Work category 122: Traffic services maintenance

Introduction

This work category provides for the routine care and attention of:

• road furniture
• markings, and
• carriageway and pedestrian crossing lighting.

This definition applies to the 2012-15 NLTP.  For the 2015-18 NLTP please refer to the updated definition for work category 122.

Examples of qualifying activities

Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:

• maintenance of:
  • traffic signs as accepted by the NZTA’s policy
  • road delineation marker posts
  • pavement markings (including bus priority lane and cycleway markings on all non-separated road surfaces)
  • signs and pavement markings required for stock crossings
  • sight rails
• operation, maintenance and power costs of:
  • carriageway lighting
  • belisha beacons and lighting at pedestrian crossings.

Other potential activities that are not in the above list should be discussed with the NZTA for eligibility.

Exclusions

This work category excludes:

• the reinstatement of facilities maintained under this work category that is caused by maintenance or construction work – this shall be charged to the maintenance or construction project
• any capital cost either as a direct charge or by amortisation
• any costs related to amenity lighting, which includes the lighting of:
  • buildings
  • property and reserves
  • under-veranda lighting
  • festive lighting
  • any other lighting not directly related to the operation of a road.

Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate is:

• the Approved Organisation’s base rate
• the Approved Organisation’s special purpose roads rate, and
• 100 percent for the NZTA (state highways).

Information for audit

For audit purposes, the following information must be retained by the Approved

Organisation for carriageway lighting:

• power costs, and
• maintenance costs.

References

For detail about:

• traffic signs, see Traffic signs and pavement markings, and
• signs and pavement markings for stock crossings, see Stock crossings and Traffic signs and pavement markings.