Table of Contents

• The Way We Work
  • NZ Transport Agency planning and investment principles
    • NZTA Planning and Investment principles - Overview
    • A collaborative approach to planning and investment
    • Outcomes focused and strategy Led
    • An integrated approach to land use and transport planning
    • Optimise the provision and use of the land transport network
    • A safe system approach
    • Affordable and achieves value for money
    • A risk based approach
    • Working in a socially and environmentally responsible manner
    • Those who benefit from transport investment should pay
  • Transport Agency planning, funding and procurement delegations
  • Obligations of those using NLTF funds
• Government Policy Statement
  • Government Policy Statement - Overview
• Transport Agency Strategic Direction
  • Transport Agency Planning and Investment Strategic Direction - Overview
  • Review Investment Assessment Framework
  • Changes in Investment Policies
  • Transport Agency policy consultation and communication guidance
• NZTA Investment Policy
  • NZTA investment policy - overview
  • 2015-18 NLTP Investment Assessment Framework - Overview
  • Funding assistance and sources
  • Funding assistance for multi-party projects
  • Alternative Funding Approaches to Support the NLTF
  • Tolling Policy
  • Debt Funding and Public Private Partnership Policy
  • Funding Assistance Policy and Rates for the 2015-18 NLTP
    • 2015-18 NLTP - Normal Funding Assistance Rates
    • 2015-18 NLTP - Other Funding Assistance Rates
    • Operational Policy for the application of Targeted Enhanced Rates
  • 2009-15 Funding Assistance Policy and Rates
    • Determining territorial authority base and construction rates
    • 2009-12 NZTA Funding Assistance Rate Table
    • 2012-15 Table 1 - Base FARs for maintenance, operation and renewal activities
    • 2012-15 Table 2 - Construction FARs for improvement activities
    • 2012-15 Table 3 - FARs for delivering specified activities
    • 2012-15 Table 4 - FARs for certain circumstances
• Planning to Project Delivery Process
• AMP Continuous Improvement Cycle
  • Activity Management Continuous Improvement Cycle
  • Planning Improvement Cycle
    • AMP Continuous Improvement Cycle - Overview
    • Review AMP
    • Reconfirm Assumptions
    • Undertake Assessment
    • Confirm Outcomes
    • Complete Options Analysis
    • Seek NZTA Support
    • Draft programmes
    • Develop Implementation Plan
    • Implement activities
    • Update Evidence Base
    • Work category 002: Transport model development
    • Work category 003: Activity management planning
    • Work category 004: Programme business case development
    • The Business Case Approach – high level overview
• AO Local Transport Programme
  • Developing a Transport Programme - Overview
  • Planning and Investment - AO Local Transport Programmes Process
    • 1 – Provide guidance on national planning and investment priorities
    • 2 – Identify regional issues, challenges and opportunities and discuss high level funding availability, high level investment signals and timelines for RLTP delivery (pre GPS release)
    • 3 – Clarify investment signals and meet to discuss the alignment of investment priorities with respect to GPS and IRS direction (post GPS & IRS release)
    • 4 – Clearly identify and state regional priorities and communicate to AOs to achieve alignment
    • 5 – Draft/Update transport programme and input to TIO
    • 6 – Review completeness and eligibility of individual activities in draft transport plans from Transport Investment Online and decide whether to accept
    • 6a – Assist RTCs with completeness and eligibility review of activites and provide feedback to AOs and RTCs
    • 7 – Decide to modify or withdraw by activity
    • 8 - Review programme in response to RLTP consultation and negotiation with NZTA
    • 8a – Finalise Negotiations with AOs
    • 8b – Support Negotiations with AOs
• State Highway Programmes
  • Developing a Transport Programme - Overview
  • Planning and Investment - State Highway Programmes
    • 1 - Guidance on national planning and investment priorities
    • 2 - Identify regional issues, challenges and opportunities
    • 3 - Clarify investment signals and meet to discuss the alignment of investment priorities with respect to GPS and IRS direction (post GPS & IRS release)
    • 4 - Identify and state regional priorities
    • 5 - Issue the NZTA (state highways) Annual Plan Instructions
    • 5a - Develop regional list of activities
    • 6 - Submit regional list of activities (Regional Ten Year Plan)
    • 7 - Confirm assessment profiles
    • 8 - Develop draft national list of activities
    • 9 - Confirm prioritised national list of activities through NZTA moderation
    • 10 - Get prioritised list endorsed
    • 11 - Advise the NZTA (state highways) of activity classes and funding ranges
    • 12 - Develop draft State Highway Plan
    • 13 - Provide feedback to the NZTA (state highways) programming team
    • 14 - Amend and issue final programme
