Managing road safety and efficiency under the Resource Management Act 1991: The way forward

1. Introduction

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• 1.1   Introduction
• 1.2   The BPG

1.1   Introduction

Land Transport NZ, in conjunction with Transit New Zealand (Transit) and Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), has initiated a process to develop and introduce a best practice guideline into local planning practice to address road safety and efficiency issues associated with land-based development.

A three-stage process has been undertaken to consult widely with key parties and develop a best practice guideline.

1.2   The best practice guideline

The guideline identifies two important planning areas that deal with road safety and efficiency:

1. the review of resource management plans (district plans) and any changes or variations to them
2. the lodgement of applications for resource consent to councils.

The guideline is intended to assist councils and developers in their roles under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). It identifies typical safety and efficiency parameters associated with the road environment and identifies measures that can be adopted to address potential adverse impacts on them.

In addition, the guideline provides a background against which to assess early queries regarding proposed development and assessment of the application itself.

The guideline is not intended to develop standards or detail designs for addressing the road safety and efficiency issues addressed in district plans. It will cross-reference where appropriate standards are available, but will not itself go to that level of detail. The main focus is to provide best practice for inclusion in district plans to meet gaps found by Land Transport NZ investigations and to identify methods for implementing policies and objectives, and monitor approaches.

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