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Pavements

About us

The Pavements team provides expert advice on policy related to pavements and network operations, provides training in pavement-related areas, and develops and manages research. Our goals are to:

  • Develop and implement fit for purpose best practice specifications and guidelines using the most appropriate information from overseas literature and outputs from domestic research.
  • Evaluate the success of the new specifications and guidelines.
  • Provide training to improve the technical capability and ensure that HNO staff are appropriately skilled for the Network Outcome Contract (NOC).
  • Provide technical support and assist in other areas where appropriate in Network Outcomes, the NZ Transport Agency, and the wider industry.

Resources

  • View manuals, technical memoranda, and specifications on delineation, drainage, pavements, surfacings, and unsealed pavements in each relevant subject area in this section.
  • Browse general pavements information in the What highways are made of section of the NZ Transport Agency website.

For further information contact pavements@nzta.govt.nz.

Business case requirements

When putting together your business case, there are technical requirements that may be relevant to your project that will need to be considered and included.

Delineation

Links to specifications for delineation and pavement marking.

Drainage

Links to specifications for technical documents concerning drainage.

Pavement

Pavement specifications and standards as well as technical documents related to geotextiles, basecourse, sub-base, and subgrade pavement information.

National pavement conditions

National pavement condition annual reports record the condition of the state highway network, based on high speed data (HSD). They are a useful tool for monitoring various performance measures related to condition. They provide trend analysis, percentile distributions for some measures, and comparisons against the national average and against other areas, on network outcome contract (NOC) boundaries.

Surfacings

Guidelines, standards and specifications for road surfacings.

Unsealed pavements

Specifications related to unsealed pavements.

Workshops

This section provides access to workshops organised by the Pavements Team. You will find a variety of resources and presentations from these workshops here.

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