| New and improved infrastructure for State highways |
Allocate funding for State highway capital improvements and manage the delivery of a State highway improvement programme. |
| Renewal of State highways |
Allocate funding for the renewal of existing State highway infrastructure and manage the development and delivery of a renewal programme for existing State highways. These activities are capital expenditure items arising from the deterioration of existing roading infrastructure. The activities are required to minimise the long-term cost of retaining serviceable State highway infrastructure. |
| Maintenance and operation of State highways |
Allocate funding for the maintenance and operation of existing State highway infrastructure and for the management, delivery and procurement of operation and maintenance activities. Maintenance and operation activities include: minor pavement and drainage repairs, operation of traffic signals, maintenance of bridges and guardrails, provision of network user information, and incident response. |
| New and improved infrastructure for local roads |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, for capital improvements to local roads. |
| Renewal of local roads |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, for the renewal of local roading infrastructure and management of the renewal activities. These activities are capital expenditure items arising from the deterioration of existing roading infrastructure. The activities are required to minimise the long term cost of retaining serviceable local roading infrastructure. |
| Maintenance and operation of local roads |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, for the routine maintenance and operation of local roading infrastructure. Maintenance and operation activities include: minor pavement and drainage repairs, operation of traffic signals, maintenance of bridges and guardrails, provision of network user information, and incident response. |
| Road policing |
Allocate funding to road policing activities to be delivered by NZ Police. |
| Public transport services |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, for public road, rail and ferry (except for commercial services) and total mobility transport services. |
| Public transport infrastructure |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, for the renewal and improvement of road and ferry infrastructure to support public transport services.
Rail infrastructure is generally excluded from this activity class as the intention is to fund this outside the National Land Transport Fund. |
| Road user safety |
Allocate funding to activities that promote, educate, advertise or raise awareness of the safe use of transport networks. Road user safety activities include: marketing and promotional information, educational initiatives, and national and local awareness campaigns and activities required to implement the Safer Journeys First Actions for the three high priority areas of young drivers, alcohol and motorcycling. |
| Walking and cycling facilities |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, to new and improved walking and cycling infrastructure for transport purposes and promotional activities for model walking and cycling communities. Walking and cycling facilities include: cycle paths, cycle lanes, new footpaths, facilities for crossing roads, shelters and bicycle parking facilities. Promotion activities include cycle maps, skill training and information dissemination. |
| Sector training and research |
Develop the competence and capacity of the sector to develop and implement land transport programmes by providing information, education and support to organisations and their agents.
Allocate funding for research into land transport issues. |
| Domestic sea freight development |
Seek proposals, and allocate seed funding, for the development of new or improved coastal shipping freight services and related infrastructure, and for studies of the feasibility of such services in order to increase the freight volumes carried by this transport mode. |
| Rail and sea freight |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, for initiatives in regional land transport plans that encourage the movement of freight by rail and coastal shipping (including barging) instead of by road to reduce the cost of road freight to the community. |
| Transport planning |
Allocate funding, in addition to funding from approved organisations, for:
- development of regional land transport strategies and regional land transport plans, as well as the operation of regional transport committees
- development of service, network and asset management plans by approved organisations and in relation to State highways
- undertaking studies and strategies that contribute to strategic, service, network or asset management plans of approved organisations or for State highway networks.
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| Management of the funding allocation system, including performance management |
Manage the allocation and expenditure of funding through the National Land Transport Programme. This includes the development and administration of:
- the National Land Transport Programme
- associated procurement procedures, policies and guidelines
- performance agreements with approved organisations funded through the National Land Transport Programme
- provide assistance and advice to approved organisations and Regional Land Transport Committees.
The National Land Transport Programme includes activities described in regional land transport plans, the agency’s own activities (other than State highway activities) and research, education and training activities delivered by external parties.
Monitor and report on land transport inputs, activities, impacts and consequences, monitor and enforce taxi compliance, and administer the Crash Analysis System.
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