NLTP - National Land Transport Programme

2007/08 National Land Transport Programme

Road construction

Minor improvements

The minor improvement allocation is based on 8 percent of the respective maintenance allocation for each road controlling authority, or a lesser amount where this has been requested. In 2007/08, the minor improvement allocation for local roads is $34.3 million, and for state highways the allocation is $31.0 million.

Local road construction

Local road projects included in this year’s NLTP are listed in the regional sections of the NLTP. The projects are shown with the status they have in the NLTP, whether they are expected to start in 2007/08 or later, and their expected funding source. For projects that do not yet have funding approved, the information is indicative only and may change when a funding application is received or new information about the project is submitted to Land Transport NZ.

As for previous years, the N funding threshold for projects is a profile of medium (M) seriousness and urgency, medium (M) effectiveness and high (H) efficiency. Projects below this profile are not likely to be funded unless from R funds. The indicative funding source is shown as R if the project has a regional recommendation and R* if it does not have a regional recommendation. Projects with a profile of MMH are shown with a funding source of “N/ R”. As there appear to be more N fundable projects than there are N funds available, not all MMH projects can be N funded and some, based on the quality of their profile factors, may need to be funded from R funds.

Projects with low priority, based on the information provided to Land Transport NZ, are shown on the reserve list.

Indicative national budgets for each work category are shown in the table below.

Work category	Funding threshold	Indicative budget $million
311 Road studies	MMH	1
321 Traffic management	MMH	3
322 Bridge renewals	MMH	15
323 New roads and structures	MMH	13
324 Road reconstruction	MMH	125
325 Seal extension	MMH	17
332 Propery purchase	MMH	1
333 Advance property purchase	MMH	1
Total local road construction		177

A large number of high value projects approved prior to 2007/2008 continue as funding commitments in the 2007/08 NLTP. Examples of these projects are shown in the following table:

Project	Current 2007/2008 allocation $million
Green Lane/Great South improvements – Auckland city	1.64
Tram Road intersection and widening improvements – Waimakariri district	1.83
Flat Bush - Ormiston West Bridge const – Manukau city	1.84
Wairere Drive stage III extension – Hamilton city	3.55
Kerikeri Heritage bypass – Far North district	5.74
Nesdale Liverpool construction – Manukau city	4.98

New works that are included in the NLTP 2007/08 include:

• North Shore city – Anzac Street corridor
• North Shore city – Kyle Road reconstruction upgrading
• Auckland city – Central transit corridor
• Auckland city – Bus priority implementation
• Waitakere city – New Lynn town centre project
• Waitakere city – Universal Drive extension
• Manukau city – Beachlands/Whitford-Maraetai intersection improvements
• Hamilton city – Southern Links/Peacocke
• Gisborne district – East Cape road upgrading
• Taupo district – East Taupo arterial
• Rangitikei district – Taihape Napier Road seal extension
• Kapiti Coast district – Western Link Road
• Dunedin city – Harington Point Road: widening Tily St – Weir Rd
• Invercargill city – Tiwai bridge

Regional development

The 2007/08 allocation is $20 million including commitments of $3.7 million, the rate generally applying recently. This is the last year an allocation is shown in the NLTP because this dedicated funding is expected to be withdrawn and any future activities to be funded as normal activities within the NLTP such as road reconstruction.

State highway construction

The allocation for this activity class is similar to that forecast in 2006/07, reflecting the stability provided by the government through its funding guarantee.

The Kapiti western link road and East Taupo arterial projects have been transferred from the state highway construction programme to the local roading programme reflecting the transfer of project management from Transit to the local authority. With the support of the Hawkes Bay region, Transit has added the R funded Prebensen Drive/Hyderabad project to its programme. Other than these three changes, the large project phases expected to be active from 2007/08–2009/10 are the same as those shown in the 2006/07 NLTP.

Projects are listed in the NLTP showing their status, either committed or category 2. An indicative funding source is shown for category 2 projects, but this is subject to review at the time funding approval is sought. Most projects are listed in the regional sections of the NLTP. However, the projects delivered on a national basis, such as the toll systems project, are shown in the tables in the regional sections of the NLTP. Those projects expected to be active in 2007/08 are shown either as committed works or with a 2007/08 start date.

Medium and small projects and studies are listed separately in the regional tables, but are funded on a block budget basis. The block budgets are shown in the nationally delivered programmes section of the NLTP.

A large number of high value projects approved prior to 2007/08 continue as funding commitments in the 2007/08 NLTP. Examples of these projects are shown in the following table, as are examples of projects expected to start during 2007/08:

Project commitments
Mt. Roskill extension construction
Manukau extension SH20–SH1 construction
Harbour link construction
Auckland southern motorway traffic management
Mangatawhiri township deviation construction
SH1 Avalon Drive bypass construction
Bell Block bypass (including Mangaone four-laning) construction
Dowse to Petone interchange construction
Victoria Park tunnel design
Cambridge bypass design
Christchurch southern motorway extension design

Expected new starts
Hobsonville deviation construction
Te Rapa bypass design
Maramarua deviation design
Waipukurau overbridge design
Christchurch northern arterial investigation
Omokoroa roundabout design
SH2–SH58 interchange design
Hope saddle realignment investigation

 

 

 

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