This page relates to the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.
This work category provides for the purchase of land by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (for its own activities) for new and improved transport infrastructure.
Work category 331 is available to the state highway improvements activity class.
Local road and state highway improvements
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:
You can discuss with us (Waka Kotahi as investor) whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.
Work category 331 excludes:
The work category, principles and conditions of property purchase for state highways may be applied to property purchase in relation to other activities classes, eg public transport improvements (work categories 561, 562 and 563), and walking and cycling improvements (work categories 451 and 452), where we have agreed that it will assist the funding for property purchased for land transport purposes.
Work category 561: Passenger facilities and infrastructure improvements – bus
Work category 562: Passenger facilities and infrastructure improvements – ferry
Work Category 563: Public transport facilities and infrastructure improvements – rail
Work category 451: Walking facilities
Work category 452: Cycling facilities
Property purchase for other activity classes will be funded under the same work category that will be applied to construction/implementation of the project, eg work category 561, 562 and 563 for public transport infrastructure projects.
Conditions for eligibility for funding property purchases include:
The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:
Waka Kotahi (for its own activities) submits these property purchase activities using the improvement activity module in Transport Investment Online (TIO). The application will be for the property phase of a project.
Transport Investment Online(external link)
The activity owner updating TIO and SAP should not automatically assume that the activity class is a road improvement. Instead they (in consultation with our investment advisor) will need to select which activity class will be funding the property acquisition.