This page relates to the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.
This page sets out guidance on the activity classes for road improvements and provides links to work category definitions and guidance, relevant policies and profiling guidance.
There are two activity classes:
Some projects with a safety focus may be funded from the Road to Zero activity class. Please refer to the Road to Zero page for more guidance.
We (Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency as investor) expect that investments from the local road and state highway improvements activity classes will contribute to results sought by the government.
Government expectations by activity class
Any public road (defined as any road that is available to the public on a full-time basis) improvement activity described in the work categories in this section may qualify for consideration for inclusion in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) and subsequent funding approval.
Any proposed activity is eligible by meeting the definition of the local road improvements, or state highway improvements activity class in the Government Policy Statement on land transport and the appropriate work category definition in this Knowledge Base.
All regionally delivered road improvement activities proposed for inclusion in the NLTP must be included in a regional land transport plan (RLTP).
Approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (for its own activities) must comply with the Waka Kotahi Procurement manual and procurement rules, as well as any relevant standards and guidelines as listed in the NZ Transport Agency register of network standards and guidelines.
NZ Transport Agency register of network standards and guidelines
Road improvements activities described in the following work categories are eligible for inclusion.
State highway and/or local road improvements activity classes contain the following work categories (most of which are common to both):
Local road improvement projects may, at our (Waka Kotahi as investor) discretion, be partly or fully funded as effective state highway improvement projects from the local road improvements, state highway improvements, or Road to Zero activity classes.
The following criteria apply:
Normal or enhanced funding assistance rates, as the case may be, shall apply to each party’s share of the cost of improvements. Arrangements for road maintenance may differ on a case-by-case basis.
In some cases, a project may have a third party or crown funding component and a NLTF component, but these projects are still required to meet all the NLTP inclusion requirements and are subject to profiling and prioritisation under the Waka Kotahi Investment Prioritisation Method. Examples of these activities include:
Crown appropriations for the Accelerated Regional State Highway Programme (ARSHP) and the New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) apply only to Waka Kotahi (for its own activities). Activities funded through this mechanism, while included in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP), are not subject to profiling and prioritisation under the Waka Kotahi Investment Prioritisation Method, but are subject to any requirements set by the Minister of Transport.
Accelerated Regional State Highway Programme
New Zealand Upgrade Programme - Transport
2021-24 NLTP Investment Prioritisation Method
Further guidance on transport-related topics is available. The policy within these is to be applied to applications for funding assistance as relevant.
Other transport-related funding policies
For guidance in developing road improvement activities, see the requirements for improvement proposals.
Requirements for improvement proposals
For guidance on low-cost, low-risk roading improvements, see work category 341.
Work category 341: Low-cost, low-risk improvements
Road improvement activities proposed for funding from the NLTF are profiled and prioritised under the Waka Kotahi Investment Prioritisation Method.
2021-24 Investment Prioritisation Method
See work category 341 for guidance on low-cost, low-risk improvement programmes.
