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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 C1 Introduction to the preparation of a regional land transport programme

C1.1 Overview

Introduction

Each regional transport committee (RTC), or the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) for the Auckland region, must prepare a three-year regional land transport programme (RLTP) every three financial years. The RLTP is prepared from activities and combinations of activities submitted by approved organisations and the NZTA.

Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to:

  • summarise the tasks involved in the above in relation to the overall process
  • point to where to find detailed information in this manual.

This chapter also provides:

  • the NZTA's guidance on terms used in the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA)
  • a summary of the legislative provisions for RLTPs.

Audience

The primary audience groups for this chapter are:

  • approved organisations
  • the NZTA
  • RTCs and ARTA
  • regional councils.

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following sections: