Applicant
Auckland Regional Transport Authority
Purpose
To seek the Board’s approval for construction funding for the Grafton, Avondale, Kingsland, New Lynn and Onehunga passenger rail stations, and design funding for the Manukau station, in the Auckland region.
Date of decision
31 July 2009
Resolutions
The NZ Transport Agency Board:
- endorses the Auckland Regional Transport Authority’s (ARTA’s) proposed upgrades of a group of passenger rail stations (being Grafton, Avondale, Kingsland, New Lynn, Onehunga and Manukau), which contribute to achieving the patronage objectives of the Auckland Rail Development Plan;
- approves funding for the construction of ARTA’s tranche of Auckland Passenger Rail Station project, at an estimated cost to completion of $29.7 million and a funding assistance rate of 60% (NZ Transport Agency’s share $17.8 million) from C and R funds, subject to the activity being included and programmed in the 2009/2012 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP);
- notes that NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) staff have reviewed the design parameters of the station and are satisfied that ARTA has chosen designs that are defensible and which represent economy and value;
- notes that the construction costs for the individual station projects, the 95th percentile construction costs, and the 5th percentile construction costs are estimated as:
| Tranche element | Construction cost to completion $ million | Total cost including sunk costs $ million | 95th percentile cost $ million | 5th percentile cost $ million |
|---|
| Grafton station |
4.621 |
4.835 |
5.560 |
4.200 |
| Avondale station |
1.520 |
1.520 |
1.748 |
1.292 |
| Kingsland station |
6.018 |
6.018 |
6.921 |
5.115 |
| New Lynn station |
13.858 |
15.658 |
17.224 |
14.092 |
| Onehunga stations |
3.690 |
3.690 |
4.059 |
3.321 |
| Total |
29.707 |
31.721 |
|
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- approves funding for the design phase of ARTA’s Manukau Passenger Rail Station project, at an estimated cost of $1.40 million and a funding assistance rate of 60% (NZTA’s share $0.84 million) from C or R funds, subject to the activity being included and programmed in the 2009/12 NLTP;
- notes that the construction cost to completion for the Manukau Passenger Rail Station is estimated at $14.8 million, the total cost is estimated at $15.3 million, the 95th percentile construction cost is estimated at $17.6 million, and the 5th percentile at $13.0 million;
- notes the reasons for this decision are as set out in the Reasons for recommendation section; and
- agrees to keep Board paper 09/07/0231 in Committee until the Board has published the notice of decision.
Reason for the decision
The assessment profile for this activity has been determined as being of high strategic fit / seriousness and urgency, high effectiveness and low (in four cases medium) efficiency.
The tranche of upgrades to the Grafton, Avondale, Kingsland, New Lynn, Onehunga and Manukau passenger rail stations has been recommended for inclusion into the NLTP as they have a strong strategic fit with the GPS impacts relating to economic growth and productivity with a high potential to ease severe congestion by significantly increasing peak hour public transport patronage.
We confirm that the matters in sections 20(2) and 20(5) of the LTMA have been satisfied, and that the matters in section 20(3) have been taken into account.
