摘要: |
The Welsh Government has published and accepted all 15 recommendations of the Lugg Review, the final report of a team of experts under former ClHT president Matthew Lugg. Set up in 2021, the review considered whether current SRN maintenance programmes were cost-effective in discharging ministers' duties on safety and serviceability. The review found that the Major Asset Renewal (MAR) process took a 'top-down' view of the network, while 42 other SRN maintenance programmes were 'bottom-up' collections of schemes. It comments: 'Consideration of the programme elements put forward by asset managers should recognise the potential for them to be influenced by the desire to retain budgets and workload for their areas of responsibility.' The review found further inconsistency within the MAR, with structures elements being based on the Structures Asset Valuation and Investment Tool and non-structures corridor renewal works having been generated without 'the same level of rigour'. |