WC 124: Cycle path maintenance

Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:

• maintenance and renewal of public cycle paths and shared paths and facilities. This may include signs, markings, traffic signals, lighting, handrails/guardrails etc
• routine work necessary to maintain the function, structural integrity and appearance of cycling infrastructure that provides access across or under roads, streets, highways, runways, waterways, railways or footpaths
• routine care of drainage facilities
• environmental maintenance of cycle paths and shared paths not directly associated with roadways, including litter collection and vegetation management where vegetation would impede safe access and use.

You can discuss with Waka Kotahi whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.

Work category 124 excludes:

• cycle paths and facilities with no direct transport function or that are not available to the general public at all times, eg cycle and shared paths and facilities not adjacent to a roadway and not forming part of a cycling network. These include but are not limited to paths in parks with minimal or no through function and unsealed mountain bike trails
• pedestrian only walk paths and facilities – these are funded under work category 125: Footpath maintenance(external link)
• construction/implementation of new cycle facilities or capital work on existing facilities, such as the provision of new lighting – these are funded under work category 452: Cycle facilities
• reinstatement of excavations/patches on surfacing caused by utility providers, including the council’s reticulated network provision
• road shoulders that are part of a cycling network – these are funded under work category 111: Sealed pavement maintenance.

For clarification of whether an item is eligible, please contact your Waka Kotahi representative.