Seminar on Results Management for Public Sector Excellence: Transport19th May 2011, Singapore

NepalCountry Presentation on

Integrated Transport Sector Plans and Road Asset Management for Efficient and Effective Road Transport Services

NepalCountry Presentation on

Integrated Transport Sector Plans and Road Asset Management for Efficient and Effective Road Transport Services

Presented ByMr. Yogendra Kumar RaiDeputy Director General

Planning and Design Department of Roads, Nepal

National Transport Policy

• The principal objective of the National Transport Policy is to develop a reliable, cost effective, safe facility oriented and sustainable transport system that promotes and sustains the economic, social, cultural and tourism development of Nepal as a whole.

Integrated Transport Mode

• Air Transport

• Railways

• Ropeways

• Main Trails and Tracks

• Roads

TYPES OF ROADS

• Strategic Road Network• Local Road Network• Urban Roads• Rural Roads

Road Agencies:

• DoR• DoLIDAR• Local Bodies

Road Classification and Statistics(NRS 2009/10)Classification of Roads Length Km

A Strategic Road Network

1 National Highways 3391.812 Feeder Roads (National) 5538.27

3 Feeder Roads (Others) 578.33

4 Mid Hill Roads 734.405 Postal Roads 592.20

B Local Roads Network

1 District Roads 6955.462 Urban Roads 2473.17

Total 20263.65

Expansion of Road Network

2,1

66

2,5

17

3,5

70

3,8

35

3,9

33

4,2

54

4,7

40

4,8

61 7

,535 9,3

99

10,8

35

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,0001

97

0

197

5

198

0

198

5

199

0

199

4

199

8

200

2

200

4

200

6/0

7

200

9/1

0'

Total

Total SRN

District R

Urban R

Linear (Total SRN)

Coverage of Road Assets

Consists of road and its structures

Bridges and other cross drainage works

Road reserve as defined by the right of way (RoW)

Land building and other properties occupied/ acquired by the road agencies

Vehicles, plants and machinery

ROAD ASSET VALUE

• Estimate superseding NRs. 200 billion

• Rs. 90 billion (2006 value without land and buildings)

• Road asset Register draft submitted June 2010, Road asset value NRs. 123.42 billion (2008 cost without land and bldg.)

OBJECTIVES/SCOPE

• To rigorously study various Road maintenance approaches

• To identify appropriate model in road asset management

• To discuss with concerned stakeholders the concept of sustainable road asset management

• To recommend the government, reforms required

• To generate bankable projects

Road Asset Management

• The World Road Association has defined Asset Management as a systematic process of effectively maintaining, upgrading and operating assets, combining engineering principles with sound business practice and economic rationale, and providing the tools to facilitate a more organized and flexible approach to making decisions necessary to achieve the public's expectations.

CONCEPT OF ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT

In 1988, World Bank reported that deterioration of roads in developing country was extensive

Some of the facts were :

15% of capital invested in roads was eroded due to inadequate fund for maintenance; 3 to 4 times additional money due to delay in maintenanceFor every new km built, 3km of existing road would be no more operable due to lack of maintenance;For each unit of money not allocated for maintenance Vehicle Operating Cost (VOC) increased by 3 to 4 folds

Road Asset Management is systematic processing, operating, maintaining, upgrading and preserving road and its reserve and other

assets effectively through out its life cycle

Focus on Road Asset Preservation in Nepal

Concept of Planned Maintenance - 1993/1994 - SDC

Started as Strengthened Maintenance Division Process (SMD)

GoN took over and establishment of RBN in 2002 (2059)

Asset Management/ PreservationAsset Management/ PreservationMethodology: To preserve the road assets planned maintenance is carried out by the SMD’s based on defined need assessment. The database prepared in the process consists of :

•Road register containing details of pavement type, infrastructure details, off side road structures, bridges and culvert details.•Condition of road indicating roughness (IRI) and surface distress (SDI)•Traffic Survey Data•Age of existing road •Importance of road from National perspective.

Activities Under Asset Preservation

Routine MaintenanceRecurrent MaintenanceSpecific MaintenancePeriodic MaintenanceEmergency MaintenanceBio Engineering, Road SafetyBridge MaintenaceRehabilitationReconstructionUpgrading

Road Status from Road Condition Survey 2009/10

Good to fair = 78% of BT Road

9922 km

Road Infrastructure Asset Management for Efficient and Effective Road Transport Service - Economic Policy Network II (EPN-II) Government of Nepal/Asian Development Bank under TA: 7042 –NEP

Further Study in Asset PreservationFurther Study in Asset Preservation

RECOMMENDATION WITH ACTION MATRIX

Major Policy Recommendation

Expected Output Action/Activities/Package/ Program

Time LineImmediate/

Short/Medium/ Long

Backlog Maintenance of SRN

SRN in maintainable condition

Periodic/ Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction

Short to Medium

Maintenance and Rehabilitation of bridges of SRN

Routine Maintenance of Bridges

Bridges in SRN Maintained and Rehabilitated

Bridges Maintained

Periodic Maintenance/ Rehabilitation

Routine/ Recurrent maintenance

Short to Medium

Maintenance of LRN LRN in operative condition Timely maintenance of Local Roads

Short to Medium

Adhere to set standards Quality Maintained Inspections/enforcement/testing

Immediate

Procure up to date IRI Equipment

Road condition assessed accurately

Procurement of Equipment Short

GROUP I: IMPLEMENTATION

Contd..

Major Policy Recommendation

Expected Output Action/Activities/Package/ Program

Time LineImmediate/

Short/Medium/ Long

Introduce Road condition survey in LRN

Road condition assessed accurately

Road Inspection Short/Medium/ Long

Review of Present Contract System

Less contract disputes Make contract documents simple and transparent

Short/Medium/ Long

Enhancement in Road Safety Less accidents and safe roads

Educate drivers, enforce law, construct road information and safety works and road furniture

Short/Medium/ Long

Clear out the road reserve Property Preserved Work with road neighbors and administration

Short/Medium/ Long

Contd..

Major Policy Recommendation] Expected OutputAction/Activities/Package/ Program

Time LineImmediate/

Short/Medium/ Long

Dedicated Branch of DoR to manage assets and data preservation, including all assets in the calculation of assets value

Responsible branch for asset management and maintenance, accurate data

GoN to decide Short/Medium/ Long

Administrative reforms in adequate funding in road asset maintenance and management, timely release of funds, financial rules, release full fuel charges for maintenance, transfer of employees and incentives, making Road Board autonomous, Review of Road Agency Organization for workforce and logistics requirement, review of existing maintenance system

Efficient organisation Legislations, Acts and Regulations

Short to Medium

Phasing out the old fleet of vehicles enforce axle load limits

Enhancement in environment and less road surface deterioration

Legislation, Acts and Regulations and procurement of weigh bridges

Short to Medium

Handing over of all local roads to the local agencies DoR more focused on SRN

GoN to decide and implement

immediate

GROUP II: POLICY

Way forward:

Inventory of SRN using GPS and Maintenance of Asset Register

Road Condition Survey using vehicle mounted automatic profilometer

Use of web based data exchange programs for creating Asset Management Databases