Page 2446 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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(2) What percentage of this backlog is located within the Ginninderra Electorate.
(3) What is the total area in square meters of roads and streets in the Ginninderra Electorate and of these, how many have been resurfaced in the past (a) five and (b) ten years.
(4) What has caused the sudden emergence of new potholes following the rain event of 7-9 August 2020, when many dozens, possibly hundreds, of new potholes opened up in streets in the Belconnen Area, and new ones are still appearing as of today, 13 August 2020.
(5) As residents normally report potholes that need repairing, in the case referred to above, has the ACT Government taken any specific steps to inventory the great many new potholes that have appeared in the Belconnen area; if so, what steps have been taken; if not, why not.
(6) What is the timeframe for repairing these new potholes.
Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Roads ACT does not keep a register of road sections identified for, and awaiting reseal, from one year to the next. Rather, the entire network is reanalysed each year, based on condition data collected on a three-year cycle, to identify an optimal program of resealing work for the following year.
This program aims to treat an average of 4% by area across the total municipal road network and 5% of the territorial road network each year. The Auditor General report findings were based on resurfacing rate statistics from periods previous to the audit.
Resurfacing rates since 2017 are detailed below.
|
Financial Year |
Resurfacing Rate | |
|
Territorial |
Municipal | |
|
2017-18 |
5% |
4% |
|
2018-19 |
5.25% |
3.96% |
|
2019-20 |
5.1% |
4% |
(2) See (1) above.
(3) There is currently 5,924,444 square metres of road in the Ginninderra electorate and of these:
• Approximately 1,142,400 metres square of road has been resurfaced in the last five years; and
• Approximately 1,657,346 metres square of road has been resurfaced in the last ten years.
(4) Rain events that saturate the ground surface result in cracking and potholes in roads.
(5) Given the recent rain events, Roads ACT allocated additional resources to repairs potholes. Crews responding to pothole repairs were doubled during normal business hours. An additional crew was dedicated to the inspection and identification of potholes as well as responding to Fix-My-Street reports. Additionally, 24/7 call out crews focused on repairing dangerous potholes after business hours.
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