This work category provides for unforeseen significant expenditure that arises from a defined, major, short-duration natural event.
This page relates to the 2012-15 NLTP only.
It provides for the costs associated with the immediate response, reopening and/or restoration (to a standard no better than that which existed before any damage occurred) of the following:
The Emergency Works process defines how to add the activity to the NLTP and request funding. Applicants should take note of the timescales for notifying the Transport Agency representative and for requesting funding assistance.
Only work that has been approved by the Transport Agency for funding as emergency works will qualify.
The Transport Agency may approve any project where, in its opinion, the project is necessary to effect immediate or temporary repair of damage caused by a sudden and unexpected event.
The cost of the proposed reinstatement must be checked against the Transport Agency's policy on uneconomic roading facilities.
This work category excludes:
The funding assistance rate that applies to emergency works is
Note: Requests for funding are approved according to the delegated authority, as summarised in the Transport Agency planning, funding and procurement delegations.
The formula is:
ERR = (F ÷ R) × 100 percent
Where:
Total general rates are defined as any rates levied on an Approved Organisation wide basis. This includes general rates and uniform annual charges (as defined in the Rating Valuations Act 1998) and any separate roading rate.
The Transport Agency may adjust the funding assistance rate for a financial year if actual expenditure is less than the approved allocation.
If the unexpended allocation is carried into the following year, a new funding assistance rate will be determined for that year. Adjustments to forward financial allocations are handled as part of the end-of-year reconciliation. This will require the Approved Organisations and Transport Agency (State Highways) to apply for the remaining allocation in Transport Investment Online (TIO ).
Repair of damage is usually undertaken in two separate phases:
The immediate response phase covers the work necessary to reopen a road or other facility, where practicable, to at least a single-lane facility for safe use by traffic or to minimise risk of further damage. The work may include:
Work undertaken in this phase is exempt from the procurement procedure requirements of section 25 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA ).
The permanent reinstatement phase involves work that is required to restore the road to its former, or a similar, condition.
As the work is of a long-term nature, it generally involves an engineering appraisal of options and may require design input.
The Transport Agency ’s policy on uneconomic roading facilities applies.
Work undertaken in this phase is subject to the section 25 LTMA procurement procedure requirements.
Where it is clearly evident that an improvement component would be desirable, the improvement work is to assessed and prioritised under the Transport Agency ’s Assessment Framework . A decision to fund the improvement will be made based on its priority order relative to the current funding threshold for the improvement activity class. If approved, it will be programmed in the appropriate road improvement work category.
Any improvements undertaken in conjunction with emergency reinstatement are subject to normal programme development and project evaluation procedures.
Examples of improvements include: