Question - Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate

1. How many of the 8,987 path defects identified in the 2021 footpath audit have been repaired.
2. For each of the priority codes (a) Very Low Risk, (b) Low to Medium Risk, (c)  High Risk and (d) Very High Risk, how many of each of these defects (i) were identified and (ii) have been repaired.
3. How many path defects which were not identified in the 2021 audit have since been (a) reported and (b) repaired.

(1) The defects identified through the 2021 path audit have been considered, prioritised and actioned collectively with new issues identified in the two years since the audit.  The total count of active travel related defects completed between 1 January 2022 and 8 November 2023, following the 2021 community path audit is approximately 5,188 (Table 1).  Notably, of the 8,987 issues identified in the audit, just over 1,000 of them were not path structural defects– rather they related to debris on the path (temporary) or vegetation encroachment on the path.

Table 1: Count of active travel related defects completed between 1 January 2022 and 8 November 2023

(2) All urgent and high-risk repairs arising from the 2021 path maintenance audit have been rectified. Risk rating results aren’t static and continue to be monitored by Roads ACT. For example, a trip hazard identified in 2021 may or may not exacerbate/change in priority rating and result in repairs. Please refer to response to 1) for the number of defects that have been rectified since 1 January 2022.

(3) The Roads ACT path maintenance program addresses the highest priority defects based on a dynamic list of records from the TCCS Asset Management System (AMS). This includes addressing a mix of existing defects and new defects as they are identified. Please refer to the response to 1) for the number of defects that have been rectified since 1 January 2022.