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This page relates to the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.

Introduction

Work category 562 provides for the capital cost of all new or improved ferry facilities and infrastructure for contracted ferry services.

Qualifying activities

Work category 562 is available to the public transport infrastructure activity class.

Public transport services and infrastructure

Examples of qualifying activities

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

  • construction of new or significant upgrades to passenger ferry berthing facilities
  • signage, timetable or screen display installation or upgrade
  • minor new asset purchases for ferry facilities (eg rubbish bins, canopies, seating, etc)
  • roof, canopy, guttering or lighting upgrades
  • park and ride infrastructure including cycle storage facilities for ferry facilities
  • pedestrian and cycle access to public transport ferry facilities
  • safety and security installation and upgrades.

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.

Exclusions

Work category 562 excludes:

  • facilities not owned by an approved organisation, unless there is an executed agreement on its public use and charges for use
  • infrastructure provision to cater for commercial passenger transport services not captured in a regional public transport plan.

Property purchase

Work category 562 provides for funding of property purchases for public transport infrastructure improvements. The principles and conditions set out in the relevant work category below apply to property purchases for this work category:

Where the property purchase cost for a project exceeds $500,000, a property phase must be set up in Transport Investment Online (TIO). Where the property cost is up to $500,000, the cost may be included in the construction/implementation phase.

Transport Investment Online(external link)

User guides for TIO are available in TIO.

Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:

Submitting activities for NLTP consideration and funding approval

Approved organisations submit these activities using the improvement activity module in Transport Investment Online (TIO).

Transport Investment Online(external link)