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The ‘On the Go’ newsletter provides information about active transport and urban mobility across New Zealand.
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An AMP should set out a three-year, 10-year and 30-year or longer view of planned expenditure and explain:
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Councils primarily use AMPs to demonstrate what they plan to invest in, so they can deliver to the levels of service expected by the community they serve. Most of your stakeholders are unlikely to read your full AMP. All of them however will appreciate a bird’s eye view of your detailed planning, and any insights and actions resulting from it. This is why many councils write an executive summary, either within their AMP or as a separate document. The executive summary can be used as the basis for subsequent advice to decision makers and to engage with different target audiences. An executive summary should be written in a way that is simple, concise and accessible to different audiences including non-technical readers, such as members of the community and other stakeholders. The idea is to help readers become quickly acquainted with your entire AMP, without having to read it all. If you’re writing an executive summary, write it to assure your readers that you are:
The executive summary of the Tasman District Council’s Transportation Activity Management Plan for 2018 checks all my boxes for what a good executive summary should do. If you want to look at it, select the link below and have a look at section 1. See a good example of an executive summary(external link) I’d also suggest looking at Auckland Transport’s Asset Management Plan Summary. It’s a great example of how to communicate ideas of strategic importance to a wide audience. Review Auckland Transport’s Asset Management Plan Summary(external link) Select the links above to see some great examples of fit-for-purpose effort. |
Overall, your AMP should be able to demonstrate:
It all begins in the introduction of your AMP. The introduction should broadly cover the information listed below. Select each point to see some extracts from the introduction of the CODC’s AMP.
This part of your AMP provides you with an opportunity to demonstrate that your organisation has sufficiently considered ways to progress government priorities, regional priorities, and ONRC outcomes and measures.
In its review of AMPs, the Transport Agency looks for assurance that your organisation has incorporated the ONRC in the way you assess gaps in levels of service.
Use this part of your AMP to:
Select each point below to see the kind of information your AMP should include.
