Review completeness and eligibility of activities in transport programmes prior to input to RLTP - overview

Introduction

This section overviews the Regional Transport Committee’s role to review the completeness and eligibility of activities in Approved Organisations’ and the NZTA’s (state highway) transport programmes and to decide whether to accept these.

Overview

The Regional Transport Committee (RTC A regional transport committee established under section 105 or clause 11 of schedule 7 of the LTMA. ) is responsible for developing a Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. ) under the Land Transport Management Act (LTMA The Land Transport Management Act 2003, as amended from time to time. ).  Approved Organisations and the NZTA (state highways) are required to assess each activity or combination of activities they propose for inclusion in the RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. . The assessment must be in the form and contain the detail required for the RLTP by the RTC A regional transport committee established under section 105 or clause 11 of schedule 7 of the LTMA. , taking into account any prescribed requirements of the NZTA.

The RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. must be in the form and contain the detail that the NZTA prescribes to RTCs in writing.

The checklist in this Knowledge Base sets out the NZTA’s completeness requirements for activities to be considered by an RTC A regional transport committee established under section 105 or clause 11 of schedule 7 of the LTMA. for inclusion in an RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. .  The RTC also needs to check the eligibility of activities for funding assistance from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF The fund established under section 10 of the LTMA ) against activity class and work category criteria.

The RTC A regional transport committee established under section 105 or clause 11 of schedule 7 of the LTMA. should not accept proposals to include activities or combinations of activities in the RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. that do not meet these requirements. It should provide feedback to the Approved Organisation or the NZTA (state highways) as to why the activity is not being accepted and provide an opportunity for the activity to be updated to enable it to be included in the RLTP.