The following policy applies where an Approved Organisation or the Transport Agency (state highways) has requested funding assistance for the construction, renewal or maintenance of a stock effluent disposal site.
Stock effluent disposal sites are funded under the principle of exacerbator pays.
The exacerbator is the original owner of the stock who benefits from the sale of that stock for processing. There is no cost-effective method of levying this from the stock carried. Therefore, use of local rates paid to either the relevant territorial authority or the relevant regional council, or both, is considered a fair method of raising an appropriate proportion of the construction cost. The Transport Agency’s share is general recognition of the willingness to pay by road users for the benefits of prevention of effluent spillage. This principle applies regardless of the location of the facility, that is regardless of whether the facility is located on a local road or state highway.
The cost of any stock effluent disposal facility is eligible for funding assistance under:
The usual funding assistance rate for the 2015-18 NLTP is:
From 2018/19 onwards, the FAR to apply to construction costs for stock effluent facilities will be the Approved Organisation's normal FAR, regardless of facility location. The FAR for construction of access roads will be the Approved Organisation's normal FAR for facilities located on local roads or 100% of the Transport Agency's costs for facilities located on state highways.
The construction cost of any new stock effluent disposal facility is eligible for funding assistance, subject to:
The 'Improvement activity' module in Transport Investment Online (TIO) should be used to apply for funding assistance for the construction costs of stock effluent facilities as well as for the construction of access roads to a facility.
Maintenance of stock effluent facilities should be part of an approved maintenance programme entered into TIO through the 'Maintenance, operations and renewals 2015-18' module.