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Introduction
This work category provides for the routine care and attention of:
- road furniture
- markings, and
- carriageway and pedestrian crossing lighting.
This page relates to the 2012-15 NLTP only.
Examples of qualifying activities
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:
- maintenance of:
- traffic signs as accepted by the Transport Agency's policy
- road delineation marker posts
- pavement markings (including bus priority lane and cycleway markings on all non-separated road surfaces)
- signs and pavement markings required for stock crossings
- sight rails
- operation, maintenance and power costs of:
- carriageway lighting
- belisha beacons and lighting at pedestrian crossings.
Other potential activities that are not in the above list should be discussed with the Transport Agency for eligibility.
Exclusions
This work category excludes:
- the reinstatement of facilities maintained under this work category that is caused by maintenance or construction work – this shall be charged to the maintenance or construction project
- any capital cost either as a direct charge or by amortisation
- any costs related to amenity lighting, which includes the lighting of:
- buildings
- property and reserves
- under-veranda lighting
- festive lighting
- any other lighting not directly related to the operation of a road.
Funding assistance rate
The usual funding assistance rate is:
Information for audit
For audit purposes, the following information must be retained by the Approved
Organisation for carriageway lighting:
- power costs, and
- maintenance costs.
References
For detail about:
- traffic signs, see Traffic signs and pavement markings, and
- signs and pavement markings for stock crossings, see Stock crossings and Traffic signs and pavement markings.
