1m
• Gifted (subdivisions) - $2.75m
• Operations - $7.81m
• Maintenance - $26.87m
• Renewals - $50.44
• Disposals - $0

Total $89.97 million spend over 10 years

Mobile Asset System is the product/software we use to store our asset information and we collect data around our assets utilising the mobile suite, as well as inspections and maintenance management.

Patrol Grading relates to unsealed roads. The focus is on fixing the existing surface using material in the road corridor until a survey identifies that the unsealed road requires a re-sheeting to restore it to its former serviceability.

The road network:

The main arterial roads linking the majority of towns with the Adelaide Hills Region are owned by the Department of Infrastructure.  These include the main roads from Stirling through to Birdwood (Aldgate, Bridgewater, Verdun, Woodside, Charleston through to Birdwood), and extend out to to most major towns.  These roads are under care and control of the state government department.  

Local, collector and distributor roads are the responsibility of Council.  An example of these major collector/distributor roads include, Longwood Rd (Heathfield), Jones Road (Balhannah), Kersboork Forreston Road (Forreston), Tregarthan Road (Summertown).  The local roads are all the local streets that link to the major Council or Dept of Transport roads.

To see if the main arterial roads are the responsibility of the department they have an interactive map defining their road network.

https://www.dit.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/road_projects/state-wide_road_improvement_and_maintenance_works

or a PDF copy is available here:

https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/14743/dpti_maintained_roads_metropolitan.pdf