This page relates to the 2024-27 National Land Transport Programme.
Work category 321 provides for new facilities and equipment that support the safe management and operation of the road network.
Work category 321 is available to the following activity classes:
Local road and state highway improvements
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to, new and improved:
Stock Effluent Facilities Policy
You can discuss with us (NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) as investor) whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.
The work category excludes upgrades to traffic management equipment and facilities conducted under work category 222.
Work category 222: traffic services renewals
We expect the relevant rail track authority and the road controlling authority will share equally the costs of improving rail level crossing warning devices.
Where, under a deed of grant by the relevant rail track authority, the road controlling authority is required to pay the full cost of upgrade, this cost is accepted for funding assistance from the National Land Transport Fund.
An invoice from the relevant rail track authority must back up claims for funding assistance.
The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:
or
or
For stock effluent facilities improvements FARs, refer to the NZTA Stock Effluent Facilities Policy.
Stock Effluent Facilities Policy
Rail level crossing warning devices improvements are funded at the approved organisation's normal FAR for its share of the cost (which will depend on the deed of grant by the relevant rail track authority). Note that most (or all) level crossing activities are expected to cost less than $2 million, and can be added to the approved organisation's low-cost, low-risk programme.
Work category 341: low-cost, low-risk improvements
Approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities) submit these activities using the improvement activity template in Transport Investment Online (TIO).
Transport Investment Online(external link)
For guidance on using TIO, see the TIO learning and guidance page on our website.