This page relates to the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.
Work category 004 provides for funding assistance for the costs of preparing programme business cases under the Business Case Approach, including supporting evidence collection and model application.
Business Case Approach guidance
Work category 004 is available to the investment management activity class.
These include, but may not be limited to:
Hoe ki angitū – Innovation Fund
You can discuss with us (Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency as investor) whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.
Work category 004 excludes:
We provide guidance on developing a programme business case, which summarises the key elements that make up a programme business case and importantly its purpose and rationale.
Funding applications for project business cases follow a clearly defined process which considers the achievement of specific outcomes derived from government policy. Both the process and policy outcomes are subject to change in response to changing government priorities. You will find full and current information on the process we use to consider funding applications in the guidance for programme business cases.
The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:
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We will manage the Hoe ki angitū – Innovation Fund as a nationally delivered programme and submit a programme of these activities as a single line item using the business case module in Transport Investment Online (TIO). In order to expedite this first round of funding from the Innovation Fund for the 2021–24 NLTP, funding for activities will initially be allocated against work category 004. We may reallocate costs for activities to other work categories and/or activity classes to reflect the benefit of the findings from the Innovation Fund.
Approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (for its own activities) submit these activities using the programme business case module in TIO.
Transport Investment Online(external link)
User guides for TIO are available in TIO.
The module consists of two parts:
At the conclusion of the programme business case development, approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (for its own activities) should seek our support for their completed programme business case to ensure there is acceptance that:
When seeking support for a programme business case, the approved organisation or Waka Kotahi (for its own activities) must provide an assessment for support.
The Business Case Approach guidance provides further information and assistance.
Business Case Approach guidance
The activities that are to be funded from the Innovation Fund are evaluated and prioritised in accordance with the methodology set out in the Waka Kotahi innovation fund request to the sector for proposals.
We profile the completed business cases to consider whether they should be supported, by following guidance in the relevant section of the 2021–24 Investment Prioritisation Method.
2021–24 NLTP Investment Prioritisation Method
We must approve any change to the scope of an approved phase to develop a programme business case before the approved organisation or Waka Kotahi (for its own activities) proceeds with the change. Consideration of the guidance in this knowledge base may be helpful in ensuring whether the scope change is appropriate in terms of the content of a programme business case.
TIO will automatically carry over the unspent allocation every year. It is vital that approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (for its own activities) declare any unused allocation for completed projects by making a cost–scope adjustment via the reviews module in TIO.
