Strategic fit for maintenance

Introduction

This section sets out the guidance on assessing strategic fit for activities within the road maintenance activity classes, for the 2015-18 NLTP A National Land Transport Programme Interrelated and complementary combination of activities that, when delivered in a coordinated manner, produce synergies – can span more than one work category and more than one activity class, e.g. a programme could include a road improvement and public transport improvement activities. adopted by the NZTA under section 19 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied .

The road maintenance activity classes include all road maintenance, operations, and renewals work categories. Refer to the activity class definition for more details.

Links to planning

The Transport Agency expects maintenance and operations programmes to be well linked to long term planning documents, particularly Activity Management Plans (AMPs) and Long Term Plans Plans describe the tactics to give effect to a strategy. They are specific in content, action oriented and outputs focussed, resulting in a tangible set of activities to be delivered within a clear timeframe. (LTPs). These documents should describe the information assumptions underlying the network management.

Forward work programmes and budgets for road maintenance and operations must be derived from network inventory and condition information, a regular field inspection programme, a robust treatment selection process and funding affordability considerations.

Approved Organisations and the Transport Agency (state highways) should be able to demonstrate how the proposed road operations, maintenance, renewal and improvement activities optimise the life-cycle costs of their road networks.

Information provided to support the maintenance programme The total of the organisation's approved maintenance, operations and renewal activities. should make reference to the relevant parts of these planning documents.

Customer levels of service

The One Network Road Classification (ONRC) has been adopted by the sector for national consistency of the level of service delivered by a network. As Performance measures and targets for the ONRC, Customer levels of Service have just been developed and still need to be tested and integrated into the network, a Road Controlling Authorities’ allocation in the 2015-18 National Land Transport Programme Interrelated and complementary combination of activities that, when delivered in a coordinated manner, produce synergies – can span more than one work category and more than one activity class, e.g. a programme could include a road improvement and public transport improvement activities. (NLTP A National Land Transport Programme Interrelated and complementary combination of activities that, when delivered in a coordinated manner, produce synergies – can span more than one work category and more than one activity class, e.g. a programme could include a road improvement and public transport improvement activities. adopted by the NZTA under section 19 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied ) will not be penalised based on ONRC performance measures. Where available they will be considered as part of the overall evidence base.

The Transport Agency expects that the majority of Approved Organisations’ and the Transport Agency’s (state highways) existing performance measures will continue to be the basis of determining transport network benefits for customers, and influencing the maintenance programme The total of the organisation's approved maintenance, operations and renewal activities. development for the 2015-18 NLTP A National Land Transport Programme Interrelated and complementary combination of activities that, when delivered in a coordinated manner, produce synergies – can span more than one work category and more than one activity class, e.g. a programme could include a road improvement and public transport improvement activities. adopted by the NZTA under section 19 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied .

Default strategic fit

By default, the strategic fit rating for road maintenance is low.

Requirements for medium rating

A road maintenance programme The total of the organisation's approved maintenance, operations and renewal activities. may be given a medium rating for strategic fit if the problem, issue or opportunity is that the appropriate customer levels of service are being delivered for:

• safety, and
• journey time reliability The reliability of trips on the network, as defined in section A4.5 of the NZTA's Economic evaluation manual. Improvements in journey time reliability Journey time reliability is the reliability of trips on the network, as defined in section 3.5 of the NZTA's Economic evaluation manual, volume 1. Improvements in journey time reliability will reduce the level of unpredictable variations in journey times, which are experienced for a journey undertaken at broadly the same time every day. will reduce the level of unpredictable variations in journey times, which are experienced for a journey undertaken at broadly the same time every day. , and
• resilience The ability of the network to withstand, or recover quickly after a disruption. The availability and restoration of each facility when there is a weather or emergency event, whether there is an alternative route available and the road user information provided.  This can be measured through the number of journeys impacted by unplanned events, or acceptable risk where there is no viable alternative access should it be closed by an unplanned event. (including lifelines)

on journeys for:

• employment, and
• access to economic opportunities, and
• access to social opportunities, and
• tourism, and
• freight

Requirements for high rating

A high rating for strategic fit must only be given to a road maintenance programme The total of the organisation's approved maintenance, operations and renewal activities. if the problem, issue or opportunity is that there is a significant gap to the appropriate customer levels of service for:

• safety, and
• journey time reliability The reliability of trips on the network, as defined in section A4.5 of the NZTA's Economic evaluation manual. Improvements in journey time reliability Journey time reliability is the reliability of trips on the network, as defined in section 3.5 of the NZTA's Economic evaluation manual, volume 1. Improvements in journey time reliability will reduce the level of unpredictable variations in journey times, which are experienced for a journey undertaken at broadly the same time every day. will reduce the level of unpredictable variations in journey times, which are experienced for a journey undertaken at broadly the same time every day. , and
• resilience The ability of the network to withstand, or recover quickly after a disruption. The availability and restoration of each facility when there is a weather or emergency event, whether there is an alternative route available and the road user information provided.  This can be measured through the number of journeys impacted by unplanned events, or acceptable risk where there is no viable alternative access should it be closed by an unplanned event. (including lifelines)

on journeys for:

• employment, and
• access to economic opportunities, and
• tourism, and
• freight

Use of strategic fit rating

The strategic fit rating will be used as a signal by the Transport Agency as to the significance of a problem, issue or opportunity relative to appropriate customer levels of service. It is not an indication of how well a programme is being optimised and delivered by an organisation. A Medium rather than a High strategic fit rating should not be viewed as having “negative” connotations.