A recent transport audit for the Queenstown Lakes District Council has shown the district's roading network is in good condition - although several areas are in need of attention.
A compliance audit undertaken by engineering firm Opus in May sampled about 10% of the roading network in the Lakes district and identified a series of areas needing attention,These included roading edge breaks, low-sealed road shoulders, culvert maintenance and vegetation.
However, the review revealed that, "overall", the QLDC roading network was in good condition and the degree of non-conformances identified was "typical of local authority roading networks".
"There is room for improvement on the more critical fault types."
The report noted the majority of roading that rated well was relatively young.
It found faults in shoulders on rural roads, surface cracking on urban roads and culvert blockages on the Crown Range.
The standard of repairs undertaken on local roads was good and no failures of historic repairs had been found.
The audit also noted the QLDC required greater attention to the financial review of contractor payment claims and suggested professional input from quantity surveyors was needed.
QLDC transport manager Denis Mander said in his report to the infrastructure committee that the audit had shown "marked improvements over performance" in the council's transport activities from five or six years ago.
