This page relates to the 2018-21 National Land Transport Programme.
All activities must be consistent with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency's planning and investment principles.
Approved organisations and Waka Kotahi are encouraged to work together, or cluster, for the purpose of employing professional services and pooling other resources to develop, manage and deliver promotion of road safety and/or demand management activities in an efficient and cost-effective way.
Clusters can provide additional benefits by enabling a programme to target a community at risk in one council area, and achieve coverage of other council areas at little or no additional cost. The emphasis should always be on the primary community at risk.
Road safety promotion programmes are developed through the road safety promotion module in Transport Investment Online (external link)(TIO). For demand management activities, use the improvements module.
You may be able to make additional efficiencies when activities are developed and assessed as part of a programme of activities addressing the safe use of the land transport network.
Road safety promotion programmes addressing the safe use of the land transport system should, where relevant, demonstrate alignment with safety-related programmes funded under other activity classes, as well as alignment with national and regional programmes.
The programme should embody the Safe System approach and be integrated with engineering, police and other stakeholder activities.
Similarly, demand management activities addressing the efficient and effective use of the land transport system should where relevant demonstrate alignment with efficiency and effectiveness-related programmes funded under other activity classes, as well as alignment with national and regional programmes.
Robust planning processes put in place by approved organisations and the help to give Waka Kotahi confidence that appropriate alternatives and options have been considered in the development of the proposed programme, and that the use of available resources has been maximised.
The checklist below provides guidance for the steps to take in planning activities and things to consider prior to making a funding application.
Road safety promotion activities with an expenditure of less than $1,000,000 each may be grouped in applications through TIO. Applications must be supported by a list of the activities, financial data and objectives, as outlined in the attached supporting information template, the road safety promotion activity list.
Road safety promotion activities that individually cost more than $1,000,000 must include a calculated benefit-cost ratio.
Local advertising must meet Waka Kotahi’s advertising guidelines(external link).
Approved organisations and Waka Kotahi staff are encouraged to consult with Waka Kotahiy’s advertising team early when developing any advertising programme to ensure effectiveness is maximised. The advertising team can provide feedback on your early idea/s.
Approved organisations/Waka Kotahi staff must complete an advertising brief and approval application form to guide discussions when engaging advertising agencies or working with an in-house team. If your advertising programme is audited by Waka Kotahi, this document will be required.
Waka Kotahi’s advertising team must approve any advertising applications for campaigns that cost $250,000 or more. For these applications, you will also need to use the advertising approval application form. If your advertising is audited by Waka Kotahi, this document will be required.
If advertising does not follow Waka Kotahi guidelines, Waka Kotahi may request immediate removal and discontinuation of the advertising. This will be at the expense of the approved organisation and a return of funding for the campaign may be sought.
The content of road safety and/or demand management advertising may be subject to an audit by Waka Kotahi.
All funding requests for promotion of road safety and/or demand management activities must be accompanied by a project plan or activity list that:
Road safety action planning, or other similar forms of integrated planning, should provide information on activity development and delivery of the programme.