    • 15 - Confirm acceptance of programme
    • 16 - Send to the NZTA Senior Leadership Team for comment
    • 17 - Finalise programme and get the NZTA (state highways) Value Assurance Committee (VAC) endorsement
    • 18 - Submit each region’s component of the NZTA (state highways) national programme to RTCs
    • 19 - Review completeness and eligibility
    • 19a - Assist RTC with reviews
    • 20 - Amend or withdraw activity
    • 21 - Receive and consider feedback from RTCs
    • 22 - Negotiate with NIM
    • 22a - Negotiate funding plans with HNOs
• Planning and Investment - National Programmes
• Planning and Investment - Road Policing Programme
• Planning and Investment - RLTP Process
  • 1 – Develop work programme for developing RLTP/NLTP work plans at regional level
    • NZTA region develops its work programme - overview
  • 2 – Provide 
indicative investment signals for AOs, RTCs and HNO
    • Investment signals and RTC meetings - overview
  • 3 – Meet to discuss outcomes, national priorities, early investment signals and agree work plans, timelines, responsibilities and deadlines
    • Investment signals and RTC meetings - overview
    • Development of RLTPs – General guidance
  • 4 – Clearly identify and state regional priorities for long term programmes
    • RTC states regional priorities - overview
  • 5 – Review completeness and eligibility of activities from local transport and state highway programmes/proposals, decide whether to accept and provide feedback to AOs and HNO
    • RTC reviews completeness and eligibility of activities - overview
    • Reviewing completeness and eligibility of proposed activities for input to an RLTP – checklist
  • 5a – Assist RTCs with review of completeness and eligibility of activities from local transport and state highway programmes/proposals
    • NZTA assists RTCs with review of completeness and eligibility - overview
  • 6 – Moderate indicative investment signals with Strategy and Performance
    • NZTA moderates proposed programmes - overview
  • 7 – Assess all activities and prioritise activities as required under the LTMA
    • RTC prioritises activities as required - overview
  • 8 – Provide feedback on decisions made to AOs and HNO
    • RTC provides feedback on decisions to Approved Organisations and the NZTA (state highways) - overview
  • 9 – Develop/update draft RLTP and assess against LTMA
    • RTC develops/updates draft RLTP and assesses against LTMA - overview
  • 10 – Public consultation on RLTP
    • RTC consults draft RLTP - overview
  • 11 – Assess and moderate RLTP drafts to ensure consistent approach to prioritisation and programming
    • NZTA moderates draft RLTPs - overview
  • 12 – Develop submissions if required and submit to RTCs
    • NZTA develops its submission if required - overview
  • 13 – Consider submissions and provide feedback to AOs and HNO
    • RTC considers submissions - overview
  • 14 – Amend/update RLTP in response to submissions and feedback
    • RTC updates/amends RLTP in response to submissions & feedback - overview
  • 15 – Send amended RLTP to RCs
    • RTC seeks Regional Council approval - overview
  • 16 – Approve RLTP
    • Regional Council approval - overview
  • 17 – Submit approved RLTP to NZTA
    • Regional Council forwards the approved (or unapproved) RLTP to the NZTA - overview
  • 18 - Publish and distribute RLTP
    • Regional Council publishes and distributes RLTP - overview
• Planning and Investment - NLTP Process
  • 1 – Decide and recommend NLTP timeframes to the NZTA Board
    • Decide and recommend NLTP timeframes to the NZTA Board - overview
  • 2 – Review NLTP timeframes and decide to endorse
    • Review NLTP timeframes and decide to endorse - overview
  • 3 – Communicate NLTP timeframes with AOs and RTCs
    • Communicate NLTP timeframes with AOs and RTCs - overview
  • 3a – Communicate NLTP timeframes to NZTA Groups
    • Communicate NLTP timeframes with other NZTA Groups - overview
  • Initial part of the NLTP process
    • Note on initial part of the NLTP process - overview
  • Latter part of the NLTP process
    • Note on the latter part of the NLTP process - overview
  • 4 – Develop the work programme for NLTP and its publishing
    • Develop the work programme for the NLTP and its publishing - overview
  • 5 – Develop the look and feel for the published NLTP and recommend to the NZTA Board
    • Develop the look and feel of the published NLTP - overview
  • 6 – Review and endorse the look and feel of the NLTP
    • NZTA Board endorses look and feel of the published NLTP - overview
  • 7 – Collate RLTPs and assess and prioritise NLTP on a national basis
    • Collate RLTPs and national programmes, assess and prioritise activities - overview
  • 8 – Moderate and consolidate proposed investment plans
    • Moderate and consolidate investment plans - overview
    • Creating Groups of Projects
  • 9 – Draft indicative NLTP and submit to the NZTA Board
    • Draft indicative NLTP and submit to Board - overview
  • 10 – Review and comment on indicative NLTP
