national land transport programme 2012-15 - at a glance

National Land Transport Programme 2012–15The National Land Transport Programme 2012–15 contains the land transport activities that the NZ Transport Agency anticipates funding over the next three years. This publication covers some of the highlights.

AT A GLANCE

Over the next three years this NLTP will deliver transport solutions that will help communities across New Zealand thrive.

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Funding will come from…

and will be invested in…

to target...

Local share of NLTP activities$2,607mLocal residents through the rates and charges we pay for local provision of transport infrastructure and services

Fuel excise duty (net)1

$4,900mExcise collected at source (fuel shipments & refinery) and recharged in petrol, LPG and CNG prices

Road user charges (net)1

$3,700mEnd customers of freight carriers in the prices we all pay for goods and services

Motor vehicle registry fees (net)1

$510mPublic road users through registration & licence fees for our vehicles to access the road system

State highway property$270mPeople who lease state highway property or purchase surplus state highway property

SuperGold card2

$23mTaxpayers through the subsidies paid to fund SuperGold Card via Ministry of Transport for public transport travel

Canterbury earthquakes$155mTaxpayers through Crown appropriations to fund recovery of Canterbury from earthquake damage

Debt funding$115mLenders of debt finance to NZTA repaid from tolls & the National Land Transport Fund

1. Net of refunds and administration costs2. SuperGold card appropriation for 2012/13 only – remaining years’ appropriations subject to a review in 2012/133. General costs for search & rescue, recreational boating safety awareness and revenue system management – totals $27m in 2012-154. Debt reduction in 2012-15 estimated at $50m

TOTAL FUNDS

$12.28 billionTOTAL FUNDS

$12.28 billion

National Land

Transport Fund

$9,380m

Road policing & road safety promotion$1,026m

Public transport services & infrastructure $1,736m

Road maintenance, operations & renewals$4,826m

New & improved road, walking & cycling infrastructure$4,449m

System development & management$166m

Miscellaneous3 & debt reduction/payment4

$77m

Economic growth and productivity

Value for money

Road safety

2012–15 NLTP revenue and investment flows

Investment.This National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) is a planning and investment partnership between local authorities and the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). Over the next three years the programme will deliver transport solutions that will help communities across New Zealand thrive. There will be a particular focus on rebuilding and growing Canterbury after the earthquakes, and on Auckland where there are significant transport opportunities to support that city’s contribution to the country’s economic growth.

The Board of the NZTA has approved this NLTP and endorsed it as giving e�ect to the government’s priorities. The programme is targeted to where it is most needed and takes a ‘whole of life’ view to ensure the best transport system is developed for the long term.

Four key themes underpin the activities within it:• Ensuring value for money.• Supporting economic growth and productivity.• Improving safety. • Providing a range of travel choices.

The NLTP is a forecast of activities and expenditure for the next three years. Actual delivery relies on the revenue generated over that period – in particular from road user charges and fuel excise duty. Revenue received can vary from forecasts for various reasons, including the economic environment, petrol prices and government decisions on transport related levies and charges. During this NLTP these variations may impact on investment levels, particularly for new and improved infrastructure for state highways.

This NLTP represents a significant investment – $12.28 billion, including $9.38 billion from the National Land Transport Fund. The total investment in the transport system will be greater again when combined with the additional spending planned by local authorities that lies outside this programme, as well as investment by government in rail and other transport initiatives.

To make the most of all these investments, the NZTA and local authorities increasingly need to work together – to maintain and build improvements to local roads, state highways and public transport and operate all these components safely as ‘one network’.

The NZTA will continue to put a strong emphasis on such ‘joined-up thinking’ over the next three years – getting around the table with our public and private sector partners to ensure integrated planning and collaboration from the outset, by sharing ideas and pooling our expertise. Together we can find ways to make the current investment in the transport system go further.

Geo� DangerfieldCHIEF EXECUTIVE

Chris MollerBOARD CHAIR


Funding will come from…

and will be invested in…

to target...

