October 2009
"The latest form of Highways Agency contracts for maintaining motorways and trunk roads provide visibility of costs and the ability to allocate risk appropriately. But, as is so often the case, a lack of probing analysis of the information which is available, and continuing gaps in some areas undermine the drive to maximize value for money. The Agency has not yet established and benchmarked the unit costs of planned maintenance tasks, such as resurfacing; and it does not have enough of the information on or analysis of the continuing condition of assets necessary to drive down whole life costs of planned maintenance projects. The Highways Agency also now needs to strengthen the engineering and commercial management skills of its area teams."
Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, 16 October 2009.Website
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Also check:
- Department for Transport: Estimating and monitoring the costs of building roads in England
- Highways Agency: Maintaining England's Motorways and Trunk Roads
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