    • NZTA Board reviews and comments on indicative NLTP - overview
  • 11 – Assess draft NLTP against investment and revenue strategy (IRS) and provide comment to IAM, IFM and Investment team
    • Assess draft NLTP against NZTA’s Investment & Revenue Strategy - overview
  • 12 – Consider comments and draft final NLTP Board paper and submit to NZTA Board
    • Draft final NLTP Board paper and submit to the NZTA Board - overview
  • 12a – Consider comments and draft final NLTP Board paper and submit to NZTA Board
    • Draft final NLTP Board paper and submit to the NZTA Board - overview
  • 13 – Review and adopt NLTP and develop a high level communications strategy
    • NZTA Board reviews and adopts NLTP and develops a high level communications strategy - overview
  • 14 – Communicate decision 
to the Regions, Investment Team and Highways and Network Operations
    • Communicate Board decision on NLTP to NZTA - overview
  • 15 - Identify potential groups of projects
    • Identify potential groups of projects - overview
    • Groups of Projects
  • 16 – Communicate with AOs regarding commencing funding applications and maintenance claims
    • Communicate Board decision on NLTP to Approved Organisations - overview
  • 17 – Draft the regional component of the NLTP document
    • Draft the regional components of the NLTP document - overview
  • 17a – Draft the national components of the NLTP document
    • Draft the national components of the NLTP document - overview
  • 17b – Draft the national component of the NLTP document
    • Draft the national components of the NLTP document - overview
  • 18 – Collate, check and quality assure the NLTP documents and send to the printer
    • Collate and review the NLTP document and send to printer - overview
  • 18a – Collate, check and quality assure the NLTP documents and send to the printer
    • Collate and review the NLTP document and send to printer - overview
  • 19 – Receive the printed NLTP documents from the printer and arrange launch
    • Receive printed NLTP document and arrange launch - overview
  • 20 – Launch the NLTP with the Minister
    • Launch NLTP with the Minister - overview
  • 21 – Arrange the 
distribution of the NLTPs and publishing to the website with the publishing team
    • Arrange distribution of the NLTP and publish on website - overview
• Implement Approved Activities
  • Approved Organisations
    • 11
  • HNO
  • National Programmes
  • Road Policing
  • Research Programme
    • Identify topics
    • Select Topics
    • Procurement and Contracting
    • Research Delivery
    • Research Promotion
• Funding Approvals Process
  • 1 - Develop activities to readiness for approval
    • Develop activities to readiness for approval
  • 2 - Lodge application in TIO
    • Lodge application in TIO
  • 3 - Review application for readiness
    • Review application for readiness
  • 4 - Refer back to applicant with reasons
    • Refer back to applicant with reasons
  • 5 - Assess, prioritise and recommend proposal
    • Assess, prioritise and recommend proposal
  • 6 - Applicant negotiates with decision maker as appropriate
    • Applicant negotiates with decision maker as appropriate
  • 6a - Consider and decide to approve
    • Consider and decide to approve
  • 7 - Advise applicant with reasons
    • Advise applicant with reasons
  • 8 - Decide to modify and reapply
    • Decide to modify and reapply
  • 9 - Enter decision into TIO
    • Enter decision into TIO
• Unlisted Activities & Programme Variations
  • Unlisted Activities and Programme Variations Overview
    • End of Year Carryover - Overview
  • Emergency Works
    • 1 - Damage to part of the transport network
    • 2 - Assess and decide if immediate response is required
    • 3 - Inspect and estimate scope and cost
    • 4 - Delegated authority to approve funding
    • 5 - Notify regional NZTA representative within 1 week
    • 6 - Inspect and approve/recommend
    • 7 - Request funding assistance from NZTA
    • 8 - Inform applicant that damage does not qualify
    • 9 - Determine FAR and decide on delegated authority
  • Minor Improvements
    • 1 - Review programme and identify additional minor improvements
    • 2 - Assess and prioritise additional minor improvements
    • 3 - Determine if sufficient provision remains
    • 4 - Add to NLTP (via template)
    • 5 - Decide to apply for a higher funding allocation
    • 6 - Apply for increased programme funding
  • Prior RLTP Variation Not Required
    • 1 - Identify need to vary programme and discuss with NZTA (planning & investment)
    • 2 - Assess and prioritise
    • 3 - Delegated authority
    • 4 - Varying the NLTP
    • 5 - Apply to vary the NLTP
    • 6 - Varying the NLTP – NZTA Regional Managers Planning and Investment
    • 7 - Varying the NLTP – NZTA National Manager Investment
  • Prior RLTP Variation Required
    • 1 - Identify need to vary programme and discuss with NZTA (Planning & Investment)
    • 2 - Assess and prioritise
    • 4 - Apply to RTC to vary the RLTP
    • 3 - Apply to vary programme in TIO
