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Budgets

Measure costs against available funds​

When you create a Works Plan, you must supply one of the following:

  • Budget - represents the funds available for asset maintenance over a number of financial years.

  • Sub-budget - similar but more nuanced, with the ability to specify multiple budget amounts for different parts of a Network (e.g. districts, zones, road categories) or per Treatment type.

In each scenario of the Works Plan, the costs of selected Treatment schemes are calculated and subtracted from the specified budget. You can see the funds required for the scenario and how far under/over budget it is, plus detailed breakdowns of how those funds would be spent.

In some scenarios, spending can be limited by the budget, so that planned works never exceed available funds. You can also choose to spend any residual budget on deferred Treatments, so that planned works always make full use of available funds.

Budgets and Sub-budgets help you to assess the affordability of required works and decide how to proceed. They can also provide solid evidence for defending or increasing financial allocations!

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