2.4.1 Objectives of lifecycle planning
The objectives of lifecycle planning can be summarized as follows (UKRLG and HMEP, 2013):
- Identify long-term investment for road infrastructure assets and develop an appropriate maintenance strategy
- Predict future performance of road infrastructure assets for different levels of investment and different maintenance strategies
- Determine the level of investment required to achieve the required performance
- Determine the performance that will be achieved for the available funding and/or future investment
- Support decision making, make a case for investing in maintenance activities, and demonstrate the impact of different funding scenarios
- Minimize costs over the lifecycle while maintaining the required performance