Local share of NLTP activities$2,607mLocal residents through the rates and charges we pay for local provision of transport infrastructure and services

Fuel excise duty (net)1

$4,900mExcise collected at source (fuel shipments & refinery) and recharged in petrol, LPG and CNG prices

Road user charges (net)1

$3,700mEnd customers of freight carriers in the prices we all pay for goods and services

Motor vehicle registry fees (net)1

$510mPublic road users through registration & licence fees for our vehicles to access the road system

State highway property$270mPeople who lease state highway property or purchase surplus state highway property

SuperGold card2

$23mTaxpayers through the subsidies paid to fund SuperGold Card via Ministry of Transport for public transport travel

Canterbury earthquakes$155mTaxpayers through Crown appropriations to fund recovery of Canterbury from earthquake damage

Debt funding$115mLenders of debt finance to NZTA repaid from tolls & the National Land Transport Fund

1. Net of refunds and administration costs2. SuperGold card appropriation for 2012/13 only – remaining years’ appropriations subject to a review in 2012/133. General costs for search & rescue, recreational boating safety awareness and revenue system management – totals $27m in 2012-154. Debt reduction in 2012-15 estimated at $50m

TOTAL FUNDS

$12.28 billionTOTAL FUNDS

$12.28 billion

National Land

Transport Fund

$9,380m

Road policing & road safety promotion$1,026m

Public transport services & infrastructure $1,736m

Road maintenance, operations & renewals$4,826m

New & improved road, walking & cycling infrastructure$4,449m

System development & management$166m

Miscellaneous3 & debt reduction/payment4

$77m

economic growth and productivity

Value for money

Road safety

2012–15 NLTP revenue and investment flows

Investment.This National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) is a planning and investment partnership between local authorities and the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). Over the next three years the programme will deliver transport solutions that will help communities across New Zealand thrive. There will be a particular focus on rebuilding and growing Canterbury after the earthquakes, and on Auckland where there are significant transport opportunities to support that city’s contribution to the country’s economic growth.

The Board of the NZTA has approved this NLTP and endorsed it as giving effect to the government’s priorities. The programme is targeted to where it is most needed and takes a ‘whole of life’ view to ensure the best transport system is developed for the long term.

Four key themes underpin the activities within it:• Ensuring value for money.• Supporting economic growth and productivity.• Improving safety. • Providing a range of travel choices.

The NLTP is a forecast of activities and expenditure for the next three years. Actual delivery relies on the revenue generated over that period – in particular from road user charges and fuel excise duty. Revenue received can vary from forecasts for various reasons, including the economic environment, petrol prices and government decisions on transport related levies and charges. During this NLTP these variations may impact on investment levels, particularly for new and improved infrastructure for state highways.

This NLTP represents a significant investment – $12.28 billion, including $9.38 billion from the National Land Transport Fund. The total investment in the transport system will be greater again when combined with the additional spending planned by local authorities that lies outside this programme, as well as investment by government in rail and other transport initiatives.

To make the most of all these investments, the NZTA and local authorities increasingly need to work together – to maintain and build improvements to local roads, state highways and public transport and operate all these components safely as ‘one network’.

The NZTA will continue to put a strong emphasis on such ‘joined-up thinking’ over the next three years – getting around the table with our public and private sector partners to ensure integrated planning and collaboration from the outset, by sharing ideas and pooling our expertise. Together we can find ways to make the current investment in the transport system go further.

Geoff DangerfieldChief exeCutive

Chris Mollerboard Chair


The 2012–15 NLTP by the numbers

Total investment in land transport under this NLTP. Includes NZTA spend of $9.38 billion, up 8% on 2009–12 actual spend.

Investment in public transport – a 21% increase on 2009–12 actual spend.

Total investment in local roads over the next three years – a 14% increase on 2009–12 actual spend.

For emergency works, including Christchurch recovery.

