Asset Management Plan: Footpaths, Kerbs and Roads

This consultation is now completed.

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who provided feedback as part of the Draft Asset Management Plan: Footpaths, Kerbs and Roads consultation.

On 23 February 2021 Council received the community feedback and a proposed Asset Management Plan 2021 for endorsement.

The full report including the community consultation report can be found in the Council Agenda for 23 February 2021 pages 194 - 361. The summary of feedback on Community Engagement is Appendix 5 of the full report, pages 328 - 361.

The adopted Road, Footpath and Kerb Asset Management Plan 2021 is available in the Document Library to the right.

What's not in the scope:

• Individual Road Section Requests – Council has a detailed data set of the road condition collected through its auditing cycle. Information on the aesthetics of the road are not sought as there are many factors considered for the resealing of each road.
• Sealing of unsealed roads – Council has recently endorsed a policy position on sealing or upgrading unsealed roads and has provisioned for upgrades within the plan over the ten year cycle, based on the policy and budget cycle
• Infrastructure along the footpath network – The key assets along the footpath network where the request for new infrastructure is captured through the Customer Request System, so feedback on where bins, toilets or non-transportation assets is not readily sought.
• Kerbs at the front of private property – This information is analysed through the storm water network each annual business cycle and does not require additional feedback

If you have a request for footpath or road upgrades please feel free to lodge a Customer Request for a specific section to be included into our zoned maintenance. You can do this by calling 8408 0400 or submit a request via https://www.ahc.sa.gov.au/Pages/Report-An-Issue.aspx

What we wanted to know:

• Do you feel safe on our roads?
• Are your footpaths walkable?
• Does the footpath network in general get you to where you need to go?
• Can you push a pram easy, does it meet your general needs?
• Do you feel the unsealed roads are safe and traversable?
• Is the road and footpath network in good condition?
• Are the roads well maintained?
• Is the kerbing adequate and funnels water to the storm water system?
• Would you like more information around when your road/footpath is due for renewing?

The road network:

You might also be interested to know what roads are looked after by Council and what roads fall under the SA Government Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT).

The main arterial roads linking the majority of towns with the Adelaide Hills Region are owned by DIT. 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 DIT 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 available here:

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