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Activity classes

Land Transport NZ allocates funding to the following activity classes:

Road maintenance

Around 40 percent of the NLTP is allocated to the maintenance of the roading network. Land Transport NZ’s policy is to fund the most cost-effective maintenance strategy for each section of road over the medium to long term.

Land Transport NZ negotiates an appropriate level of funding with each of the 74 local authorities and Transit, largely based on the funding requirements of each authority’s asset management plan, road pavement modelling and trends in key network performance measures about the condition of the roading network. 

Road construction

Within the NLTP, some projects are ready to proceed early in the year as all planning, consent and property purchase processes are complete. These projects are approved for funding and are described as Category 1 projects. Those projects which are not yet ready for funding due to planning, consent and property purchase requirements, but which may be approved for funding during the year, are referred to as Category 2. Land Transport NZ anticipates a proportion of these projects will come forward for funding approval during the year.

Projects considered low risk and/or low cost are funded on a block allocation basis to streamline administration and procedures. Projects in the block allocation still have to meet certain minimum criteria before they are progressed.

Passenger transport

  • Land Transport NZ provides funding for passenger rail, bus and ferry operations through:
  • community services, which provides for bus, rail and ferry services contracted by regional authorities
  • social services, which provides services for persons dependent on public transport – services include concessionary fares for passengers on bus, rail and ferry, and total mobility services for health, education and social welfare purposes
  • passenger rail refurbishment and infrastructure, and other passenger transport infrastructure such as bus interchanges, integrated ticketing and real-time information systems.

Transport demand management, rail and sea freight 

This activity class provides for funding of transport demand management including travel behaviour change, rail and sea freight activities.

Regional development

This activity class is focused on regions with acute transport needs. The two regions eligible for regional development funding are Northland and Tairawhiti. In these regions, projects are identified in an agreed regional transport plan. Regions to be funded are notified to Land Transport NZ by the Minister of Transport. Project prioritisation and programming is guided by the priorities outlined in the regional transport plan and by a regional industry prioritisation group. 

Walking and cycling

This activity class provides activities relating to the promotion of walking and cycling. It provides for cycling or pedestrian projects that do not otherwise comprise an integral part of a road construction project. 

Administration and project control

This activity class provides for the cost of administration and project control activities associated with management of the land transport network. This includes assistance with administration costs relating to road networks, regional land transport planning, passenger services and administration.

Research and performance monitoring

Land Transport NZ provides funding for innovative research which contributes to a more integrated, safe, responsive and sustainable land transport system for New Zealand. It also supports a range of educational activities to address a perceived skill shortage in the land transport industry.

Promotion, information and education

This Land Transport NZ activity provides for the funding and delivery of the Community Road Safety Programme (CRSP), advertising on land transport related issues, school road safety education and a walking and cycling programme.

NZ Police land transport activities

The primary purpose of this group of activities is to provide road safety enforcement to address speed, drinking or drugged driving, restraint wearing and other road code and traffic laws, along with commercial vehicle investigation and road user charges enforcement, crash attendance and investigation, traffic management, sanctions and prosecutions, Police community services and school road safety education.

Page created: 30 June 2005
Last updated: 28 June 2006