This page relates to the 2024-27 National Land Transport Programme.
Introduction
Work category 451 provides for the construction/implementation of new or improved walking and universal accessibility facilities, whether separate from or part of a road or bridge.
Qualifying activities
Work category 451 is available to the walking and cycling activity class.
Walking and cycling
Examples of qualifying activities
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:
- new or improved footpaths, including on an existing road or bridge
- pedestrian crossing features, including kerb crossings, kerb protrusions, central refuges and pedestrian platforms
- pedestrian crossing controls, including zebra crossings, kea crossings and pedestrian traffic signals
- signage
- altering kerb lines to improve pedestrian access
- pedestrian overbridges/underpasses and railway crossings
- property purchase associated with new walking facilities – see property purchase section below
- appropriate urban design components such as plantings, artistic and cultural features, seating and kerbing incorporated as necessary `no frills’ components for new or improved walking facilities in accordance with the Investing in Place Policy
Investing in Place Policy
- costs associated with bringing the facility into service and attracting users to the facility, which may include:
- all signage, markings, traffic signals and/or lighting
- targeted education promotion and/or advertising activities directly linked to the initial launch/promotional period for the safe use of the walking improvements
- lighting upgrade programmes (aimed at promoting uptake of active modes via improved safety/security for pedestrians/cyclists)
- initiatives that create more people-friendly spaces in our neighbourhoods.
You can discuss with us (NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) as investor) whether other activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.
Exclusions
Work category 451 excludes:
- facilities that are purely recreational, such as off-road hiking trails
- facilities that are not available to the general public at all times or do not have a transport function
- maintenance and renewal of associated traffic signals, signs, markings and lighting – this is funded from work category 125
Work category 125: footpath maintenance
- safety infrastructure works to address reductions in deaths and serious injuries such as pedestrian safety refuges and intersection upgrades – these are funded from the relevant work category in either the local road or state highway improvement activity class.
Local road and state highway improvements
Property purchase
Funding for property purchases for walking facilities is available under this work category. 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) using the appropriate walking or cycling work category. Where the property cost is up to $500,000, the cost may be included in the construction/implementation phase.
Transport Investment Online(external link)
Funding assistance rate
The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:
or
or
- 100% of the NZTA state highway costs.
Submitting activities for National Land Transport Programme consideration and funding approval
Approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities) submit these activities using the improvement activities template in 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
