Certification template for a speed management plan

Contents

Purpose of the optional certification template	1

How to use the optional certification template	1

Plan information	2

Speed management plan content	3

10-year vision: Objectives, strategic alignment, and whole-of-network approach	3

3-year Implementation programme	4

Reference table: Rule requirements for plan content	7

Purpose of the optional certification template

The Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022 (the Rule) states that a speed management plan must be in the form, if any, set by Waka Kotahi as regulator. At the time of printing, Waka Kotahi has not set a form for plans.

This optional certification template for a speed management plan is designed to provide a straightforward process for completing the basic requirements of a speed management plan for certification. It is also intended to support consistency in speed management plans when they are submitted for certification. Please note that it is focused on the information required by Waka Kotahi for certification and may not produce a plan in an appropriate form for public consultation.

How to use the optional certification template

The template is provided in word document format so that it can be edited and adapted during the development of the speed management plan. Each section provides a suggested subheading and guidance on the type of information to be provided. The tables provided include drop-down options where possible to facilitate alignment with the terms and definitions used in the Rule. The tables also include example text which can be replaced. For more details about the appropriate content for each section of the speed management plan, see the Speed Management Guide: Road to Zero edition, Section 3.5: Developing a speed management plan. A summary table of the speed management plan requirements under the Rule is also provided for reference at the end of this template.

Plan information

Road controlling authority or regional transport committee	[That is, local authority name, state highway or section of state highway network, region name]
Submitted by	[if different from above]
National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) period	[August 202x to July 202x]

Pre-submission checklist

Complete this checklist following completion of the plan, prior to submitting for certification.

Category	Confirmation	Clause ^	Yes/no
Public consultation complete	Consultation for this speed management plan has been carried out in accordance with the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022, clause 3.9	3.11(1)(a)	[Yes]
Plan content check	Includes objectives, policies, and measures for managing speed on relevant roads for at least 10 financial years from the start of the plan.	3.8(1)(a)	[Yes]
Includes an explanation of how the plan is consistent with the road safety aspects of the Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport and any Government road safety strategy.	3.8(1)(b)	[Yes]
Include a general explanation of how a whole-of-network approach was taken to changing speed limits, safety cameras and safety infrastructure, including the approach when deciding whether to invest in making a road safer at higher speeds or to set a lower speed limit.	3.8(1)(c)	[Yes]
Includes an implementation programme for at least 3 financial years from the start of the plan which sets out changes to speed limits and safety infrastructure on the relevant roads, and the timeframe within which each change will occur in.	3.8(2)(b)(i-ii)	[Yes]
Identifies all speed limits of 70km/h and 90km/h subject to review.	3.11(1)(b)(ii)	[Yes]
Identifies all roads outside schools for which changes to speed limits are needed in order to set speed limits.	3.11(1)(b)(iii)	[Yes]
Includes an explanation for any changes being proposed to a speed limit that do not align with the Agency’s confirmed assessment of what is the safe and appropriate speed limit for the road.	3.8(2)(e)	[Yes]
Includes comment on any review relevant to the roads or region that has been completed since the previous plan published.	3.8(2)(f)	[Yes]

^ The clauses are from the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022.

Speed management plan content

10-year vision: Objectives, strategic alignment, and whole-of-network approach

📎Supporting information If you have attached supporting information for your objectives, policies and measures, reference it here, so it can be readily identified. Describe objectives, policies and measures for managing speed on relevant roads for at least 10 financial years from the start of the plan

Provide this information in narrative form, which may be

accompanied by maps or geospatial shape files that visually

describe and support the narrative.

📎Supporting information If you have attached supporting information for your alignment with the GPS and other strategies and policies, reference it here, so it can be readily identified. Demonstrate consistency with the road safety aspects of the Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport and any other government road safety strategy

Provide this information in narrative form, which may be

accompanied by maps or geospatial shape files that visually

describe and support the narrative.

📎 Supporting information If you have attached supporting information for your whole-of-network approach, reference it here, so it can be readily identified. Describe how a whole-of-network approach to changing speed limits, safety cameras and safety infrastructure has been taken

Provide this information in narrative form, which may be

accompanied by maps or geospatial shape files that visually

describe and support the narrative.

3-year Implementation programme

Speed limits

Where possible, provide geospatial shape files or maps for this section. Table 1 can also be used for all roads, or only those where it is necessary to provide additional information.

Table 1 – Speed limit changes

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Road/area (Includes the start and end locations)	Existing speed limit (km/h)	Proposed speed limit (km/h)	Speed limit type	Implementation timeframe	Is proposed speed limit different from the Waka Kotahi confirmed assessment of safe and appropriate speed (SAAS) limit?	Further information (Include review of roads with 70km/h and 90km/h speed limits, consideration of speed limits on adjoining roads, explanation for speed limits that do not match the Waka Kotahi confirmed assessment of the safe and appropriate speed, and note any confirmed assessments)	Dates and times (If seasonal type, provide start and finish dates. If variable type, provide operational times.)
Paikea Street (West) – from intersection with Rata St to Arewhana St	50	30	Permanent	Y1	Y	SAAS is 40km/h, but this is a road outside Rerekohu School, so 30km/h limit proposed.
Arewhana St	50	30	Permanent	Y1	Y	SAAS is 40km/h, but this is a road outside Rerekohu School, so 30km/h limit proposed.
Wiira St	50	30	Permanent	Y1	Y	SAAS is 40km/h, but this is a road outside Rerekohu School, so 30km/h limit proposed.
Waione Rd	100	80	Permanent	Y1	Y	SAAS is 60km/h
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Speed limits around schools

Table 2 – Speed limits around schools

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School name	Category	Further information
Beachlands School	1	N/A
Northcross Intermediate School	1	N/A
Barton Rural School	2	60km/h variable speed limit on a state highway installed.
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Safety Infrastructure

Complete Table 3 or briefly overview your safety infrastructure options and how these will be selected in the sections below the table.