Length of road network that will be available for full HPMV access by the end of this NLTP period.

Total investment in NZ’s state highway network over the next three years – 7% more than the actual spend for the previous three years.

Reduction in road deaths over the last three years, and 19.7% reduction in serious injuries.

Decrease in Auckland congestion in 2011/12, despite a 3.7% increase in travel demand.

$4.06BILLION

$690MILLION

4500KILOMETRES

$5.14BILLION

22.4%

8.4%

$12.28BILLION

$1.74BILLION


IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT NEW ZEALANDERS GET THE MOST OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

Value for money is a key priority of the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding.

Even though there is increased investment through this NLTP, there are always limits to what can be funded and not all of the demands for new infrastructure can be met. The approach to maximising value for money in this NLTP combines three related elements – e�ectiveness, e�ciency and economy. A ‘whole of system’ approach has been taken, to ensure that the investments provide the greatest economic and social returns at a local, regional and national level.

This NLTP prioritises investment in new infrastructure where it is most needed and where it will deliver the best results, based on safety, freight and road condition criteria, as well as demands from road users.

Over the long term, e�ective transport planning is the key lever in maximising value for money. Integrating transport and land use planning with investment, and working closely with key stakeholders early on in the process, ensures better outcomes.

The NZTA must make all investments in the network work harder. Improving the performance and capability of the existing system makes it more cost e�ective, as well as more reliable, resilient and safer, while minimising the need for major investment in new infrastructure.

ROAD MAINTENANCEUnder this NLTP no road controlling authority is receiving less funding than their previous allocation for road maintenance, operations and renewals (unless requested), but in some cases investment levels will not keep up with the rate of inflation and growth. So the challenge will be to achieve greater e�ciencies within a constrained budget.

The interim findings of the cross-sector Road Maintenance Taskforce provide ideas for tackling that challenge over the next three years. The taskforce identified four areas for controlling costs and increasing e�ectiveness in the delivery of operations, road maintenance and renewals:• adapting business models• advanced asset management• improved procurement practices • improved prioritisation of investment.

The NZTA is also actively looking at ways that we can work smarter. While the Road Maintenance Taskforce focused on all roads, the NZTA has been looking specifically at how to get better value from maintenance, operations and renewals work on state highways.

Value for money


An innovative tool developed by the Southland District Council in collaboration with the NZTA has been endorsed by the Road Maintenance Taskforce as one that other road controlling authorities could use to help reduce their future road maintenance costs.The tool uses the council’s network data, such as the value of primary export products moved on local roads, tra¥c counts, crash data and nearby land uses and tra¥c-generating activities, and links that data to specific segments and intersections of the local road network as well as state highways.

The council has begun to use this tool to get greater value out of its investment in local roads by taking a more integrated approach to the transport network and linking maintenance levels to levels of service.

The resulting information, displayed in a geographical information system, allows the council to test the resilience and integrity of its local road network and how the network would respond to future demands such as dairy expansion.

Such an integrated approach ensures that infrastructure can be planned and implemented with the confidence that it will support Southland’s future economic growth and development where it is most needed.

SMARTER SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT

HOMER TUNNEL – RIGHT SOLUTION,

RIGHT PRICE

The Homer Tunnel is the only road into Milford Sound – one of New Zealand’s top tourist destinations – and during summer, more than 100 tourist buses a day pass through it.There have been concerns about safety in the tunnel, and also about tra¥c delays at peak times.

Some proposals to address these concerns included major infrastructure work that would take several years to complete and be very costly – around $110–$140 million – given the amount of tra¥c involved.

An NZTA investigation showed that the greatest safety risk was from a vehicle fire within the tunnel. A solution still had to be found, but once that fact was established, it was identified that the risk could be significantly reduced by focusing on relatively simple operational improvements, including better communications and monitoring at the tunnel, improved tra¥c management, incident management and higher bus standards.

