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Introduction
This work category provides for the routine care and attention of the road corridor to maintain safety, aesthetic and environmental standards.
This page relates to the 2012-15 NLTP only.
Examples of qualifying activities
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:
- snow clearing and ice control
- vegetation control
- litter collection on rural roads
- removal of, and protection against, graffiti on road structures
- maintenance and removal of effluent from stock-truck effluent disposal facilities – see Stock-truck effluent facilities
- any special treatment of run-off from the road to maintain water quality
- sweeping loose chip and detritus from road intersections
- removal of rocks and minor slip material from the road or catch fences
- maintenance of rest areas
- maintenance of protection planting, including maintenance pruning
- non-recoverable costs arising from clearing the carriageway of damaged vehicles, crash debris and spillages that are not the responsibility of emergency services, and
- non-recoverable costs associated with removal of abandoned vehicles from road reserves.
Other potential activities that are not in the above list should be discussed with the Transport Agency for eligibility.
Exclusions
This work category excludes:
- Aesthetic treatments (such as flower gardens) on berms, shoulders, medians and traffic islands – these are not eligible for funding assistance.
- Maintenance of the area between the kerb and the road reserve boundary in urban areas – this is not eligible for funding assistance.
- Control of noxious plants declared in terms of the Biosecurity Act 1993 within the road reserve – this is not eligible for funding assistance unless it is included in a regional pest management strategy agreed by the Transport Agency as applying to road reserves.
Funding assistance rate
The usual funding assistance rate is:
Vegetation control
Vegetation control of roadside berms, medians and traffic islands is eligible for funding assistance subject to the following conditions:
- In urban areas, grass cutting to lawn standard or maintenance of alternative low-cost ground cover treatments in medians and traffic islands is accepted.
- In rural areas, maintenance and grass cutting of roadside berms and unsealed shoulders may only be sufficient to ensure:
- adequate visibility
- general safety
- drainage
- the elimination of a fire hazard or pest refuge.
