Table 1 Frequency of Highway Inspections – Highway Type Hierarchy Safety Service Inspection category Inspection Frequency* Frequency Carriageways 2 1 month 1 year Strategic route 3a 1 month 1 year Main distributor 3b 1 month 1 year Secondary distributor 4a 3 months 1 year Link road (Locally Important Roads) 4b 1 year 1 year Local access roads (All other roads) Footways 1(a) 1 month 1 year Prestige Area 1 1 month 1 year Primary walking route (incl shared use facilities) 2 3 months 1 year Secondary walking route (incl shared use facilities) 3 6 months 1 year Link footway 4 1 year 1 year Local access footway Cycleways A As CWay As CWay Not remote from Carriageway B 6 months 1 year Remote from Carriageway / Cycle Trails (when highway maintainable at public expense) *Service Inspection – an enhanced safety inspection with additional information recorded on overall condition It may be necessary to inspect certain highways at a higher frequency than shown above when there are particular hazards, e.g. a highway is deteriorating quickly or a road being used as a diversion route for 1 month or more. Any agreed additional (ad-hoc) inspections will need recording in the Highway Asset Management System.
Table 1 – Frequency of Highway Inspections Highway Type Hierarchy category Safety Inspection Frequency Service Inspection Frequency* Carriageways Strategic route Main distributor Secondary distributor Link road (Locally Important Roads) Local access roads (All other roads) 2 3a 3b 4a 4b 1 month 1 month 1 month 3 months 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year Footways Prestige Area Primary walking route (incl shared use facilities) Secondary walking route (incl shared use facilities) Link footway Local access footway 1(a) 1 2 3 4 1 month 1 month 3 months 6 months 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year Cycleways Not remote from Carriageway Remote from Carriageway / Cycle Trails (when highway maintainable at public expense) A B As CWay 6 months As CWay 1 year *Service Inspection – an enhanced safety inspection with additional information recorded on overall condition It may be necessary to inspect certain highways at a higher frequency than shown above when there are particular hazards, e.g. a highway is deteriorating quickly or a road being used as a diversion route for 1 month or more. Any agreed additional (ad-hoc) inspections will need recording in the Highway Asset Management System.
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