    • 5 - RTC considers application and decides to accept
    • 6 - RTC declines and refers back to applicant
    • 7 - RTC accepts variation and decides if it is significant
    • 8 - RTC includes variation in RLTP
    • 9 - Progress application to vary the NLTP
    • 12 - Consult on proposed variation
    • 13 - RTC declines and refers back to applicant
    • 14 - RTC includes variation
• NLTP Management
  • NLTP Overview
    • 1 - Discuss and set quarterly targets
    • 2 - Request data
    • 3 - Review and check progress
    • 4 - Determine if on track
    • 5 - Discuss
    • 6 - Implement plan
    • 7 - Draft recommendation
    • 8 - Review and decide
    • 9 - Approve or recommend
    • 10 - Review and decide to approve
    • 11 - Take action as required
  • Cashflow Management
    • 1 - Discuss and set quarterly targets
    • 2 - Request forecasts
    • 3 - Provide forecasts
    • 4 - Check forecasts
    • 5 - Refer back
    • 6 - Moderate forecasts
    • 7 - Model forecasts
    • 8 - Review report
    • 9 - Review status
    • 10 - Discuss
    • 11 - Implement plan
    • 12 - Draft recommendation
    • 13 - Review recommendation
    • 14 - Approve or recommend
    • 15 - Board review
    • 16 - Take action
  • NLTP Advisory Group Management
    • 2 - Add item to schedule
    • 7 - Develop agenda
    • 13 & 14 - Advisory Group make decision
    • 15 - Make decision
  • NLTP Delegations Management
• Planning and Statutory Framework
  • Resource Management Act
    • Resource Management Act (1991) (RMA)
    • Other Acts
  • Government Policy Statement
    • Government Policy Statement
  • New Zealand Plans
    • National Infrastructure Plan (2011)
    • New Zealand Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy (2007)
    • Safer Journeys (2010)
    • KiwiRail Turnaround Plan (2010)
  • NZTA Plans
    • State Highway Asset Management Plans
    • State Highway Plans
    • State Highway Classification
    • RoNS Network Plans
  • Land Transport Acts
    • Land Transport Acts
    • Other Acts
  • Repealed - see Part 5 LTMA (2003)
    • Repealed - see Part 5 LTMA (2003)
    • Other Acts
  • Local Government Act
    • Local Government Act (2002)
    • Other Acts
  • Reserves Act
    • Reserves Act (1977)
    • Other Acts
  • National Policy Statement
    • National policy statements
  • Connecting New Zealand
    • Connecting New Zealand
  • 2012-15 National Land Transport Programme
    • 2012-15 National Land Transport Programme
  • Regional Land Transport Plan
    • Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP)
  • Regional Public Transport Plan
    • Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP)
  • Auckland Plan
    • Auckland Plan
  • Regional Policy Statement
    • Regional Policy Statement (RPS)
  • Regional Growth Strategy
    • Regional Growth Strategy
  • Long Term Council Community Plan
    • Regional/Territorial Authority Long Term Council Community Plan (LTP)
  • Regional Plans
    • Regional Plans
  • Transport Action Plans
    • Transport Action Plans
  • Territorial Authority LTP
    • Territorial Authority LTP
    • Annual Plan
  • Sub-regional Growth and Management Strategies
    • Sub-regional Growth and Management Strategies
  • District Plans
    • District Plans
  • Reserve Management Plans
    • Reserve Management Plans
• Monitor Investment Performance
  • NZTA Investment Monitoring - Overview
    • Assurance monitoring
    • Investment Audits
    • Benefits realisation (including post implementation reviews)
    • Framework for investment performance measurement
  • Investment Monitoring Process
    • Step 5 - finalise work programme
    • Step 6 - Audit Information
    • Step 9 - Audit Activities
    • Step 9b - Audit Activities
    • Step 9c - Audit Activities
  • Investment assurance work programme development
    • Information required for different investment assurance activities
    • Investment Assurance - Overview of fieldwork for different audit and review activities
• Assessment Framework for 2015-18 NLTP
  • 2015-18 NLTP Investment Assessment Framework - Overview
  • Support through the Business Case Approach
  • Creating an assessment profile
  • Key messages for 2015-18 NLTP
  • Strategic Fit
    • Strategic fit for maintenance
    • Strategic fit for public transport – programmes
    • Strategic fit for road safety promotion
    • Strategic fit for walking and cycling
    • Strategic fit for public transport - improvements
    • Strategic fit for road improvements
    • Strategic fit for investment management
    • Strategic fit for road policing activities
  • Effectiveness
  • Benefit and cost appraisal
    • Public transport programme benefit cost appraisal
  • Prioritisation of activities
  • Ensuring Robust Assessment
    • Optimisation of activities and combinations of activities
    • Peer review of improvement projects
    • Ensuring robust assessment
    • Peer review template
    • Peer review of research projects
    • Incremental assessment

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