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Standards and Guidelines Update – 30 June 2025

Published: | 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 currently being consulted on.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi standards and guidelines register for land transport

Publication details

Revisions

New

For consultation

  • Specification for road-traffic noise prediction. Consultation closes September 2025. For more information, please contact Environment@nzta.govt.nz
  • Specification for road-traffic noise measurement. Consultation closes September 2025. For more information, please contact Environment@nzta.govt.nz
  • Guide for assessing greenhouse gas emissions from land transport infrastructure activities. Upcoming consultation in July - August 2025. For more information, please contact Environment@nzta.govt.nz
  • Specification for Fish Passage on state highways. Upcoming consultation in August - September 2025.  For more information, please contact Environment@nzta.govt.nz
  • NZTA fish passage guildelines for state highways.  Upcoming consultation in September - October 2025. For more information, please contact Environment@nzta.govt.nz

Further information

If you have any questions or feedback, please contact standards@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our Highways Information Portal website: www.nzta.govt.nz/hip