Annotated Bibliography on Asset Management Strategy in the Roads and Highways Industry

This annotated bibliography provides a detailed analysis of asset management strategy in the roads and highways industry. It discusses various articles and their findings on topics such as the Princes Highway Corridor Strategy, heavy vehicle road reform, the Newell Highway Strategy, and the health risks of living near highways. The bibliography includes references from reputable sources and provides valuable insights for researchers and policymakers in the field.

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Article 1: https://infrastructure.gov.au/roads/princes-highway/
Introduction
This article is developed regarding a detailed analysis of the Princes Highway Corridor
Strategy. This strategy is built on revamping the Princes Highway based on a ‘.whole of
corridor’ perspective. The aim of the project is to make the highway corridor more oriented to
the current as well as the future roles.
Discussion
The economic, social as well as the environmental factors faceted towards the modern
development needs have been considered for the development of the strategy. In fact, this
development is also faceted towards establishing strong and meaningful engagement with the
primary industrial stakeholders. Based on the new business corridor that would be developed, as
an impact of the development of this new highway strategy, will allow the Union government of
Australia to make more informed investment decisions (Infrastructure.gov.au 2019). By making
a detailed layout of the most obvious strategic outcomes of the implementation of the project,
this paper stands out not only as a source of information regarding the new implementation of the
roads and highways department of the country, but expanding further to convey an apprehended
analysis of the strategic benefits that the country will be able to reap as an outcome of the
implementation of the strategy. The significance of the project is also discussed in light of
strategic political relationships between the NSW and the Union government of Australia.
The strategic importance of the Princes Highway is also referred to in detail in the article.
As highlighted in the article, the Highway covers in all a distance of 1941 kilometers connecting
NSW, Victoria as well as South Australia. More than 1 million people regularly use the highway

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and the daily count of vehicle transit across through the highway is ranging from 2000 to 60000.
It is an essential trade corridor also, considering the freight movements that take place through
this roadway.
Conclusion
Thereby the article exhibits why the strategic implementation is all the more relevant in
order to make transit in the aforesaid geographical regions more easier along with making the
route more industrially affordable and an enabler of regional development by creating a corridor
for transferring deliverables for regional development.
Article 2:
https://transportinfrastructurecouncil.gov.au/publications/heavy_vehicle_road_reform.asp
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Introduction
This article involves a discussion of the strategic goals of the heavy vehicle road reform.
As highlighted by the article, the main goal of this implementation is to transform the
infrastructure of the heavy Vehicle Road in to an economic service, wherever convenient. This
reform measure is also faceted at making the necessary implications for initiating a policy of
independent price regulation for the charges of the heavy commercial vehicles.
Discussion
The reform actually tends to develop a more consolidated market network of user needs
that would link the heavy vehicles with the quality of service offered by them, their on road price
charges and the reinvestment of the prices charged from them in to the development of the roads

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and highways infrastructure. The discussions in this article most essentially involves a strategic
insight regarding the fact that along with implementing a more direct user charging policy to
bridge the gaps between the user needs and the charges paid by the user against the services
availed in return of the charges, a supply side’ reform is also required to be undertaken by the
government so that they can address the people’s needs more appropriately. Economic analysis
indicates that supply side improvements provide the majority of the benefits of implementing
more direct heavy vehicle user charges (estimated to be between $6.5bn and $13.3 billion in net
present value over 20 years (7% discount rate), depending on the system)
(Transportinfrastructurecouncil.gov.au 2018).
The strategic importance of the independent price regulation against heavy vehicle
charges that have been recommended by the COAG regulation is also evaluated in the article.
Conclusion
In conclusion it can be communicated that the significance of the article lies not only in
analyzing the major viewpoints of the Heavy Vehicle Road reform program, but rather in
contemplating the apprehended advantages and the disadvantage of the independent price
regulation and the expected outcomes of the RIS process.
Article 3: https://infrastructure.gov.au/roads/newell-highway/
Introduction
The primary aim of this article is to analyze the importance of the Newell Highway
Strategy that is launched by the Australian government in consultation with the key stakeholders
including the NSW government. As highlighted in the article, the strategic focus of the article is

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on the relationship between the Newell Highway as well as the Inland Rail for delivering
efficient outcomes in the context of freight movement as well as overcoming the challenges
related to road safety and flood relief.
Discussion
Laying down the primary objectives of the strategic plan, this article reflects how the Inland Rail
project of the Australian Government is going to be benefitted as an impact of this strategic
implementation. As highlighted by the article, this project gains in strategic importance in view
of the fact that the NSW government has already invested $500 million in the existing corridor
for its development (Infrastructure.gov.au 2019). Hence, it is evident from this article that the
accreditation of this strategic plan will lead the way for better fund utilization of the NSW
government. Moreover, the researchers in the article also points out that the implementation of
this strategy by the Union government of Australia will pave the way for gaining better insight
regarding infrastructure investment.
This article also provides a description of the importance of the Newell highway at
present so that the redress can have a discreet understanding of how the users of this highway
will be benefitted as an outcome of undertaking the strategic development plan.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be stated that the strategic importance of the Newell Highway
development strategy have been appropriately evaluated in the article alluring to its importance
for the ongoing Inland Rail Road plan. Again, the identification of the current utilities of this
highway in this article helps in understanding the importance of the strategic benefits of the
objectives that have been set out under this development strategy.

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Article 4: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/are-australia-s-roads-giving-you-asthma
Introduction
This article overviews the health related threats of staying close to the highways with
high traffic infiltration. Identifying the feasible threats, the article also provides suggestions for
the reduction of such risks.
Discussion
The kinds of physical harm that can be caused out of saying close to the major roads in
Australia including asthma, wheeze and lung infection have been identified in the article. The
information utilize for the development of the article have been sourced from European
Respiratory Journal. The clear depiction of the reasons for the increase in pollution in the areas
surrounding the roads and major highways of Australia and how civil life is being affected,
because of that is discussed in detail. Hence, it can be analyzed that this article released on behalf
of the University Of Australia will help to make the people as well as the Union and local
government more aware of the problem. The article strictly lays out that the government of
Australia needs to investigate for new strategies for reducing the emission level of the vehicles
on the high roads. Analyzing the TRAP emission rate of over the last five years, and the impact
of being exposed to this significant level of pollution through a primary study involving 700
respondents, this article raises the condition of highway pollution to the status of a critical factor
behind public health problem (Critchley 2017).
As argued in this article, the pollution level of the country, in general is quite low and this is why
the people as well as the Australian government is not much concerned about the pollution
problem surrounding the highways.

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Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be stated that the article raises a serious claim regarding the TRAP exposure
and its ill-effects and calls for serious attention of the government to find remedies to this
problem.

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