WC 001: regional land transport planning management

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

Introduction

Work category 001 provides for the management of regional authority statutory land transport planning activities related to the development and management of regional land transport plans (RLTPs).

Qualifying activities

Work category 001 is available to the investment management activity class.

Investment management

Qualifying under this work category are the actual costs, including overheads, associated with the development and management of RLTPs (including consultation, approval, variation, management and reporting).

Examples of qualifying activities

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

• development of a regional strategic case highlighting the key problems within the region and the priorities for investment that meets the requirements of s 16(2) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA)
  Land Transport Management Act 2003, section 16(2)(external link)

• aggregation and quality assurance of and consultation on the programmes of activities submitted by approved organisations and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA; for its own activities)
• prioritisation of significant activities proposed for inclusion in the RLTP as required under s 16(3) of the LTMA
  Land Transport Management Act 2003, section 16(3)(external link)

• assessment of the RLTP as required under s 16(6) of the LTMA
  Land Transport Management Act 2003, section 16(6)(external link)

• aggregation, analysis and reporting at a regional level of activity monitoring and other external data sources to monitor the implementation of the RLTP.

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

Exclusions

Work category 001 excludes:

• regional transport committee (RTC) expenses associated with committee membership and meetings (each party is to bear its own costs)
• development of programme business cases, including associated gathering and analysis of data and information, and modelling, which are funded under work category 004
  Work category 004: programme business case development (webpage yet to come)

• tactical management plans, which are funded under work category 003
  Work category 003: activity management planning improvement

• preparation and management of regional public transport plans, which are funded under work category 003
  Work category 003: activity management planning improvement

• data collection or creation (surveys, traffic counts, performance data collection etc), which are funded under other work categories/activity classes – monitoring of the RLTP implementation should only include the aggregation and interpretation of standard activity, local, regional and national data sources.

Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is the approved organisation's normal FAR.

Normal funding assistance rates

Submitting activities for National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) consideration and funding approval

Regional and unitary councils submit these activities using the regional land transport planning management template in Transport Investment Online (TIO). When approved organisations request funding for a particular activity, they must include this in the relevant RLTP and request funding for the 3 years of the associated NLTP.

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

Definition of terms used in relation to RLTPs

See below for definitions of the terms used in relation to the above content on RLTPs.

End-of-year carryover

Activities funded from work category 001 are only funded for a particular NLTP period. Any remaining funds at the end of an NLTP period will be surplused and not carried over into the next NLTP.