DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
Construction Industry Forum
Territory Road Strategy and Management
Ernie Wanka
Executive Director Roads
Presentation – 30 May 2013
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INTRODUCTION
• Strategic Context for the Roads Strategy
• Challenges and $’s
• Strategy Themes and Actions
• Australian Government Funding and
Submissions
• Conclusions
• Questions
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STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR NT ROADS STRATEGY
STRONG, 5 POINT PLAN
1.
Cut Labor’s waste and reduce debt
2.
Strengthen law and order
3. Grow a ‘3-Hub’ economy
- mining and energy; tourism and education; food and
exports.
4. Plan properly for the future of the Northern Territory
5.
Be accountable
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STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR NT ROADS STRATEGY
5 POINT PLAN
3.
Grow a ‘3-Hub’ economy
- mining and energy; tourism and education; food and exports.
4.
Plan properly for the future of the Northern Territory
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
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PRIORITY THEMES
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CHALLENGES AND $s
LARGE AREA
1.3 Million Km2
POPULATION
LARGE NETWORK
36,000 KM
Majority of Roads
Unsealed (76%)
230,000
Aging Network
50% of Land Mass is
Aboriginal Land
Increasing
User
I
Expectations
Climactic conditions
- Tropical North (Cyclones)
- Arid Centre (Droughts)
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Transport task is
growing
Traffic Mix
Poor Road Safety
Statistics
High Construction
Costs
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CHALLENGES AND $s
Program
($m)
Cash
($m)
National Networks
Territory Roads
79.4
113.1
56.6
78.0
Total
192.6
134.6
Australian Govt $’s
Northern Territory $’s
TOTAL
93.8
40.8
134.6
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CHALLENGES AND $s
Program
($m)
National Networks
Territory Roads
20.919
73.945
Total
94.864
Australian Govt $’s
Northern Territory $’s
18.919
75.945
TOTAL
94.864
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STRATEGIC THEMES AND ACTIONS
1. NT Urban Arterial Roads Strategy - new /upgrading major roads in urban
centres
2. Investigate innovative project and program delivery methodologies
3. Work with the Planning Commission
4. Develop road networks in Major Remote Towns in line with new town
plans
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STRATEGIC THEMES AND ACTIONS
1.
Develop high standard access to ports and rail heads (e.g. Duplication of
Berrimah Road to Port)
2.
Facilitate major industrial and commercial developments
(e.g. Ichthys Project)
3.
Explore user pays and cost sharing arrangements
4.
Upgrade arterial roads to support primary industries (e.g. Central
Arnhem Road)
5.
Develop road network supporting tourism (Tourism Masterplan/
Australia’s Timeless North)
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STRATEGIC THEMES AND ACTIONS
1.
Implement Regional Roads Productivity Package ($106 million NBP2)
2.
Implement the Roads to Recovery Program
- $23 million NTG / $28 million to local government councils
3.
Develop employment and training capacity in remote road contracts
4.
Develop options for better management of local roads
5.
Resolve road corridor land tenure on Aboriginal land
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STRATEGIC THEMES AND ACTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Implement Road Safety and Fatigue
Management Program on the National
Network
Urban Traffic Management
Improvements
AG Blackspot Program ($1M per year)
and HVSPP
NT Roads – Safety amenities – Truck
Parking, Rest Areas
Improve Road Condition Reporting
Delivery of Road Safety Education and
Awareness Programs
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STRATEGIC THEMES AND ACTIONS
Asset Management
1.
National Network
- Pavement Strengthening and Widening ($32.8M)
- Repairs and Maintenance ($21M)
2.
NT Roads Rural and Urban Arterials and Secondary Local Roads
Pavement Strengthening and Widening ($5M)
3.
NT Roads Repairs and Maintenance ($74M)
4. Continue condition surveys and analysis
at network level to measure performance
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STRATEGIC THEMES AND ACTIONS
The Environment
1.
Review and implement Cyclepath plans for
Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs, Katherine
and Tennant Creek
2.
Continue to implement Landscape Plans for
urban areas- Katherine, Tennant Creek and
Alice Springs
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STRATEGIC THEMES AND ACTIONS
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
1.
Commenced operating in Queensland on 21 January 2013 offering
a limited range of services (NHV accreditation on Performance
Based Standards)
2.
Jurisdictions are working towards 1 September 2013 to endorse the
NHVR to operate nationally
3.
NT Government is not yet convinced that the benefits outweigh the
costs
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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND SUBMISSIONS
NATION BUILDING PROGRAM 2
The Nation Building Program 2 will commence in 2014-15 for another
5 year program
The Australian Government have committed to two Nation Building 2 projects:
•
The Regional Roads Productivity Package ($106 million); and
•
Tiger Brennan Drive CBD to Berrimah Road Duplication ($103 million)
Plus a commitment to fund repairs and maintenance on the National Network
In the 2013-14 Australian Government Budget announcements, the funding has
dropped from $474 million for the five years from 2008-09 to 2013-14 to almost
half this amount to $244 million
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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND SUBMISSIONS
Regional Roads Productivity Package
Road Projects
Roper Highway. High level bridges over the
Roper and Wilton Rivers
Australian Government
Port Keats Road - flood immunity
$90m
improvement at Moyle River Floodplain
Santa Teresa Road – commence sealing
Northern Territory
from Santa Teresa to Alice Springs
Government
Buntine Highway - targeted strengthening,
$16m
widening and sealing works
Arnhem Link Road - upgrade 30 km low
standard flat-bladed track to gravel
Total Package $106m
standard
Central Arnhem Road – construction of
new bridge over Rocky Bottom Creek
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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND SUBMISSIONS
Regional Infrastructure Fund
1. Supporting Resource Sector Development
Planning Report - $1.5m
• Transport Infrastructure
• Utilities (power, water and waste water) for
Communities that support mining
• General community Infrastructure for
Communities that support mining or regional
hubs
2. Upgrades to the Tanami Road - $100 to $300m
• Application submitted under the newly
developed Remote Indigenous Policy
Framework
• Six options were identified to upgrade the road
• All options included extending the seal for
various lengths
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CONCLUSION
• The challenge is to implement the strategy and
improve the management of the road network
•
Monitoring and management systems in place
• Sustainability in terms of capital and maintenance
investment by implementing “whole of life” costing
principles and maximising available resources
• Partnerships and Innovations
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Thank you Questions?
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