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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 G6 Assessment of proposals for studies, and strategy and/or plan development

G6.1 Overview

Introduction

This section sets out the NZTA's methodology for assessment of proposals for:

  • studies
  • development of area-based (usually sub-regional) and modal (eg walking and cycling) strategies (for detail, see Chapter B4)
  • development of plans, including development and improvement of activity management plans (AMPs).

Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to assist in the assessment of studies, strategies and plans that are being:

  • included in regional land transport programmes (RLTPs)
  • included in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP)
  • considered for funding approval.

Reference: The NZTA's methods for assessing completed strategies is included in Chapter B4 Sub-regional strategies and plans.

Audience

The audience for this chapter is:

  • anyone who is planning to seek National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) funding for studies, and strategy and/or plan development
  • NZTA staff who are providing advice and guidance on the assessment of proposals for studies and strategies or plan development projects.

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following sections: