This work category provides for non-routine work required to protect the serviceability of the following from damage, and to minimise the threat of road closure arising from natural phenomena:
Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:
Other potential activities that are not in the above list should be discussed with the Transport Agency for eligibility.
Funding is subject to the conditions of funding set out below.
This work category excludes maintenance of protection planting.
This is covered under Work category 121: environmental maintenance.
Resilience Improvement activities must be individually identified and economically justified. They must be the long-term, least-cost option for the Approved Organisation and the Transport Agency (state highways), calculated in terms of present value (PV ).
The cost of proposed works must be assessed against the NZ Transport Agency’s policy on uneconomic roading facilities.
A risk assessment for each proposed activity must be undertaken, using the risk assessment table below.
The following components of protection planting are eligible for funding assistance under this work category:
Approval of funding assistance for protection planting is conditional on legally enforceable agreements are to be implemented that define the responsibilities for management of retired areas outside the road reserve no duplication of funding assistance from the NZ Transport Agency and other sources.
The usual funding assistance rate is:
Applications for funding approval of proposed projects should be made through the 'Resilience improvements' module in Transport Investment Online(external link) (TIO). Projects of less than $300,000 implementation cost should be added to a Minor Improvements programme. Projects over $300,000 cost require to be added to a Regional Land Transport Plan prior to adding to the National Land Transport Programme.
Transport Investment Online (TIO) will automatically carryover the unspent allocation every year (excluding minor improvements). Therefore it is vital that Approved Organisations and the Transport Agency(State Highways) declare as surplus the unused allocation for completed projects by making a cost-scope adjustment via the Reviews module in TIO.
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Descriptor |
Consequence |
Insignificant |
Minor |
Moderate |
Major |
Critical |
|
Probability |
Description |
Minor delays during cleanup and/or insignificant risk to users |
Reduced capacity and/or low risk to users
|
Reduced to half the capacity for more than 24 hours and/or unacceptable risk to users |
Route closed for more than 24 hours and/or major risk to users |
Sever the route and/or extreme risk to users |
|
Almost Certain
|
Expected to occur in most circumstances |
High |
High |
Extreme |
Extreme |
Extreme |
|
Likely |
Will probably occur in most circumstances |
Low |
High |
High |
Extreme |
Extreme |
|
Possible |
Might occur at sometime |
Negligible |
Low |
High |
Extreme |
Extreme |
|
Unlikely |
Could occur at sometime |
Negligible |
Negligible |
Low |
High |
Extreme |
For eligible activities an investment assessment profile is required in addition to the risk assessment, using the Transport Agency Investment Assessment Framework. The result of the above risk assessment does not determine the strategic fit for Resilience Improvements activities. The road improvements strategic fit assessment should be used to determine the Strategic Fit.
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