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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.

Chapter A1 The planning, programming and funding process

A1.2 The land transport system and the planning, programming and funding process

Introduction

This section describes, at a high level, the relationship between the land transport system and the planning, programming and funding process.

Diagram

This diagram shows the two life cycles – the land transport system life cycle (outside circle) and the planning, programming and funding life cycle.

Life cycles of land transport funding.

What happens in the land transport life cycle

The Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA) places emphasis on strategic planning, which needs to be integrated at a national level. The NZTA is involved in coordinating and approving this.

High-level planning results in activities and combinations of activities that meet local, regional and national needs.

Funding plans are developed and funding sources identified. The National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) is one of these sources. In order to qualify for funding from the NLTF, activities and combinations of activities must go through the planning, programming and funding process, which in most cases requires their inclusion in a regional land transport programme (RLTP) and the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP). This process is described in more detail in the next sections.

Following funding, the activities and combinations of activities are delivered and then monitored and managed.