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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

1.4 Structure of the manual

Part, audience and content

This table shows the audience and content for each part of the manual.

Part Title Audience Content

A

Introduction to the manual and the planning, programming and funding process

  • New users of the manual
  • Users who want to find their way around the manual
  • Description of the NLTF
  • Legislation
  • Funding principles

B

Strategy and integrated planning

  • Anyone engaged in land transport planning or development of land transport strategies
  • NZTA staff giving advice to approved organisation
  • Strategic planning
  • Guidelines on formulation of programmes, packages, etc
  • Assessment of activities and combinations of activities

C

Regional land transport programmes

  • Regional transport committees (RTCs) and Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) staff developing an RLTP
  • NZTA staff giving advice on RLTPs
  • Approved organisations and the NZTA when formulating and assessing activities and combinations of activities
  • RLTP requirements
  • Guidance in preparing the RLTP
  • Prioritising activities and combinations of activities
  • Inclusion of activities and combinations of activities
  • Using LTP online

D

National activities and the National Land Transport Programme

  • NZTA staff preparing the NLTP
  • Funding applicants, RTC and ARTA staff wanting to understand the NLTP process
  • Police activities
  • National activities
  • Preparing the NLTP

E

Funding approval, procurement and management

  • People involved in managing the funding process and in making claims
  • People procuring services in order to deliver activities and combinations of activities
  • People involved in monitoring and reporting on RLTPs
  • People involved in monitoring and auditing for the NLTP
  • Funding approval of activities
  • Procurement
  • Managing the RLTP and NLTP
  • Variations to the RLTP
  • Making claims
  • Monitoring activities
  • Reporting

F

Activities, work categories and funding policies

  • People involved in any aspect of the funding process who need to know how activities are classified and the funding policies associated with particular activities
  • Classification of activities into activity classes and work classes
  • Funding and other polices on various combinations of activities

G

Assessment methods

  • Funding applicants
  • Developers of RLTPs
  • NZTA staff working on the NTLP
  • Guidance on how to assess particular combinations of activities
  • NZTA methods of assessment

Appendices

 
  • Anyone needing the information
  • Extract from the LTMA
  • Extract from the Government Policy Statement on land transport funding (GPS)
  • Definition of terms