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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 E2 NLTP agreements

Introduction

Every three years, the NZTA will enter into an agreement with each approved organisation and with the NZTA’s Highways and Network Operations Group. These are National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) agreements that formalise the responsibilities of the parties relative to the development, implementation and management of their component of the NLTP.

Form of agreement

Schedules to the agreements will include the following:

  • performance measures and targets
  • conditions of funding
  • the NZTA’s expectations covering such things as:
    • activity management
    • case management
    • development of the NLTP
    • regionalised Government Policy Statement (GPS) targets
    • value for money
    • land use.

Execution of agreements

NLTP agreements must be signed and returned to the NZTA’s regional representative by the date advised within the agreements.