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This page relates to the 2018-21 National Land Transport Programme.

Introduction

This work category provides for the purchase of land by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency for new and improved roading infrastructure for state highways.

Qualifying activities

  • Examples of qualifying activities

    Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:

    • valuation
    • legalisation surveys
    • acquisitions, and
    • compensation.

    Other potential activities not shown above should be discussed with Waka Kotahi for eligibility.

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  • Exclusions

    The work category excludes:

    • property purchase costs of less than $500,000 – these are to be included in the project costs conducted under the appropriate work category phase, ie a separate property phase is not required.
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Applying principles to other activity classes

The principles and conditions of property purchase for state highways set out below may be applied to other activities classes, e.g. public transport improvements (work category 531), walking and cycling improvements (work categories 451  and 452), where Waka Kotahi has agreed that it will assist the funding for property purchased for land transport purposes.

Property purchase for other activity classes will be funded under the same work category that will be applied to construction/ implementation of the project, e.g. work category 531 for public transport infrastructure projects. 

Conditions of funding

Conditions include:

  • funding assistance will be based on the purchase price
  • all costs must be identified by project and available for audit
  • a land plan must be available for audit purposes and must indicate the area of land to be purchased and the part that is to be converted to road reserve, with each individual property to be identified on the plan, and
  • total gross property purchase costs and the estimated value from disposal of surplus land are to be entered and updated in the property phase in Transport Investment Online(external link).

Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate is:

  • 100% of Waka Kotahi state highway costs.