As a result, while some structural work will still need to be done on the tunnel to improve access, airflow and incident management, the resulting construction costs will be substantially lower than an infrastructure-based solution – achieving the same safety result but without spending tens of millions.

This NLTP will invest approximately $3 million for associated investigation and design work.

THE NZTA IS ACTIVELY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK SMARTER.


Economic growth and productivity A HIGH-PERFORMING TRANSPORT SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IS A KEY PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS NLTP.

Moving freight more e�ciently is crucial to New Zealand’s economic competitiveness. Freight costs directly impact on the prices we all pay for the goods we buy, and on the returns our importers and exporters receive.

This NLTP investment therefore focuses on improving critical sections of the roading network that carry high volumes of freight and provide access to our major cities and areas of production, and connections to our ports and airports.

REBUILDING AND GROWING CANTERBURYGrowing Canterbury and supporting the recovery of Christchurch is a major focus of this NLTP.

In response to earthquake recovery challenges, the government will contribute between $130 million and $180 million to fund the region’s rebuild for each year of the 2012/15 period. This is funded at $50 million per year from the National Land Transport Fund, with the balance coming from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Fund or other Crown funds.

Canterbury’s export sector has proved very resilient since the earthquakes of 2010/11. This NLTP will continue to help the sector grow by maintaining and enhancing strategic freight routes.

The 2012–15 NLTP will see the completion of the first stage of the Southern Motorway and the investigation and design of the subsequent stages. This will improve the links to Lyttelton Port. Approximately $40 million will be invested in the Southern Motorway under this NLTP.

Progress will continue on the State Highway 1 Western Corridor to increase tra�c capacity on the city’s western fringe and to provide an e�cient connection to Christchurch International Airport. The Northern Motorway is currently in development and around $10 million will be invested for this under this NLTP.

When completed, these roads of national significance projects will improve freight access to Christchurch International Airport and the Port of Lyttelton by delivering 55 kilometres of new or greatly improved highway on the city’s northern and southern corridors, and on the western ring route.

A high priority for investment is to increase public transport patronage in the region, which dropped by 40 percent after the 2010/11 earthquakes. This NLTP will invest approximately $130 million for this.

With a long-term recovery strategy for the rebuild of greater Christchurch now in place, the NZTA is entering a new phase of working with our partners in the Client Governance Group (responsible for coordinating Christchurch rebuild activities) and the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team to develop a ‘one network’ approach to the region’s transport system.

GROWING AUCKLANDAuckland has a major role to play in New Zealand’s economic success. But with the highest tra�c flows, the greatest proportion of freight tra�c and the most severe congestion in the country, it faces significant challenges that are holding back its contribution to the country’s economic growth.

To address these challenges, this NLTP includes significant investments in:• the Western Ring Route through Waterview and

upgrades to SH16 (see roads of national significance on next page)

• AMETI – the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative. This is a long-term, $1.5 billion strategy aimed at easing tra�c congestion, greatly improving public transport links, and contributing to economic growth in southeast Auckland. Under this NLTP about $240 million will be invested into this initiative. Auckland Council is co-investing

• the South-Western Multi-Modal Airport Rapid Transit strategy (SMART). This is an integrated, multi-modal approach aimed at securing appropriate corridors for improved public transport, freight movement and walking and cycling access across southwest Auckland, including Auckland Airport. This NLTP includes approximately $16 million for route investigation, corridor protection and consultation and engagement

• further planning and design work for an additional Waitemata Harbour Crossing. $8 million is expected to be spent on this under this NLTP.

Also included in this NLTP is provision for the loan repayments on the introduction of 57 electric trains, public transport related rail improvements, such as station upgrades, and introduction of integrated ticketing across all the city’s public transport modes in Auckland.

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ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

PROGRESS

This NLTP continues investment in the seven roads of national significance. These roads will improve access to our ports and markets and are linked to our five largest centres of economic activity – Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch. The first of the seven, the Victoria Park Tunnel, was completed in 2012, ahead of schedule and on budget.

