1. How many road bridges is Devon County Council (DCC) responsible for maintaining?
2720
2. How many Principal Inspections took place in the financial year 2022/23?
26
3. How many Principal Inspections did DCC plan to do?
35
4. How many General Inspections took place in the financial year 2022/23?
1309
5. How many General Inspections did DCC plan to do?
1360
6. How many Structural Reviews were undertaken in the financial year 2022/23?
26
7. How many substandard bridges does DCC have (in terms of ability to carry 44t vehicles)? Please exclude bridges that have weight restrictions for environmental reasons.
222
8. Of these substandard bridges, how many does DCC intend to return or upgrade to full load carrying capacity in the next 5 years?
3
9. If there were no resource restrictions, how many bridges would be returned to full load carrying capacity?
79
10. How many post-tensioned bridges does DCC have?
27
11. How many of those have had post tensioned special inspections (PTSI) within the last 18 years?
15
12. Of those that have not had a PTSI, how many require/are due one?
8
13. How much funding is required to remove the backlog of PTSIs?
£640,000
14. What is the current depreciation for 2022/23?
DCC do not hold this information.
15. What is the calculated value of DCC’s workbank*?
*Total value of condition-based maintenance work that has been identified and can be calculated
DCC do not hold this information.
16. What is the annual revenue works expenditure for maintaining bridge stock (excluding staff costs)?
£296,000
17. What is the annual capital works expenditure for maintaining bridge stock?
£9,000,000
18. What total budget is required to maintain the bridge stock at its current level (standstill budget)?
DCC do not hold this information.
19. How many bridges required a Stage 1 Scour Assessment in the financial year 2022/23?
1239
20. How many Stage 1 Scour Assessments were undertaken in the financial year 2022/23?
15
21. How many bridges required a Stage 2 Scour Assessment in the financial year 2022/23?
147
22. How many Stage 2 Scour Assessments were undertaken in the financial year 2022/23?
10
23. How many bridges under DCC management completely collapsed in the financial year 2022/23?
0
24. How many bridges under DCC management partially collapsed in the financial year 2022/23?
0
25. Would DCC be happy to share the detail with members of the UK Bridges Board?
Yes
26. What was DCC’s Bridge Stock Condition Index at the end of 2022/23?
DCC do not hold this information.
27. What issues with managing bridge stock is of most concern?
A shortage of engineers, particularly experienced chartered or incorporate engineers, reliability of bridge condition scoring as an asset management tool and a diminishing budget.