Road Resurfacing - Council Policy

Sponsor:	General Manager Works & Services
Date Approved:	9 April 2003
Date Reviewed:	10 March 2008
File Reference:	44/45
Community Outcome:	Sustainable and Well-Planned 1.1 - Is easy to get around so everybody can access services and facilities.

To provide criteria for deciding which resealing material to use when a street is due to be resurfaced.

Chip seal surfacing shall be used for resealing, except for roads satisfying the criteria in 2 below, in which case hot mix surfacing shall be used.

roads subject to high wear and tear (such as cul-de-sac heads and intersections)
roads in industrial/commercial areas where there is a high concentration of truck traffic
roads with short sections between two adjacent hot mix areas where the use of chipseal is uneconomic
roads subject to high usage by pedestrians, such as the CBD, and
roads requiring special treatment due to engineering reasons.

Every LIM issued for a property that fronts onto a residential street that is currently hot mix surfaced, shall include information on the expected year of resurfacing, and state that chip seal surfacing will be used.
Hot mix shall also be approved for resealing short stretches of road providing access to private properties where:

the property owners request hot mix be used where chip seal surfacing would normally be used, within two months of Council giving notice that their street is to be resealed
the property owners request Council to price the cost of hot mix and confirm their wish to proceed with hot mix within a maximum period of one month of receiving the price, and
the property owners pay the full additional cost of hot mix to Council within a maximum period of two months of receiving the price, noting that no work will be done prior to the funds being received.

5 July 2006
13 May 2005