This page relates to the 2018-21 National Land Transport Programme.
Work category 324 provides for:
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:
road realignment, re-grading or widening, including seal widening
improvements to intersections
passing lanes or slow vehicle bays
safe system infrastructure, such as median and side barriers, roundabouts and speed management devices
approaches to bridge replacements costing in excess of $50,000
retaining structures, culverts and replacement cattle stop
stock underpasses
all traffic signs, pavement markings, traffic signals, lighting (including under-grounding), etc, necessary to bring the improved facility into service
reinstatement of footpaths and vehicular crossings that are part of the improvement project (reinstatement is to be to the original standards only – no additional improvements are eligible for funding assistance)
discharge of street water by means of pipes or open drains into natural watercourses, where no artificial drainage system exists, or into artificial drainage systems (sumps, mains or open drains), on, adjacent to or across from the road, and
for local road projects property purchase costs less than $500,000.
You can discuss with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.
Note that any application for improvements which will increase the level of service (eg pavement smoothing) must provide evidence of substantive benefits.
CloseWork category 324 excludes:
The usual funding assistance rate is:
Applications for funding approval of proposed projects should be made through the improvement activity module in Transport Investment Online(external link) (TIO). To be eligible for funding from the National Land Transport Fund, any new activity must be added to the relevant regional land transport plan and to the National Land Transport Programme.
TIO(external link) will automatically carry over the unspent allocation every year. Therefore it is vital that approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (state highways) declare the unused allocation for completed projects by making a cost-scope adjustment via the reviews module in TIO.
Note: A future upgrade to TIO will allow the project to be marked as completed.