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COVID-19 recovery permitted activity guidance

Published: 30 July 2020 | Category: Rail safety , COVID-19 , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Rail participants

The intent of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-Track Consenting) Act 2020 (Act) is to support New Zealand’s recovery from the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 and ongoing investment across New Zealand, while promoting the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. Provided that various criteria are met, the Act enables certain Waka Kotahi and KiwiRail projects relating to the operation, replacement, maintenance and minor upgrade of existing infrastructure to be considered a permitted activity, thereby avoiding the requirement for resource consent. Waka Kotahi and KiwiRail have prepared the following guidance for staff and contractors to assist with implementation of these provisions.

Guidelines for audio tactile profiled roadmarkings

Published: 2 November 2010 | Category: Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

This guideline is for the use of road controlling authorities, consultants and contractors when designing and installing audio tactile profiled roadmarkings. Because they are relatively new in New Zealand, clear guidelines are required for their use and these have been based on overseas practice and local experience to date.

Cost sharing with the NZ Transport Agency

Published: 1 June 2012 | Category: Land developers , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Land developers

This document provides guidance on the NZ Transport Agency’s approach to sharing the costs associated with mitigating development effects on the state highway. The Transport Agency enters into cost sharing agreements to ensure that the financial costs and wider network benefits of mitigation works is met by the appropriate parties.

Guide for the interpretation of coded crash reports from the crash analysis system (CAS)

Published: January 2014 | Category: Road safety , Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

Used by engineers and other people involved in crash reduction studies and safety audits to interpret crash movement and codes and environment codes.

Historic heritage impact assessment guide for state highway projects

Published: March 2015 | Category: Land developers , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

This guide describes the processes to be used on NZ Transport Agency projects for assessing historic heritage effects and to determine appropriate mitigations.

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The state highway and development

Published: 1 June 2012 | Category: Land developers , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Land developers

This section sets out the NZ Transport Agency’s response to proposed private developments, such as subdivisions and billboards alongside the state highway network.

Central motorway improvement – urban design framework

Published: November 2001 | Category: Urban design , Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

The Urban Design Framework for the central motorway improvements emerged from the need to use a coordinated and integrated urban design process for the project. The attached framework outlined the process to achieve this.

Christchurch Southern Motorway – environmental, urban design and landscape masterplan

Published: 26 January 2011 | Category: Urban design , Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

The Environmental, urban design and landscape masterplan for the Christchurch Southern Motorway brings together a range of disciplines including: landscape architecture, urban design, architecture, art, ecology, various design engineering disciplines, planning and roading contractors. The Christchurch Southern Motorway occupies a mixed greenfield and brownfield sites that will connect urban with peri-urban and rural areas. The masterplan vision is developed through appraisals, workshops, consultation and creative thinking to provide an over-arching direction for the Christchurch Southern Motorway.

Cycle counting in New Zealand

Published: February 2008 | Category: Walking & cycling , Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Walkers & cyclists

The report is a summary of a literature review of traffic-counting technology able to detect and monitor cycle traffic on a continuous basis and an internet-based survey of road controlling authorities (RCAs) and regional councils about their experience and interest in counting cycle traffic, either manually or automatically.

Community driver mentor programme guide

Published: July 2015 | Category: Driver training & assessment , Driver licensing , Guidance for specialists , Manuals | Audiences: Communities, Driving instructors

The Community Driver Mentor Programme was originally developed to run in selected communities which had been identified with particular needs. Acknowledging that the programme was needed in many more communities than they could provide for, the NZ Transport Agency and New Zealand Automobile Association (AA) developed this guide to share with those who want to run the programme independently. The guide describes the reasons for setting up the programme, provides an overview of how the programme can work and suggests the tools and resources you need to get it running. It also shares some of the lessons and ideas learned in the initial programmes, so you can tailor your programme to suit your needs and create the most successful environment for all of your participants.

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