increase its focus on Agree The program’s demonstrating the current benefits of optimal workplan life-cycle reflects an maintenance for a increased more limited number focus on a of national road more limited corridors and with number of greater priority given national road to long-term, corridors. Post performance-based will pilot use of maintenance projects. based maintenance contracts through its future works program. mandate cost-benefit Agree We agree that analysis (CBA) of cost-benefit high cost projects analysis (CBA) which reduce the should play a availability of funds key role in the for maintenance of prioritisation of roads that might major projects. otherwise become It is important impassable, and that such require the CBA to analysis is take this opportunity considered in cost into account. the context of other factors such as social outcomes and interregional equity alongside government priorities. develop and use Agree simplified criteria generated by RAMS as the basis for more transparent decisions on what treatment to implement and what form of contract to adopt.
increase its focus on demonstrating the benefits of optimal life-cycle maintenance for a more limited number of national road corridors and with greater priority given to long-term, performance-based maintenance projects. Agree The program’s current workplan reflects an increased focus on a more limited number of national road corridors. Post will pilot use of maintenance contracts through its future works program. mandate cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of high cost projects which reduce the availability of funds for maintenance of roads that might otherwise become impassable, and require the CBA to take this opportunity cost into account. Agree We agree that cost-benefit analysis (CBA) should play a key role in the prioritisation of major projects. It is important that such analysis is considered in the context of other factors such as social outcomes and interregional equity alongside government priorities. develop and use simplified criteria generated by RAMS as the basis for more transparent decisions on what treatment to implement and what form of contract to adopt. Agree based
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