km/h Speed limit 60 or 8 lower 2 Pedestrian Access 10 Pedestrian Only 10 Shared with 8 No Access 6 motorists 3 Near School 9 Up to 200 m 10 401-600m 8 1001-1200m 5 201-400m 9 601-800m 7 1201-1400m 4 4 Near Hotel or 8 801-1000m 6 1401-1600m 3 Club 5 Near Youth 6 1601-1800m 2 attraction 1801-2000m 1 Beyond 2001 0 6 pedestrian 1 Significant 10 5 Nil within 0 generators i.e. generators generators 300m shopping centres, within 300m within bus and train 300m stations, high density residential areas etc. 7 Lighting 3 Nil 10 Adjacent 5 Lighting on 0 lighting bridge 8 Exposure to 7 Low 10 Medium 5 High 0 buildings 9 Exposure to traffic 7 Low 10 Medium 5 High 0 10 History of 10 Large amount 10 4 No graffiti or 0 accidents and/or of graffiti and amounts of past incidents signs of graffiti record of past graffiti accidents 11 Any loose objects 4 Easily attainable 10 Few shrubs, 4 None 0 large rocks and rubbish and objects small rocks Note 1: Final risk scores for an overbridge is the multiplied by the priority rating divided by the total number of categories “rating” Note 2: The Project Manager will need to provide an assessment of the ratings for new bridges. This may require estimates to be made for factors 8-11 Note 3: Access” bridges shared with motorists are bridges, which allow for multiple modes of traffic “Pedestrian Note 4: to buildings” and is defined as situations where the bridge is over, in the vicinity of, or exposed to high “Exposure “traffic” occupancy buildings or high volumes of traffic.
km/h Speed limit 60 or lower 8 2 Pedestrian Access 10 Pedestrian Only 10 Shared with motorists 8 No Access 6 3 Near School 9 Up to 200 m 10 401-600m 8 1001-1200m 5 201-400m 9 601-800m 7 1201-1400m 4 4 Near Hotel or Club 8 801-1000m 6 1401-1600m 3 5 Near Youth attraction 6 1601-1800m 1801-2000m Beyond 2001 2 1 0 6 pedestrian generators i.e. shopping centres, bus and train stations, high density residential areas etc. 1 Significant generators within 300m 10 generators within 300m 5 Nil within 300m 0 7 Lighting 3 Nil 10 Adjacent lighting 5 Lighting on bridge 0 8 Exposure to buildings 7 Low 10 Medium 5 High 0 9 Exposure to traffic 7 Low 10 Medium 5 High 0 10 History of accidents and/or signs of graffiti 10 Large amount of graffiti and record of past accidents 10 amounts of graffiti 4 No graffiti or past incidents 0 11 Any loose objects 4 Easily attainable large rocks and objects 10 Few shrubs, rubbish and small rocks 4 None 0 Note 1: Final risk scores for an overbridge is the “rating” multiplied by the priority rating divided by the total number of categories Note 2: The Project Manager will need to provide an assessment of the ratings for new bridges. This may require estimates to be made for factors 8-11 Note 3: “Pedestrian Access” bridges shared with motorists are bridges, which allow for multiple modes of traffic Note 4: “Exposure to buildings” and “traffic” is defined as situations where the bridge is over, in the vicinity of, or exposed to high occupancy buildings or high volumes of traffic.
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