The seven biggest risks to the operation of Ayrshire Roads Alliance

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Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA), which maintains roads across South and East Ayrshire, has revealed the list of the types of risks it faces.There are a total of 68 risks listed by ARA, with the seven highest risks resulting from Brexit, the Ukraine invasion, the pandemic, AshTree Dieback disease, material shortages and staffing issues.These seven are considered to be at the upper end of ‘medium risk’.

There are no high risk entries in the register, which will be presented to the Ayrshire Shared Services Committee next Friday, June 10.Of the 68 entries, 38 are medium risk, with the remainder deemed low risk.

Each has a status for likelihood of occurring and the level of impact.The seven highest risks highlighted by ARA are:ARA also attach more details to the various levels of risk, including the cost, length of time to rectify and media coverage.For example, the register states that ‘severe’ incidents include those that cost between £500k and £1m, take between one and three months to sort and get national newspaper coverage.Those deemed a low risk cost up to £10,000 and can be dealt with in a day, with only councillors and senior management aware of the incident.Don't miss the latest Ayrshire headlines – sign up to our free daily newsletter here