Work category 222: Traffic services renewals

Introduction

This work category provides for the renewal of existing:

• road furniture, lighting, signs and markings, and
• traffic management equipment and facilities.

Examples of qualifying activities

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

• traffic signs, traffic signals and area-wide traffic control systems
• road delineation marker posts
• pavement markings, including bus priority lane and cycleway markings on all non-separated road surfaces and markings for stock crossings
• sight rails
• carriageway lighting, including poles and replacement of lanterns at the end of their economic life with more efficient types
• belisha beacons and lighting at pedestrian crossings
• Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)
• variable message signs (VMS)
• Local Area Traffic Management Schemes (LATMS), including speed control devices and threshold treatments
• ramp metering equipment
• surveillance devices and traffic monitoring equipment, such as closed-circuit television systems
• emergency telephones on motorways, and
• weighing facilities owned by a Road Controlling Authority (RCA) and/or operated as a weight surveillance facility.

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 that is caused by maintenance or construction/implementation work – this shall be charged to the maintenance or construction/implementation project.
• Amenity lighting – this is not eligible for funding assistance.

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).

Qualifying standard

To qualify for funding from this work category, all work must comply with NZTA’s policy.

References

For detail about:

• signs and pavement markings, see Traffic signs and pavement markings
• traffic signals, see Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004
• area-wide traffic control systems, see Area-wide traffic control systems.