Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Location: Online, 1:00 – 2:00pm AEDT
Organiser: Austroads
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Road infrastructure investments are currently planned and prioritised under what could be considered a ‘top-down’ process. Road agencies are typically funded through budgetary processes whereby road funding needs are mostly weighed against other budget priorities. However, when a road is a lifeline route – where there are limited transportation alternatives –the external impacts and costs imposed on both users and non-users from this road becoming inaccessible can be very significant.
These impacts can be difficult to both measure and value and, because of this, lifeline routes may have been historically underfunded. This is pertinent with climate change meaning that road managers are increasingly encountering problems managing natural hazard events on lifeline routes.
In light of this, Austroads has updated their Lifeline Risk Indicator Tool and migrated it to the Austroads website as an online-enabled tool. This tool has two purposes. First is to identify lifeline freight routes and allow road managers to establish a lifeline route network. Second is to rank investments in lifeline routes in terms of economic and social impacts.
This webinar, presented by Ben Mason, Dr Stacy Rendall and Valentin Perez, will step through the process undertaken to update the tool and a practical run through of how the web-based Lifeline Risk Indicator Tool can be used.
There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.
Ben Mason is an economist who specialises in transport economics, business cases and policy work. Ben has led and managed economic analyses and business cases for a range of major infrastructure projects across the world. Ben is also experienced in developing economic guidance with examples including developing guidance for NSW Treasury on assessment techniques for considering resilience in business case processes and developing the economic theme for the Infrastructure Sustainability Council’s Infrastructure Sustainability Rating Tool.
Dr Stacy Rendall is an Associate Developer & Research Specialist at Abley. He has a combination of postdoctoral and professional experience working on projects that bring together a variety of fields. He is experienced in software development and architecture, programming for data analysis, web development, GIS, road safety and active modes.
Valentin Perez is a Senior Consultant in the Carbon and Climate Resilience team at Edge, with a strong background in climate change finance, carbon accounting, and carbon markets. He has over six years of professional experience in corporate finance and accounting, working with multinational companies across the UK, Australia, and Latin America. Valentin has extensive experience in climate risk assessment and reporting, conducting research and analysis across different industries, focusing on carbon, ESG, and climate resilience projects.
No charge but registration is essential. Can’t make the live session? Register and we’ll send you a link to the recording.