The National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) contains all the land transport activities, such as public transport services and road construction and maintenance, which are expected to receive funding from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Waka Kotahi is responsible for allocating funding to land transport.
The 2008/09 NLTP sets out the significant transport issues facing land transport and lists the transport activities that have been given funding from the National Land Transport Fund and also those that may be funded during 2008/09. It sets out forecasts of anticipated expenditure and revenue over 10 years.
Administration allocations provide financial assistance for programme development and management activities of approved organisations.
An amount of $57.8 million has been allocated to Transit for administration and project control activities associated with management of the state highway network.
Financial assistance towards approved regional council administration costs is categorised differently this year compared to last. The categories and the allocations are described below. The administrative costs exclude project specific costs which are included in other activity classes. The allocation funds regional councils, ARTA and also unitary authorities with the same planning and passenger transport responsibilities.
Recommended funding for overall Regional land transport planning is $3.6 million. The increase primarily arises from an increased financial assistance rate approve by the government to support the development of three year Regional Land Transport Plans under the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2007.
The works covered by this allocation include the preparation of a regional land transport programme, and the development, maintenance of and reporting on the regional land transport strategy.
| Output/ activity | 2007/08 Allocation ($M) |
2008/09 Allocation ($M) |
Variance from 2007/08 Allocation ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Land Transport Planning | 1.57 |
3.57 |
2.00 |
The allocations for Passenger transport administration assist regional councils to meet the costs of administering and managing passenger transport services. ARTA’s service management costs are included in the passenger transport activity class reflecting the specific legislation governing it.
The allocations for total mobility administration assist regional councils to meet the costs of administering and managing total mobility scheme costs.
| Output/ activity | 2007/08 Allocation ($M) |
Recommended 2008/09
Allocation ($M) | Variance from 2007/08 Allocation ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger Transport Administration |
7.14 |
7.93 |
0.79 |
| Total Mobility Administration |
0.54 |
0.62 |
0.08 |
| Contingency Reserve | 0.00 |
0.19 |
0.19 |
| Total | 7.68 |
8.74 |
1.06 |
The purpose of financial assistance in this area is to support a commitment to:
Financial assistance is provided at 2.25% of the total Land Transport NZ financial assistance for the maintenance, renewal and improvement of local roads, and for activities improving the use of the land transport system such as travel behaviour change, and walking and cycling initiatives. The amount provided in 2008/09 is $16.4 million.
Page updated: 30 June 2008
