| Hawke's Bay region | New Zealand | Region as % of NZ |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 152,700 | 4,268,500 | 4 |
| Land area (km2) | 14,200 | 275,400 | 5 |
| Imports (gross tonne)1, 2 | 2.5 million | 79.2 million | 3 |
| Exports (gross tonne)1, 2 | 3.5 million | 73.4 million | 5 |
| Gross domestic product (GDP) ($) | 4700 million | 155,400 million | 3 |
| Passenger transport - bus - boardings | 535,500 | 92,777,200 | 1 |
| Passenger transport - rail - boardings | - | 18,346,600 | - |
| Passenger transport - ferry - boardings | - | 4,695,000 | - |
| Vehicle kilometres travelled | 1,500 million | 40,200 million | 4 |
| Fatalities3 | 25 | 366 | 4 |
| Serious injuries3 | 109 | 2553 | 5 |
| Local roads - urban all (km) | 719 | 17,298 | 4 |
| Local roads - urban sealed (km) | 715 | 16,956 | 4 |
| Local roads - rural all (km) | 3420 | 65,601 | 5 |
| Local roads - rural sealed (km) | 1983 | 33,698 | 6 |
| State highways - all (km) | 506 | 10,906 | 5 |
| State highways - sealed (km) | 485 | 10,850 | 4 |
| State highways - motorway (km) | - | 172 | - |
Notes:
| Hawkes Bay | 2009/12 | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Walking and cycling | 0.3 | 0.1% |
| Transport planning | 2.6 | 1.2% |
| Public transport improvements | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| New & improved infrastructure for state highways | 69.1 | 32.3% |
| New & improved infrastructure for local roads | 11.4 | 5.3% |
| Public transport services | 5.6 | 2.6% |
| Maintenance of state highways | 27.7 | 12.9% |
| Renewal of state highways | 31.7 | 14.8% |
| Maintenance of local roads | 31.1 | 14.5% |
| Renewal of local roads | 33.8 | 5.8% |
| Demand management & community programmes | 0.9 | 0.4% |
| 214.1 | 100% |
Note: includes R funds of $46m
The NZTA's priorities for state highway operations, maintenance and renewal focus on:
About $59.4 million of NLTP funding for Hawke's Bay will go into operating and maintaining the region's state highway network to meet future service levels. It will also enable the NZTA to:
The NZTA's priorities for state highway improvements are:
The government's recent fiscal stimulus package provided funding to advance the construction of the Matahorua Gorge realignment project, thus eliminating this steep and windy section of SH2 and improving route efficiency, security and safety for motorists and freight carriers.
This NLTP provides allocates $69.1 million for improvements on Hawke's Bay state highways. These are likely to include:
Other plans reflect Hawke's Bay's variable terrain, with SH2 in the south generally flat from Napier, becoming flat to rolling around Waipukurau, then rising gently up to the Takapau Plains. A number of passing lanes have already been constructed to improve efficiency and safety, and others are planned in the next three years. These include passing opportunities between Gisborne and Napier, and new passing lanes on SH2 south of Hastings.
SH5, from the SH2 junction to Waipunga (six kilometres north of Tarawera), runs through hilly and rolling country with several steep grades. This section of highway, which is a major commercial vehicle and tourist route, is known to have some areas of instability that become evident after prolonged wet weather. The NZTA continues to seek engineering solutions to stabilise these areas and preserve their route security.
In addition, and as part of a national programme to provide a safe and convenient network of stock effluent disposal facilities, a new stock effluent disposal facility is to be investigated on SH2 in the Wairoa District in 2009/10.
The NZTA's priorities for local road operations, maintenance and renewal are as described in 'State highway operations, maintenance and renewal' above.
This NLTP allocates $64.9 million to this activity on Hawke's Bay's local roads, which maintains the existing funding level. This will help to enhance route security and safety, particularly on roads experiencing increasing demand from heavy vehicle traffic, and ensure the roads continue to support economic development.
The NZTA expects organisations to manage their operations, maintenance and renewal activities including any changes in costs within their approved allocation.
The NZTA's priorities for local road improvements are as described in 'State highway improvements' above.
An important improvement provided for in this NLTP is Napier City Council's Prebensen Drive four-laning, which will improve network efficiency in central Napier. Local road improvements during 2009-2012 will also include minor network improvements and work to enhance the safety of local roads in Wairoa, Napier, Hastings and central Hawke's Bay.
The NZTA's priorities for investment in public transport services focus on urban areas with severe congestion with the aim of significantly improving peak-time public transport patronage and optimising the efficiency of existing services and infrastructure.
There has been a substantial increase in funding for public transport services nationally across 2009-12 with an increase of 30% to $630 million compared with the previous three years.
Although there has been a significant increase in funding, there is an expectation that every regional authority will manage their public transport programmes efficiently and effectively within the funding allocations provided to ensure that these are delivering value for money. A challenge is to improve the effectiveness of public transport networks by extracting the maximum value from past and current investments. The NZTA is developing a national framework for a fare box policy that will assist regional authorities as part of this process.
The block funding approach to public transport programmes will provide regional authorities with the flexibility to reassign funding to cover variability in the delivery of programme activities, provided the total expenditure stays within the overall allocation.
In this NLTP, funding for existing passenger transport services for Hawke's Bay is to remain at current levels, which will ensure that all existing bus and total mobility services continue.
Hawke's Bay Regional Council is proposing improvements to bus services in and around the Heretaunga Plains to provide better access and mobility to the surrounding community. This NLTP provides the opportunity for funding these improved services where it can be demonstrated these align with the NZTA's priorities for investment .
The NZTA's priorities for walking and cycling facilities are:
The $250,000 allocated in this NLTP to walking and cycling projects in Hawke's Bay will fund projects such as the Waipukurau and Waipawa cycle lanes and Stage 6 of the Napier City Council's cycleway project.
¹Model communities aim to reduce congestion by providing user-friendly environments for walking and cycling.
NLTP funding of $900,000 will enable the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to deliver transport safety and sustainability activities throughout the region.
The NZTA's primary investment focus for 2009/10 is on programmes that deliver on a relevant road safety strategy and achieve a change in travel behaviour that will reduce severe congestion in major urban areas.
The NZTA Board has requested a review of this activity class to provide evidence of the benefits and value for money that its programmes deliver.
Accordingly, the funding for this activity class is approved for 2009/10 only, with the review expected to establish the funding direction for the subsequent two years. One result of this review is expected to be the development of guidelines and processes to ensure that demand management and community programmes are supported by evidence of benefits and value for money.
Planning for the future of Hawke's Bay's transport network will be undertaken through the Hawke's Bay Regional Land Transport Strategy Review. This will enable the region to plan for the future and explore integrated planning opportunities with various stakeholders.
The National Land Transport Fund funding for New Zealand Police road policing activities in the Hawke's Bay region in 2009/10 totals $9.351 million.
This includes:
The NLTP and the detailed 2009/10 Road Policing Programme can be viewed on the New Zealand Police website at www.police.govt.nz/service/road(external link). The programmes for 2010/11 and 2011/12 will be published annually on the site once they have been approved by the Minister of Transport.
Regionally significant activities post 2012/13 are likely to be identified as part of the review of the Hawke's Bay Transport Study. Potential projects include the:
Last updated: 6 October 2009
