NSW Audit Office - Performance Reports – 1999 – Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW - Planning for

Performance Audit ReportRoads and TrafficAuthority of NSWPlanning forRoad MaintenanceState Library of New South Wales cataloguing in publication dataNew South Wales. Audit Office.Performance audit report : Roads and traffic Authority of NSW : planning for road maintenance /[The Audit Office of New South Wales].07347210561. Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW – Auditing. 2. Roads – New South Wales –Maintenance and repair – Finance – Auditing. 3. Roads – New South Wales – Maintenance andrepair – Planning – Auditing. I. Title: Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW : planning for roadmaintenance.354.7724609944© Copyright reserved by The Audit Office of New South Wales 1998. All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced without prior consent of The Audit Office of New South Wales.Table of ContentsExecutive Summary 1Summary of Recommendations 6Response from the Roads and Traffic Authority 81. Introduction 131.1 Introduction 141.2 Types of Road Maintenance 141.3 The Benefits of Road Maintenance 161.4 Responsibility for Road Maintenance 171.5 Demands on Roads and Bridges 182. About the Audit 232.1 Introduction 242.2 Scope of the Audit 242.3 Audit Methodology 242.4 Audit Criteria 252.5 Cost of the Audit 252.6 Audit Team 252.7 Acknowledgment 263. A Strategic Approach to Road Maintenance 273.1 Introduction 283.2 Better Practice Focus on Outcomes 283.3 Transport and Road Planning 293.4 Monitoring the Network 313.5 Issues ...