Published: 2 May 2017 | Category: Technical advice note | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors
The Transport Agency has developed the Coastal affects assessment guideline in response to the Agency’s focus on long-term climate change impacts, such as sea level rise, increased inundation, and various environmental effects to ensure resilience of the New Zealand highway network.
The Transport Agency has developed the Coastal affects assessment guideline in response to the Agency’s focus on long-term climate change impacts, such as sea level rise, increased inundation, and various environmental effects to ensure resilience of the New Zealand highway network.
The guide describes a coastal environment risk assessment approach intended to inform the planning, design and management of state highway assets in coastal environments. It outlines key questions to be considered based around risks to the assets and their effects on changing coastal dynamics, such as sea level rise and increasing tide or storm impacts.
The guide was developed for project teams involved in the project approval and consenting stages, as well as in the design, construction and management of coastal assets to:
The risk assessment process outlined in this guide summarises and documents key threats to assets and coastal environments, enabling project teams to develop suitable mitigation and management solutions. The guide itself does not provide solutions to mitigate the identified issues.
The guide [PDF, 3.6 MB] is now available on the Transport Agency’s Highways information portal.
Author: Highways and Network Operations
Published: March 2017
Version: 004
Found at: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/Highways-Information-Portal/Technical-disciplines/Air-and-climate/Climate-change/Adaptation/Coastal-Effects-Assessment-Guideline-FINAL-March2017.pdf [PDF, 3.6 MB]
Contact the Highways and Network Operations Environment Urban Design team at environment@nzta.govt.nz.
Neil Cree