As well as the Christchurch motorways projects, the other roads of national significance being progressed under this NLTP are:

Waikato Expressway This 102-kilometre route through the Waikato is the key link across the upper North Island south of Auckland. This area is key to freight movements and is expected to see strong population and economic growth. Over the last three years $290 million has been invested in the expressway. This NLTP will invest up to $590 million.

Tauranga Eastern Link This route is crucial to supporting growth in the Bay of Plenty – one of New Zealand’s fastest growing regions – and providing freight access from across the region to Tauranga. This includes to the port, which has the country’s largest throughput measured in tonnes per annum. Approximately $300 million is earmarked for this work in this NLTP.

Puhoi to Wellsford This road will be the gateway to regional economic growth opportunities in both Northland and the Rodney district, north of Auckland. Other benefits include reduced congestion, improved safety and more reliable journey times. This NLTP invests approximately $40 million for further property acquisition and investigation work.

The Western Ring Route This will contribute to better links for business and freight between key industrial and transport hubs between Manukau, central Auckland, Waitakere and North Shore. This NLTP invests a further $1.15 billion towards committed activities on this route.

Wellington Northern Corridor Improved access on this corridor from Levin to Wellington Airport will cater for growth in the lower North Island and is crucial for the e¥cient north-south movement of freight and people. Six to seven million tonnes of long distance freight enters and leaves Wellington by road and rail every year. During the next three years up to $900 million is intended to be invested in development and construction work.

SMALL INVESTMENT – BIG

DIFFERENCE

Moving freight around New Zealand more e�ciently is not just about big projects that grab the headlines. Expenditure of $300,000 on the 50-year-old Goodwin Road bridge in Gisborne means that trucks are now able to use the bridge rather than waiting to ford the river at low tide, wasting valuable time and money.

Previously the trucks could get in to the area’s forestry block, but once loaded they couldn’t use the bridge and had to ford the river. Trucks with up to 40-tonne loads are now able to use the bridge after the piers and deck were strengthened as part of Gisborne District Council’s roading programme. The NZTA contributed about 60% of the costs.

Currently 30 bridges within the district are unable to carry more than 20-tonne vehicles. Over the next 10 years, Gisborne District Council plans to strengthen more of these to meet freight industry needs and help the region grow.


THIS NLTP WILL HELP NEW ZEALAND MOVE TOWARDS A SYSTEM THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF HUMAN ERROR COSTING A LIFE OR A LIMB.

Approximately $2.8 billion will be invested in activities that will directly or indirectly improve road safety – a 5% increase on the previous three years.

This includes up to $900 million for road policing activities.

The Safe System approach to road safety, used in New Zealand, is world best practice and focuses on creating a forgiving road system to prevent death and serious injury. It is all about creating safer journeys – whether it’s maintaining the road network, encouraging safer vehicle choices, setting appropriate speed limits or targeting drink drivers.

Improving the safety of all parts of the system – roads and roadsides, speeds, vehicles and road use – means that if one part fails, other elements will still go some way to protecting people if they’re involved in a crash. This relies on a joined-up approach across all NLTP investments and with our safety partners.

Ongoing roading improvements and maintenance have made a major contribution over time to reducing deaths and serious injuries from road crashes. Significant NLTP investment in this area continues, with $4.83 billion in total allocated to the maintenance, operation and renewal of local roads and state highways.

The NZTA will continue to work closely with local authorities as our investment partners. They develop, maintain and operate a large network of local roads and deliver public transport infrastructure and services – activities that are crucial to improving road safety.

The NZTA will also continue to work closely with the NZ Police on shared intelligence and crash reporting during this NLTP period, using the data to evaluate safety throughout the country and introduce improvements in line with the outcomes of the Safer Journeys road safety strategy to 2020.

Investment in capital improvement programmes for local roads and state highways will continue to target safety priorities, focusing on activities such as installing safety barriers, and improving high-risk rural roads and intersections.