Table 3 – Safety Infrastructure changes

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Location	Proposed change	Year of commencement	Funding certainty (committed or not committed)	Further information
Intersection at [ABC] St and [XYZ] St	Urban intersection upgrade	Y2	Committed	[description]
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Options

Selection process

Other matters relating to speed management

Discuss other matters related to speed management on the relevant roads, including matters regarding temporary speed limits (optional).

For completion by a regional transport committee only

📎 Supporting information If you have attached supporting information for your state highway components, reference it here, so it can be readily identified. State highway components

Include information from the state highway speed management plan (either the consultation draft or published copy, depending on which is most recent) that relates to state highways in the region.

Reference table: Rule requirements for plan content

Content requirements of a plan (with reference to clause 3.8 of Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022)
(1) A plan must— set out objectives, policies and measures for managing speed on relevant roads for at least 10 financial years from the start of the plan; and include an explanation of how the plan is consistent with the road safety aspects of the GPS on land transport# and any Government road safety strategy;† and include a general explanation of how a whole-of-network approach was taken to changing speed limits, safety cameras and safety infrastructure, including the approach when deciding whether to invest in making a road safer at higher speeds or to set a lower speed limit. (2) A plan must also— identify the changes (if any) being proposed to speed limits (other than temporary speed limits) and safety infrastructure on the relevant roads; and include an implementation programme for at least 3 financial years from the start of the plan that sets out — the changes (if any) being proposed to (A) speed limits on the relevant roads, including, to the extent practicable, information on each proposed speed limit relating to the geographical area of the proposed speed limit, the type of speed limit, the proposed speed limit expressed in kilometres per hour, and, for a seasonal or variable speed limit, the conditions under which each speed limit will apply; and (B) safety infrastructure on the relevant roads; and the timeframe within which each change is proposed to occur; and for speed limits of 70 km/h or 90 km/h, include any content required by clause 4.3(2); and in relation to schools, include— any content required by clause 5.2(4); and any designation of a category 2 school; and if required by clause 5.3, an explanation for why, having regard to any guidance provided by the Agency about speed limits outside schools, the speed limit outside the category 2 school is safe and appropriate for the road; and include, for any changes being proposed to a speed limit that do not align with the Agency’s confirmed assessment of what is the safe and appropriate speed limit for the road, an explanation for why, after considering the matters in clause 3.2(1), the road controlling authority proposes a speed limit that differs from the Agency’s confirmed assessment (unless subclause (3) applies);^ and include comment on any review relevant to the roads or region that has been completed under clause 3.17 since the previous plan published under clause 3.3(8) or 3.4(13).
State highway speed management plan – clause 3.8(5)	Regional speed management plans – clause 3.8(6)
(5) A State highway speed management plan— must also include a general explanation of how the Agency (as RCA) has, when proposing a change to a speed limit, had regard under clause 3.2(2) to the desirability of a road under its control and an adjoining road under the control of another road controlling authority having the same speed limit, unless there is good reason for different speed limits; and may also include changes to safety cameras on roads that are not State highways.	(6) A regional speed management plan must— identify, for any proposed change to a speed limit for a road under the control of a territorial authority (the first road) that adjoins a road under the control of another territorial authority (the second road), any instances where the speed limit for the first road is different or is proposed to differ from the speed limit for the second road; and include information from the State highway speed management plan (either the consultation draft or the published copy, depending on which is most recently available) relating to State highways in the region.
(7) A plan may include discussion of other matters related to speed management on the relevant roads, including temporary speed limits.
(8) A plan must be in the form (if any) set by the Agency. (Note that this template is not a required form, but an optional guide).

Notes

# New Zealand Government. 2020. Government Policy Statement on Land Transport: 2021/22 – 2030/31. Wellington: Ministry of Transport

† New Zealand Government. 2019. Road to Zero: New Zealand’s road safety strategy 2020–2030. Wellington: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.

* A territorial authority must not publish a consultation draft territorial authority speed management plan if the regional transport committee has notified its intention to publish, within the next 28 days, a consultation draft regional speed management plan—the territorial authority must instead join in the process for a consultation draft regional speed management plan. (See clauses 3.5(2) and 12.10(3).)

^ Clauses 3.8(3) and 12.(4): A plan does not need to include explanation of where a proposed change to a speed limit does not align with the Waka Kotahi confirmed assessment of what is the safe and appropriate speed limit for the road (a) where the proposed speed limit is 70km/h and the Waka Kotahi assessment of the safe and appropriate speed limit for the road is 80km/h; (b) where the proposed speed limit is 90km/h and the Waka Kotahi assessment of the safe and appropriate speed limit for the road is 100km/h; and (c) where the proposed speed limit is to a road outside a school and complies with section 5 of the Rule.