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Standards and Guidelines Update – 31 March 2025

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Category: Technical advice note | Audiences: Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

This newsletter provides key updates and a summary of recent revisions to existing standards and addition of new standards on the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) register of Standards and Guidelines, and identifies NZTA standards that are curr…

Stormwater specification

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Category: Drainage , Maintenance , Specifications | Audiences: General, Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

This P46 specification sets out the requirements for the design, construction and operation of all stormwater improvement projects.

Cost estimation manual (SM014)

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Category: Project & contract management , Manuals | Audiences: Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

A manual for use by consultants when preparing cost estimates.

Skid resistance investigation and treatment selection

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Category: Skid resistance & texture , Surfacing , Specifications | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

This specification (2013) and guidance notes outline the process for identifying sites where treatment to improve skid resistance may be justified and the process to be followed.

Research Report 543 Pavement design for specialist surfacings

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Category: Activity management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

Leutner shear tests to measure bond strength and flexural beam tests to measure flexibility were conducted on specialist surfacing resins used in New Zealand for coloured and high-friction surfacings.

State highway noise barrier design guide

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Category: Noise & vibration , Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

Noise barriers are probably the most widely recognised form of noise mitigation used by the Transport Agency.

Specification for winter maintenance

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Category: Winter maintenance , Maintenance , Specifications | Audiences: Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

This TNZ C/22 specification and guidance notes sets out the requirements for maintenance of a road network that is at risk of snow and ice events to ensure the required road availability and levels of service are achieved during winter.

Specifications and notes

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Category: Index , Specifications | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

The specifications Index has now been replaced with the NZ Transport Agency register of network standards and guidelines.

Specification for emergency work

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Category: Operations , Maintenance , Specifications | Audiences: Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

This specification and guidence notes describe the service to be provided for emergency work arising from storm damage, floods, debris, slips and the like.

Slow vehicle bays - BECA report and tools

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Category: Research & reports | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

The research report outlines the development of an Excel macro-based evaluation tool for slow vehicle bays in lieu of a computer simulation.