The government expects the three-year spend on safety improvement works and safety related maintenance and renewal work across the local road and state highway network to be within the range of $690 million to $1.08 billion.

Road safety promotion is an important part of the total NLTP investment in safety, with a total investment of $126 million going to national and local promotion work over the next three years. Education and advertising campaigns will focus on high concern areas such as alcohol and drugs, motorcycles, young drivers and speed.

A better understanding of crash risks, e�ective safety interventions and international best practice is needed to improve New Zealand’s road safety e�orts. A total NLTP investment in transport sector research of $15 million for 2012–15 will include evaluating pilot trials of new safety initiatives, such as speed reductions outside rural schools and of new technologies such as electronic intersection signs.

Road safety

$2.8 BILLION to improve road safety


Head-on crashes carry a high risk of death and serious injury.Putting wire median barriers between two lanes of opposing tra¥c can usually prevent this, but it’s not practical to do this everywhere due to the associated costs and extra space needed. This type of intervention is therefore usually targeted to very busy roads.

As part of the Safe System approach, this NLTP will continue to invest in median barrier systems, including wire ropes, where appropriate.

The nine kilometre section of State Highway 1 from Longswamp to Rangiriri (midway between Auckland and Hamilton) is a great example of how successful wire rope barriers can be.

This two to three lane, undivided road had a history of head-on crashes. Between 1999 and 2003 there were 13 crashes that resulted in either fatal or serious injuries. Four of these were head-on collisions in which seven people died and three were seriously injured.

Since the installation of a central wire rope barrier there have been no head-on collisions. The six crashes which have occurred resulted in one fatality and seven serious injuries. This aligns with the Safer Journeys’ vision of making crashes survivable and reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries on our roads.

MAKING CRASHES SURVIVABLE

Most road users broadly recognise the risks of speeding and support enforcement of the speed limit. However, crash statistics suggest that many do not put that understanding into practice.

An upcoming NZTA campaign will look to inform and shift the debate about speeding to help drivers make informed and conscious decisions to travel at safe speeds. An initial campaign in late 2012 will begin this process, with a further campaign planned for 2013 and beyond.

The aim is to raise awareness of the benefits of travelling at safer speeds, and tackle the myth that speeding just a few kilometres per hour over the limit is not a safety issue. We also need to communicate the strong link between travel speeds and serious trauma, and help people understand the importance of adjusting speed as conditions change.

The aim is to help road users make informed and conscious decisions to travel at safe speeds, supported by the subconscious signals they receive from the design, layout and safety features present on the road.

National road safety campaigns have proven hugely successful. One of the NZTA’s most successful campaigns is ‘Ghost Chips’, which continues to test well with the target audience. In its first two weeks, the television advertisement had 1.5 million YouTube hits, making it the top educational video in New Zealand’s history. There were 175 Facebook pages spontaneously created in response.

The key to this sort of unanticipated ‘viral’ success has everything to do with the content and relevance of the advertising content for the specific audience being targeted. Thorough preparation, testing and monitoring are a big part in achieving this.

CHANGING THE SPEED

CONVERSATION


THE NZTA SEEKS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH TRANSPORT OPTIONS, BASED ON PREFERENCES AND LOCATION, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

In our main cities, giving people the options of reliable public transport services and safe cycling or walking routes helps to reduce severe congestion, and frees up routes for the quicker movement of people and freight.

A total of $1.74 billion will be invested in New Zealand’s public transport system during this NLTP period – a 21% increase on 2009–12 actual spend. This figure includes a local share of $780 million from local authorities.

New infrastructure will include train carriages and rail improvements in Auckland and Wellington. Step-change improvements are also being sought through integrated ticketing and real-time information systems.

Examples of ongoing investment in public transport include the final implementation of Auckland’s integrated fares system ($2.9 million remains earmarked in 2012/13 for this $24 million project), funding the capital investment in rolling stock in both Wellington and Auckland ($59.6 million across the next three years), and completion of Wellington’s real-time public transport information system ($1.7 million remaining of this $7 million project). Integrated ticketing will be progressed in Wellington, as well as improvements in ticketing and real-time systems in other urban centres.

