Asset Management
Introduction
Council’s responsibilities for ensuring a safe and efficient road network within Frankston City are established under the Road Management Act2004 (Vic). In accordance with the Act, Council has adopted a Road Management Plan, which outlines our obligations for the management and maintenance of roads across the municipality.
The Plan also describes the management systems Council has in place to fulfil its duties under the Act, including the inspection, maintenance and repair of public roads for which Council is responsible.
Trends in road and drainage maintenance are closely influenced by long-term weather patterns and significant storm events. These conditions can accelerate the deterioration of assets and contribute to an increase in maintenance needs across the network.
Potholes
Paths
Drainage
Frankston City Council records all customer requests relating to potholes and classifies each request to determine whether the road is Council‑managed, privately owned, or the responsibility of the Department of Transport and Planning. Requests that fall outside Council’s jurisdiction are referred to the relevant authority for action.
Council responds to pothole requests in accordance with the intervention levels and response times outlined in our Road Management Plan.
More information can be found on Council's website.
Council undertakes the inspection, maintenance and repair of all roads listed in our Public Road Register. These roads and road‑related assets are proactively inspected at the frequencies specified in Council’s Road Management Plan, ensuring they are managed in accordance with statutory requirements and service standards.
Path maintenance covers both sealed and unsealed Council footpaths, as well as shared paths. Council receives a consistent number of requests each year, with the most common relating to concrete footpath repairs and removal of obstructions from paths.
Council responds to all path‑related requests in line with the intervention levels and response times outlined in our Road Management Plan.
Paths are proactively inspected at the frequencies specified in Council’s Road Management Plan, ensuring they are managed in accordance with statutory requirements and established service standards. Every pathway is inspected at least once every two years.
Over the past two years, Council has placed a strong focus on improving proactive inspection regimes for shared paths, increasing oversight of these important community assets.
Increases in path maintenance activity are generally driven by external factors such as conflicts with tree roots, falling or overhanging branches, other debris, and damage caused by vehicles parking or driving over pathways. Additional influences on maintenance trends include the age of the subdivision and the total length of pathways within the area being inspected, as older or more extensive networks typically require greater maintenance attention.
The predominant customer requests relating to drainage maintenance involve reports of flooding and the need to clear blocked pits to allow water to drain effectively, along with requests to repair broken pit lids and surrounds. Drainage‑related maintenance trends are significantly influenced by storm events, and in areas near Kananook Creek and the bay, by tidal flows that affect water levels within the drainage system.
Council’s increased focus on proactive drainage maintenance and targeted capital works upgrades in known problem areas has had a positive impact, contributing to a reduction in reactive requests over time.
The drainage network is proactively inspected on a three‑year cycle, during which each drainage pit is assessed, and any required works are programmed accordingly. Consistent with customer request patterns, pit maintenance remains the predominant activity undertaken as part of Council’s drainage maintenance program.