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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 F8 Renewal of roads

F8.3 W/C 213: Drainage renewals

Definition: work category 213

Drainage renewals

This work category provides for the renewal of drainage facilities that is not routine in nature, but that will reduce future maintenance costs.

Examples of qualifying activities

Examples of qualifying activities for work category 213 include:

  • renewal of culverts having a cross-sectional area less than 3.4 square metres
  • repair and replacement of kerb and channel, provided that the deterioration is likely to adversely affect the performance of the pavement.

Exclusion: work category 213

Work category 213 excludes replacement of culverts having a cross-sectional area of 3.4 square metres or greater. These are funded under work category 322: replacement of bridges and other structures.

Evaluation: work category 213

To qualify for inclusion in work category 213, the work must be the long-term least-cost option for the RCA, calculated in terms of present value (PV).

RCAs must undertake economic efficiency evaluation of individual projects and make copies of the evaluations available as requested by the NZTA.

Reference: A simplified economic efficiency procedure is provided for drainage renewals in the Economic evaluation manual, volume 1 – see SP1.