WC 325: seal extension

This page relates to the 2024-27 National Land Transport Programme.

IntroductionBack to top

Work category 325 provides for the sealing of existing unsealed roads.

Qualifying activitiesBack to top

Work category 325 is available to the following activity classes:

• local road improvements
• state highway improvements.

Local road and state highway improvements

Examples of qualifying activities

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

• extending the length of sealing from a sealed road onto an unsealed road
• road improvements as defined in work category 324.
  Work category 324: road improvements

You can discuss with us (NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) as investor) whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.

Exclusions

Work category 325 excludes:

• widening the seal of an existing sealed road – this is funded under work category 324
  Work category 324: road improvements

• a new cattle stop where there was none previously.

Funding assistance rateBack to top

The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:

• the approved organisation’s normal FAR
  Normal funding assistance rates

or

• the approved organisation’s special purpose road improvements FAR  for special purpose roads for the 2024–-27 period
  Other funding assistance rates

or

• 100% of the NZTA state highway costs.

Submitting activities for NLTP consideration and funding approvalBack to top

Approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities) submit these activities using the improvement activity template in Transport Investment Online (TIO).

Transport Investment Online(external link)

For guidance on using TIO, see the TIO learning and guidance page on our website.

Transport Investment Online (TIO) learning and guidance