The questions below relate to the financial year 2021/2022
1. How many road bridges are you responsible for maintaining?
2714
2. (i) how many Principal Inspections have taken place?
28
(ii) how many Principal Inspections did you plan to do?
35
3. (i) how many General Inspections have taken place?
1041
(ii) how many General Inspections did you plan to do?
1361
4. How many Structural Reviews did you undertake?
28
5. How many sub-standard (in terms of capacity) and/or weight restricted bridges do you have?
224
6. Of these, how many do you intend to return to full load carrying capacity in the next 5 years?
3
7. How many bridges would you return to full load carrying capacity if you had no resource restrictions?
83
8. (i) How many post-tensioned bridges do you have?
27
(ii) How many of those have had Post Tensioned Special Inspections (PTSI) within the last 18 years?
15
(iii) Of those that have not had a PTSI, how many require/are due one?
9
(iv) How much funding would you anticipate is required to remove the backlog of PTSIs for those bridges identified in Q8(iii)?
£0.65m
9. In monetary terms, what is the current depreciation?
£455,693,008
10. What is the calculated value of your work bank?
We do not hold this calculation.
11. (i) What is the annual revenue works budget for maintaining your bridge stock? (excluding staff costs)
£66,000
(ii) What is the annual capital works budget for maintaining your bridges stock?
£9,000,000
(iii) What total budget would you estimate is required to maintain the bridge stock at its current level (standstill budget)?
£8,000,000
12. (i) How many Stage 1 Scour Assessments did you undertake as a % of those requiring an assessment?
0.2%
(ii) How many Stage 2 Scour Assessments did you undertake as a % of those requiring an assessment?
2.87%
13. (i) How many bridges under your management completely collapsed?
0
(ii) How many bridges under your management partially collapsed?
0
(iii) Would you be happy to share the detail with members of the UK Bridges Board?
Yes
14. What was your Bridge Stock Condition Index (BSCI) at the end of 2021/2022 (or current if easier)?
We do not hold this calculation.
15. What issues with managing your bridge stock causes you most concern?
A shortage of engineers, particularly experienced Chartered or Incorporate engineers, and losing engineers to National Highways who can offer significantly higher salaries than Local Government.