City of Stirling Transport Asset Managment Plan

4.0 Future demand

The City’s fundamental role is to provide services to the community and its transport assets are a means to support this.

Transport asset management plans are critically driven by the needs of the services to be delivered and therefore meaningful transport asset strategies cannot be developed in isolation or in the absence of comprehensive service strategies. Maintaining the City’s transport assets without adequate regard for service needs may result in a well-maintained portfolio of assets, but it may also result in an asset portfolio which does not meet the needs of the community.

Consequently, future demand for roads and pathways assets is tied to the demand for the City’s services. This is a more complex consideration than simply ties to population growth. Issues such as changing demands for particular services, changing mixes in the balance between public and private service provisions, and changing community expectations of service levels all affect the need for transport assets.

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