Chapter F10 Other road-related funding policies

F10.7 Stock-truck effluent facilities

Introduction

The following policy applies where an RCA has requested funding assistance for the provision of a stock effluent disposal site.

Note: The agreement of the co-funders of the disposal site must be confirmed in writing before an application for funding is made.

Policy principle

Stock effluent disposal sites are funded under the principle of exacerbator pays. The National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) component is recognition of the willingness to pay by the general motoring public for the prevention of effluent spillage that is seen as a nuisance and a potential hazard. An additional benefit is the safety benefit gained from the construction of the wide sealed area, where any vehicle may safely move off the road if they need to.

The ultimate exacerbator is the original owner of the stock who benefits from the sale of that stock for processing. There is no cost-effective method of levying this from the stock carried. Therefore, local rates paid to either the relevant territorial authority or the relevant regional council, or both, is considered a fair method of raising an appropriate proportion of the construction cost.

Conditions of funding assistance

The cost of any stock effluent disposal facility is eligible for funding assistance under work category 321: traffic management for construction of a facility or under work category 221: environmental renewals for renewal of a facility, subject to:

• the facility being part of an agreed current regional or national strategy
• the relevant territorial authority agreeing to maintain the stock effluent disposal infrastructure, including disposal of any stock effluent
• the facility being situated as close as practicable to the road
• a formal lease, or an agreement to occupy, being signed where the stock effluent disposal facility is not part of the road reserve, giving access to the facility as though it were a road.

Funding assistance rate for stock effluent disposal facilities

The funding assistance that will apply to the total project, regardless of the facility being alongside a local road or a state highway, shall be calculated on the following basis:

• 50 percent of the cost of the construction or renewal of the stock effluent disposal facility, plus
• 100 percent of any necessary road improvement works to enable vehicles to safely enter and exit the disposal facility.

Note: If the facility is on a local road but is identified within the regional land transport strategy (RLTS) as being a strategic site, then it will also be eligible for 100 percent of the roading improvement costs within the regional land transport programme (RLTP).

Maintenance of stock effluent disposal facilities

Maintenance of stock effluent disposal facilities (including disposal of stock effluent from the facility) is eligible for funding assistance under work category 121: environmental maintenance, and is funded at the relevant TA base rate.

Maintenance of associated roading improvement works is eligible for funding assistance under the relevant district or state highway part of the RLTP.

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