Published: 17 May 2016 | Category: Technical advice note | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors
The purpose of the Z19 State highway environmental and social responsibility standard is to explain to Transport Agency project and maintenance contract managers and their teams how and when to implement the Transport Agency’s environmental and social, including urban design, requirements of any state highway work.
The purpose of the Z19 State highway environmental and social responsibility standard is to explain to Transport Agency project and maintenance contract managers and their teams how and when to implement the Transport Agency’s environmental and social, including urban design, requirements of any state highway work.
The Standard sets expectations about the tasks that must be undertaken during state highway project development and delivery as well as when maintaining and operating the network. It is accompanied by a Guidance Note which further explains how and when to implement each task required by the Standard.
The June 2014 version (v1) of the Standard sought to streamline and refine pre-existing environmental and social responsibility processes and requirements. The Standard and the Business Case Approach were adopted at approximately the same time in 2014. Since this time, feedback has been obtained about the implementation of the Standard and its interface with the Business Case Approach.
As a result the Standard and associated guidance note has been reviewed and revised to reflect this feedback.
The updated version has changed in style and formatting. The guidance note has also been updated to provide more clarity about what is required to meet the Agency’s environmental and social requirements.
Specific changes of note include:
Author: NZ Transport Agency – Environment and Urban Design team
Published: March 2016
Replaces: PSF/13 Social and environmental management form, PSG/13 Social and environmental management, PSG/12 Urban design professional services guide, and Z4 Social and environmental management plan
Reference: Z19
Version: 2
Found at: https://hip.nzta.govt.nz/technical-information/environmental-and-social/environment-andsocial-responsibility-standard
Contact the Highways and Network Operations Environment and Urban Design team at environment@nzta.govt.nz.
Kevin Reid
