b'Goal 2 Infrastructure and Built Environment No. ActionLead & Partner(s)BudgetedTimeframe S/M/L5.Explore ways to reduce the expected increase inRoads Section3 ShortMedium maintenance requirements and costs to road DTTASinfrastructure from climate stress:TII Integrating climate change considerations at design / potential re-design stages. Explore the climate resilience of materials used in road construction and road finish.Examine drainage channel and combined service overflows design, capacity and maintenance. Examine options to reduce road settlement deteriorationoccurring from severe weather events.Assessment of clearing and maintenance plans with the aim to become more proactive in reducing costs.Ensure that road maintenance services have the required plant to deliver appropriate services during severe weather events. Explore implementing a cost benefit approach to balance the cost of planned improvements in road networks and increased maintenance resources against the cost of the suspension of the road network.Objective 2:To increase the resilience of the Councils buildings and housing stockNo. ActionLead & Partner(s)BudgetedTimeframe S/M/L6.Apply a robust risk assessment and managementHousing SectionXShort framework to Local Authority owned buildings andproperties to identify and protect against the key Facilities Manager vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change andArchitectural Services mitigate against service disruption. (Housing)7.Increase the resilience of Kildare County Council buildings, housing stock and infrastructure through:Identifying and assessing the integrity of old Environment SectionXShortMediumand derelict buildings in the context of extreme weather Facilities Manager events and threat to public safety and take Architectural Services measures to reduce.Examine the need to regularly assess buildings Housing Section owned or occupied by Kildare County Councilafter extreme events to ensure structural integrity,including:- Roof, windows (including frames and hinges)and timber fencing. Explore the need to assess and identify theintegrity of buildings, structures or surroundingtrees that could be affected by soil instability.Assess vulnerability of housing stock to potential flooding damage including identifying stock currently in flood plains. Consider a one off condition survey of all buildingstock to be undertaken to assess vulnerabilities to current and projected events.67'