Regional Infrastructure Projects Update - June 2014
By: Regional Infrastructure Projects Coordinator, Steven Cosatto...
Regional Asset Management Group (RAMG)
The Roads and Transport Alliance Project Team (RTAPT) workshop for the Road Asset Valuation (RAV) Toolbox has been confirmed for Friday 27 June (10am-3pm). All Council officers who have accepted the invite are reminded to bring their own laptops.
From the last Asset Management meeting, it was evident there are conflicting opinions on two subjects:
1. Useful life of seals across the road hierarchy. ie 'Ideal' vs 'Reality' (identified renewal and maintenance programs vs. the financial juggling required during budget negotiations).
2. Does or should formation (roads) form part of the residual within pavement vs. formation being identified separately in its own category?
It is anticipated the RAV toolbox workshop with Graeme Jordon on 27 June will provide additional information to aid in this discussion. It is evident the Ideal vs Reality discussion will have to occur if we are to progress the register. It has been suggested that at our next meeting we have representatives from each opposing view so that some robust discussion can occur to allow us to come to an agreed consensus with some substantiation as to why, so we (all of us) can then convey to those not privy to the workshop. Bearing in mind that just because data is in the regional register it does not mean that Councils are required to replicate that data for their own registers.
Date claimer: workshop Friday 27 June 2014 10-3pm, Cairns
Date claimer: next meeting Monday 7 July 2014 10-2pm, Cairns
Regional Waste Management Group (RWMG)
The latest meeting was held on Thursday 29 June at Cairns Regional Council on the morning of the Local Authority Waste Management Advisory Committee (LAWMAC) workshop. As this is only the fourth meeting (second since de-amalgamations) it is encouraging to see the group beginning to gain traction and identify where this group fits between the activities of the greater LAWMAC group and individual Council projects. Areas currently identified as potential projects include:
• Regional waste reduction and recycling strategy/action plan (legislated requirements)
• Resource/information sharing – Material Recovery Facilities
• Collective procurement.
Judging from the interaction amongst the group with the sharing of information from the last few meetings it is evident a need exists for a regional group.
Date claimer next meeting RWMG: Friday, 15 August 2014 9.30am to 12.30pm, Cairns.