MORE ROUTES FOR HIGH PRODUCTIVITY MOTOR VEHICLESA key objective of this NLTP is to develop a national network of end-to-end high productivity motor vehicle (HPMV) routes.

HPMVs are a special class of freight vehicles with safety features which allow them to exceed standard length and/or mass limits. Allowing these trucks to carry more freight

per trip reduces the number of trips needed to cope with increased freight volumes, which also improves safety by reducing exposure to crash risk.

By the end of this NLTP period, it is expected that 4500 kilometres of state highways and local roads will be available for full HPMV access. Priority will be given to state highways and local roads that carry large numbers of freight vehicles and provide access to areas where high volumes of goods are produced, consumed or distributed. This NLTP invests $45 million for this work.

Particular attention is on delivering end-to-end HPMV routes, from origin to destination. This involves working closely with local authorities to open up the local road components of these routes.

A particular focus will be on investing in strengthening bridges on the network that currently have limited capacity, to allow them to safely bear the additional weight of HPMVs. On some freight routes only one or two bridges are currently preventing full trips for these vehicles.

INCREASE FOR CYCLING AND WALKINGThis NLTP is investing $79 million specifically walking and cycling activities. There is also approximately $80 million additional investment expected to be spent on walking and cycling facilities integrated with other projects.

This investment will include continued support for walking and cycling ‘model communities’ in New Plymouth (approximately $5 million) and Hastings (approximately $10 million). By focusing on model communities, the aim is to direct a significant amount of investment into a few networks rather than spreading it thinly across many locations. Results from New Plymouth and Hastings to date show the previous NLTP investment in these two communities are producing good results.

Travel choices

$1.74 BILLION for public transport


Tens of thousands of commuters use Wellington’s buses and trains every day. The recent rollout of real-time information systems means commuters can save time and reduce frustration by finding out exactly when their next bus is due from bus stop digital displays, smart phones, or the web before they leave home or work.

Wellington train commuters will be the next to benefit, with funding approved to complete a similar system for rail services. Station displays will go live with real-time information in late 2012.

These moves are expected to further boost public transport use in the capital, especially when coupled with integrated ticketing, the investigation of which is likely to start this financial year.

This NLTP will contribute to these technology improvements as part of an integrated programme to improving Wellington’s public transport. Other aspects planned by the Greater Wellington and Wellington City Councils include:• a review of the Wellington bus network to improve route design and

timetabling• a substantial fare structure review• high quality trains and improvements to railway stations and bus stops• examining options for a high quality, high frequency public transport

corridor from Wellington Railway Station to the hospital.

REAL-TIME FOR WELLINGTON

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

This NLTP will invest up to $590 million for further construction of the Waikato Expressway (one of the roads of national significance). During the next three years it is expected that the Te Rapa, Ngaruawahia and Rangiriri sections of the expressway will be completed, and significant progress made on the Tamahere and Cambridge sections.

Progressing the Waikato Expressway, and associated projects including the Hamilton City Council’s Ring Road, will improve economic growth and productivity by helping people and freight move more easily between Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua, and beyond. The expressway is expected to be completed by the end of this decade.

The changes can’t happen fast enough for John Vujcich, an owner-driver for NZL Group.

‘The Waikato Expressway is going to let me make an extra trip to Auckland each day – I will save 20 minutes o� each journey, with fuel savings too, that’s got to be good. It will be an easier road to drive on, so it’s better on my truck too. Finishing the Huntly road will save heaps of time. Bypassing those di¥cult roads through the township will increase my run time again.’

FREIGHT ON THE MOVE

A KEY AIM OF THIS NLTP IS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL NETWORK OF END-TO-END HIGH PRODUCTIVITY MOTOR VEHICLE (HPMV) ROUTES.


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