WC 001: Regional land transport planning management

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Introduction

This work category provides for management of regional authority statutory land transport planning activities related to the development and management of Regional Land Transport Plans (RLTPs ).

This definition applies to the 2012-15 NLTP . For the 2015-18 NLTP please refer to the updated definition for work category 001.

Qualifying activities

The actual costs, including overheads, associated with the development and management of RLTPs (including consultation, approval, variation, management and reporting).

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

• development of a Regional strategic case highlighting the key problems within the region and the priorities for investment that meets the requirements of s.16(2)(external link) of the Land Transport Management Act (LTMA)
• aggregation, quality assurance and consultation of the programmes of activities submitted by Approved Organisations and the Transport Agency (state highways)
• prioritisation of significant activities proposed for inclusion in the RLTP as required under s.16(3)(external link) of the LTMA
• assessment of the RLTP as required under s.16(6)(external link) of the LTMA
• aggregation, analysis and reporting at a regional level of activity monitoring and other external data sources to monitor the implementation of the RLTP.

Exclusions

Exclusions include:

• Regional Transport Committee expenses associated with committee membership and meetings (each party to bear its own costs)
• development of programme business cases, including associated gathering and analysis of data and information and modelling, which are funded under Work category 004: Programme business case development
• tactical management plans, which are funded under Work Category 003: Activity Management Planning
• preparation and management of Regional Public Transport Plans which are funded under Work Category 003, and
• data collection or creation (surveys, traffic counts, performance data collection etc), which are funded under other work categories/activity classes. Monitoring of the RLTP implementation should only include the aggregation and interpretation of standard activity, local, regional and national data sources.

Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate for this work category is:

• For regional councils, the weighted average regional construction rate
• For unitary authorities and Auckland Transport, the construction FAR.

Funding approval to the level agreed with the NZTA will occur when the NLTP A National Land Transport Programme adopted by the NZTA under section 19 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied is approved. The development status should be, 'Ready for funding approval'.

Terms

The terms used in relation to the content above on RLTPs are defined below.