Chapter F7 Maintenance and operation of roads

F7.12 Funding assistance for maintenance and operation of roads

Funding assistance for local roads

The table below describes the funding assistance rate for each qualifying work category in activity class 8.

Work category	Funding assistance rate
111, 112, 113, 114, 121, 122, 123, 124, 151	TA base rate
131	100 percent of the RCA's share of the cost
141	See section F7.11.

Funding assistance for special purpose roads

Special purpose roads are those local roads that were accepted as such under section 104 (now repealed) of the Transit New Zealand Act 1989 (renamed the Government Roading Powers Act 1989 from 1 July 2008).

For the purposes of the LTMA, the public body having control of the road shall be deemed to be the relevant approved organisation.

Unless approved otherwise by the NZTA Board, qualifying work relating to special purpose roads receives funding assistance from the NZTA at a funding assistance rate of 100 percent if the work is funded from activity class 8: maintenance and operation of local roads.

Funding assistance for state highways

State highways are those roads declared as such under:

• section 11 of the National Roads Act 1953, or
• the Transit New Zealand Act 1989 (renamed the Government Roading Powers Act 1989 from 1 August 2008), or
• section 101 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (as amended by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008).

Qualifying work on state highways in activity class 9 receives funding assistance from the NZTA at a funding assistance rate of 100 percent.

Funding assistance for level crossing warning devices

The relevant rail track authority and the territorial authority share equally the cost of installation and maintenance of crossing alarms and barriers. Where under a deed of grant by the relevant rail track authority, a territorial authority is required to pay the full cost, this cost is accepted for funding assistance.

The NZTA reimburses the territorial authority for 100 percent of its share of the cost.

Additional funding assistance for local authorities

The Minister of Transport has approved continuation of the policy for additional funding assistance until cessation of regionally distributed funds (R funds) in 2014/15. This policy allows the NZTA to deal with affordability constraints for individual local authorities in relation to delivering specific transport activities.

This additional funding assistance will be funded from R funds. It will be available only where a local authority has increased its expenditure above a baseline level established by the NZTA.