Highway asset management

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.