Highway asset management

Asset management is the way an organisation manages its assets to deliver its strategic priorities and service needs effectively to its residents.

The Royal Borough's highway assets include:

  • Roads (658 km).
  • Footways (800 km).
  • Bridges / structures (300).
  • Street lights etc (17,000+).
  • Traffic signals (57 sites).
  • Road drains (26,000+).
  • Public rights of way (300+ km).
  • Highway trees (40,000+).

There are three documents that form the Highway Asset Management Plan:

  • Highway Asset Management Strategy (HAMS) - A high level strategy for Highway Assets, initially focused on carriageways and footways.
  • Highway Maintenance Management Plan (HMMP) - Sets out policies, standards and methods for maintaining all highway assets.
  • Highway Safety Inspection Manual (HSIM) - Determines where inspections are needed and where interventions are required for all highway assets.

Additional funding awarded

Following the awarding of additional funding awarded by DfT in June 2024, RBWM allocated the Road Resurfacing Fund as follows.

Table listing areas /roads where work is planned

Areas where work is planned  Type of works being undertaken on asset group (eg: road resurfacing, streetlighting etc) Cost spent Benefits from it (eg: improved journey times etc)
Borough Wide     Streetlighting street furniture replacement x 233 units £300,000 Provides improvements for residents and road users
Borough wide Refreshing of white lining, traffic bollard replacement & sign replacement £43,000 Road safety improvements for all road users