Work category 111: Sealed pavement maintenance

Introduction

This work category A type of activity – not confined to a particular activity class, e.g. new roads (work category 323) appears in:

* activity class 12 – local road improvements
* activity class 13 – state highways improvements provides for the routine care of sealed pavements to maintain their structural integrity and serviceability.

Examples of qualifying activities

Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:

• pavement The road structure that is constructed on the subgrade and supports the traffic loading. dig-outs, patching and pothole A hole in the pavement, frequently rounded in shape and greater than 70 mm in diameter, resulting from loss of pavement material. repairs
• pre-reseal repairs
• unsealed shoulder That portion of the carriageway outside the traffic lanes. maintenance on sealed roads
• the Approved Organisation’s or the NZTA’s (state highways) share of pavement The road structure that is constructed on the subgrade and supports the traffic loading. maintenance at railway level crossings together with any associated servicing fee
• protective covering over the road where stock cross at grade, and
• road protection against stock damage.

Other potential activities that are not in the above list should be discussed with the NZTA for eligibility.

This definition applies to the 2012-15 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 .  For the 2015-18 NLTP please refer to the updated definition for work category 111.

Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate is:

• the Approved Organisation’s base rate
• the Approved Organisation’s special purpose roads rate, and
• 100 percent for the NZTA (state highways)

References

For detail about:

• rail crossings, see Rail crossings
• stock crossings, see Stock crossings
• over width carriageways, see Application of network documents