WC 140: minor events

This page relates to the 2024–27 National Land Transport Programme.

Introduction

Work category 140 enables funding from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) for response and recovery addressing minor, short- duration, sudden events that cause urgent safety and access problems on part(s) of the transport network and that result in unforeseen minor expenditure.

Qualifying activities

Work category 140 is available to the following activity classes:

• local road operations
• state highway operations
• public transport infrastructure
• walking and cycling.

Local road and state highway operations

Public transport services and infrastructure

Walking and cycling

Examples of qualifying activities

Qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:

• any activities that would otherwise qualify as emergency works under work category 141: emergency work, except that the total cost of the response and recovery works is less than $100,000 per event per approved organisation or NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) for its own activities in the region. These include but are not limited to:
  • removal of rocks and slip material from roads, public footpaths and cycleways that have resulted from minor events
  • repairs to roads, public footpaths, cycleways and public transport infrastructure in response to minor events
  • restoration of network facilities damaged as a result of a minor event to the appropriate level of service.

Work category 141: emergency works

You can discuss with us (NZTA as investor) whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.

Exclusions

Work category 140 excludes any activities that would also be excluded under work category 141.

Funding assistance rates

The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:

• the approved organisation's normal FAR
  Normal funding assistance rates

or

• the approved organisation’s special purpose roads current FAR
  Other funding assistance rates

or

• 100% of NZTA state highway costs.

Submitting activities for National Land Transport Programme consideration and funding approval

Approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities) submit their response to minor events activities for National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) consideration and funding approval using the maintenance, operations and renewals template in Transport Investment Online (TIO).

Transport Investment Online(external link)

For guidance on using TIO, see the TIO learning and guidance page on our website and ensure you submit the correct template for the work category or categories.

Transport Investment Online (TIO) learning and guidance

Programme management

The management of the maintenance programme, which includes the transfer of funding between work categories within the activity class, is delegated to approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities). Funding may be transferred into and out of work category 140, depending on the volume of events during the 3-year NLTP.

End-of-year reconciliation

At the end of each year, work category 141 approvals are reconciled to claims. Any application that does not qualify as emergency works due to the total cost being less than $100,000 will be moved to work category 140 and its FAR adjusted.

Work category 141: emergency works