When putting together your business case, there are technical requirements that may be relevant to your project that will need to be considered and included.

To ensure you are completing all steps correctly when you are building your business case, follow the table below.

You will notice that more is required as you get deeper into the business case process. Not all of these steps are relevant for all business cases but it will give you a good overview of what you may need to consider.

These tables outline what these requirements are and where you can go to find the relevant information.

Business case phase Technical requirements Information
Indicative business case Undertake a safety review NZTA Transport Services process reviewed by subject matter experts (SMEs)

Design exceptions review

  • Operating speeds
  • Cross section
NZTA Transport Services process reviewed by SMEs
Detailed business case Road safety audit - concept audit Road safety audit procedures
Design - review of compliance with guidelines - exception report

Austroads guide to road design - parts 3, 4 and 6

Technical memoranda

Safety pages

Pre-implementation Road safety audit procedure - detailed design Road safety audit procedures
Safe system compliant roadside / median Safety and design
Note: guidelines relating to the process for consideration of the issues raised by the RSA process are contained in the Project management manual SM011 SM011
Design - review of compliance with guidelines. Review exception report and amend as required

Austroads guide to road design parts 3, 4 & 6(external link)

Technical memoranda

Safety pages

Implementation

Follow the Road safety audit procedure - detailed design

Safe system compliant roadside/median

Note: guidelines relating to the process for consideration of the issues raised by the RSA process are contained in the Project management manual SM011

Road safety audit procedures

Safety and design

Project management manual

Review of compliance with guidelines

Review exception report and amend as required

Austroads guide to road design parts 3, 4 and 6

Technical memoranda

Safety page

For further information contact trafficandsafety@nzta.govt.nz.