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Planning, programming and funding manual

Published: 25 08 2008

The Planning, programming and funding manual sets out the NZTA's policies, procedures and guidance for the planning and management of land transport activities that can be funded from the national land transport fund.

This manual will guide the 2009/10–2011/12 regional land transport programmes (RLTPs) and the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) – the first three-year transport programmes. It sets out policy and procedures for developing and managing the RLTPs and NLTP during those cycles.

The manual was also used to manage the 2008/09 NLTP.

The procedures described in this manual have been developed to assist approved organisations to prepare and plan projects and activities for which they seek funding from the NZTA, within the framework of the NZTA’s overall funding allocation process.

The Planning, programming and funding manual is also available in PDF, either as the whole document or in parts. The PDF version is the master document.

Note: The online version and PDF section for the Planning, programming and funding manual now incorporate the changes from Amendment 1 and is effective from 1 July 2009.

Using the manual

1.3 Purpose and application of the manual

Background

The policies and procedures set out in this edition of the manual have been amended from earlier manuals to comply with the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA) as amended by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008.

Statement of purpose

The purpose of this manual is to set out in a transparent manner for all stakeholders:

  • a summary of the legislative and strategic context within which the NZTA and approved organisations are required to operate
  • how the NZTA will assist and advise approved organisations to formulate activities and combinations of activities that meet the statutory and policy requirements placed on the NZTA and approved organisations
  • the NZTA’s policies and procedures for preparing, scrutinising and assessing activities or combinations of activities, and allocating and managing land transport funds
  • how the NZTA uses the provision for combinations of activities to encourage preparation of packages of complementary activities, groups of similar lower-cost activities and programmes of ongoing activities
  • the arrangements the NZTA will use for monitoring, auditing and reporting on the land transport system, outcomes from the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) and implementation of approved activities.

Date of application

These policies and procedures apply to the development and management of regional land transport programmes (RLTPs) and the NLTP from 1 August 2008.

Use of policies in 2008/09

The NZTA will use the policies and procedures set out in this edition for, in particular:

  • making any amendments to the 2008/09 NLTP, unless it is impractical to do so
  • approving activities and combinations of activities in the 2008/09 financial year, unless it is impractical to do so
  • developing the NLTP for the three financial years 2009/10–2011/12.

Future amendments

Funding policy amendments to this manual must be by resolution of the NZTA Board.