Planning and Investment - RLTP Process

Introduction

This section provides information to assist Regional Transport Committees (RTCs), Approved Organisations (AOs) and the NZ Transport Agency in developing Regional Land Transport Plans(RLTPs).

Note that this process is currently being updated to take account of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2013. Where there is a difference between the P&I Knowledge Base and the updated LTMA, the LTMA takes precedence.

Overview information

Each RTC must prepare an RLTP every six financial years, showing the region’s land transport objectives, policies, and measures for at least 10 financial years. Including a financial forecast of anticipated revenue and expenditure on activities for the 10 financial years from the start of the regional land transport plan.

The RLTP is prepared from the activities and combinations of activities proposed for inclusion by Approved Organisations and the NZ Transport Agency(state highways).

Requirements under legislation for development and approval of RLTPs are contained in the following sections of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA):

Overview of RLTPs – s.12 LTMA (repealed)
Responsibility for preparing and approving RLTPs – s.13
Core requirements of RLTPs– s.14
Core requirements of RLTPs prepared by Auckland Transport– s.15 (repealed)
Form and content of RLTPs– s.16
Form and content of Auckland Transport’s RLTP – s.17 (repealed)
Consultation requirements – s.18
Combining consultation processes– s.18A
Process for approving RLTPs – s.18B
Auckland Transport must give NZ Transport Agency reasons for not including its proposed activities – s.18C

Other references

RTCs should have a significance policy in place that guides the development of their RLTP and its subsequent variation. The NZ Transport Agency recommends that RTCs consider reviewing their significance policies and provides some guidance to assist this review.

RTCs need to strike the right balance between allowing Approved Organisations and the NZ Transport Agency(state highways) flexibility to amend programmes during the RLTP development process and locking down programmes for assessment and prioritisation. The NZ Transport Agency recommends that RTCs develop protocols around the submitting, updating and amending of transport programmes.

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