AGENDA
Ordinary meeting of the
Regional Transport Committee
Wednesday 3 October 2018
Commencing at 10.00a.m.
Council Chamber
Civic House
110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Pat Dougherty
Chief
Executive
Membership: Councillor Mike Rutledge (Chairperson), Her
Worship the Mayor Rachel Reese, Councillors Paul Matheson, Gaile Noonan (Deputy
Chairperson) and Mr Jim Harland
Quorum: 3
Nelson
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Regional Transport Committee
3
October 2018
Page
No.
1. Apologies
Nil
2. Confirmation
of Order of Business
3. Interests
3.1 Updates
to the Interests Register
3.2 Identify
any conflicts of interest in the agenda
4. Public
Forum
5. Confirmation
of Minutes
5.1 19 June
2018 5 - 8
Document number M3547
Recommendation
That the
Regional Transport Committee
Confirms
the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 19 June
2018, as a true and correct record.
6. Chairperson's Report
7. Regional Land
Transport Plan variation - Noise Reduction and Safety Enhancements Programmes 9 - 18
Document number R9473
Recommendation
That the Regional Transport Committee
Receives the report Regional Land
Transport Plan variation - Noise Reduction and Safety Enhancements Programmes
(R9473) and its attachment (A2061349); and
Notes
that New Zealand Transport Agency will be writing to Tasman District Council
requesting it to include “Safe Enhancements Programme on the State
Highway Network” into its Regional Land Transport Plan as a matter of
urgency.
Regional Transport Committee
Minutes - 19 June 2018
Minutes of a meeting of
the Regional Transport Committee
Held in the Council
Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 19 June 2018,
commencing at 10.38 a.m.
Present: Councillor
M Rutledge (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillor P Matheson
and Mr Harland
In
Attendance: Councillors M Courtney, S Walker, I Barker, B McGurk, M
Lawrey, K Fulton; Chief Executive (P Dougherty) Group Manager Infrastructure (A
Louverdis), and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)
Apology: Councillor
Noonan
1. Apologies
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Resolved RTC/2018/023
That the Regional
Transport Committee
Receives and
accepts an apology from Councillor Noonan.
Her Worship the Mayor/Matheson Carried
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2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order
of business.
3. Interests
There were no updates to the
Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4. Public Forum
There was no public forum.
5. Confirmation of Minutes
5.1 26 April
2018
Document number M3453, agenda
pages 6 - 10 refer.
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Resolved RTC/2018/024
That the Regional
Transport Committee
Confirms the
minutes of the meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 26 April
2018, as a true and correct record.
Her Worship the Mayor/Rutledge Carried
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5.2. 10 April 2018 reconvened on 11 May 2018
Document number M3407, agenda
pages 11 - 28 refer.
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Resolved RTC/2018/025
That the Regional Transport
Committee
Receives the unconfirmed minutes
of a meeting of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 10 April 2018 and
reconvened on 11 May 2018.
Rutledge/Her Worship the Mayor Carried
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6. Chairperson's Report
There was no Chairperson’s
report.
7. NZTA Proposed Projects for
inclusion in the Nelson Regional Land Transport Plan
Document number R9325, agenda
pages 29 - 146 refer.
The Group Manager Infrastructure
Alec Louverdis presented his report and tabled document A1994391.
The meeting adjourned at 10.51
a.m. and reconvened at 10.56 a.m.
Mr Louverdis answered questions
about the resourcing of the process for the three projects that would be consulted on separately as a variation to the Nelson
Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2021.
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Resolved RTC/2018/026
That the Regional Transport Committee
Receives
the report Nelson Regional Land Transport Plan - Proposed NZTA State
Highway Projects (R9325) and its attachments (A1977693 and A1962674);
and
Approves
inclusion of the following three New Zealand Transport Agency State Highway
projects into the Nelson Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2021 (Mid-Term
Review), with the words as detailed in item 3.6 of Report R9325:
· Noise Wall and Improvement Programme;
· SH6 Nelson to Richmond Safe Systems Enhancements;
· Active Road User Corridor Programme
– Nelson Safer Corridor; and
Notes
that these three projects will be consulted on separately as a variation to
the Nelson Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2021 (under section 18D of the
Land Transport Management Act 2003); and
Delegates authority to approve any other minor changes to the Nelson Regional
Land Transport Plan 2015-2021 (Mid-Term Review) and 2018 Regional Public
Transport Plan (A1962674 of Report R9274), based on feedback from this
meeting, to Her Worship the Mayor and the Chair of the Regional Transport
Committee; and
Approves
lodging the amended Nelson Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2021 (Mid-Term
Review) and 2018 Regional Public Transport Plan (A1962674 of Report
R9274) with Council for approval.
Matheson/Rutledge Carried
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Attachments
1 A1994391 - NZTA
letter to RTC Chair and Mayor dated 12Jun2018
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Recommendation to Council
RTC/2018/027
That
the Council
Approves
the revised Nelson Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2021 (Mid-Term Review)
and 2018 Regional Public Transport Plan (A1942674 as per Report R9325) for submission to the New
Zealand Transport Agency prior to 30 June 2018.
Matheson/Rutledge Carried
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There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.19
a.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
Date
Item 7: Regional Land Transport Plan variation – Noise
Reduction and Safety Enhancement Programmes
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Regional Transport Committee
3 October 2018
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REPORT R9473
Regional
Land Transport Plan variation - Noise Reduction and Safety Enhancements
Programmes
1. Purpose
of Report
1.1 To
approve varying the Regional Land Transport Plan 2015–21 (Mid-Term
review) (RLTP) to include the Noise Improvement Programme and Safe Enhancements
Programme on the State Highway Network.
2. Recommendation
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That the Regional Transport
Committee
Receives the report Regional
Land Transport Plan variation - Noise Reduction and Safety Enhancements
Programmes (R9473) and its attachment (A2061349); and
Notes
that New Zealand Transport Agency will be writing to Tasman District Council
requesting it to include “Safe Enhancements Programme on the State
Highway Network” into its Regional Land Transport Plan as a matter of
urgency.
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Recommendation to Council
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That the Council
Approves
that the Nelson Regional Land Transport Programme 2015-21 is varied to include
a total of $4.97M for “Noise Improvements” and $350,000 for
“Safety Enhancements on the State Highway Network” spread over
the 2018-21 financial years.
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3. Background
3.1 In
June 2018 the Regional Transport Committee (RTC) submitted to the NZ Transport
Agency (NZTA) the RLTP (Mid-Term Review) that detailed its funding priorities
for the next three years.
3.2 At
that time NZTA had advised that three further
projects (Noise Wall and Improvement Programme; SH6 Nelson to Richmond Safe
Systems Enhancements and Active Road User Corridor Programme – Nelson
Safer Corridor) might receive funding under its revised draft Transport Agency
Investment Proposal (TAIP). These three projects had not been included in the
draft RLTP that was consulted on.
3.3 Legal
advice at the time was that these projects could not be included in the RLTP as
insufficient detail was available for those projects but that once details of
the projects were known that they could be assessed together with any
implications for projects already in the RLTP, and any necessary changes to the
RLTP to include those projects could be processed in accordance with section
18D of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
3.4 The
RTC in June 2018 resolved:
Approves inclusion of
the following three New Zealand Transport Agency State Highway projects into
the Nelson Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2021 (Mid-Term Review), with the
words as detailed in item 3.6 of Report R9325:
· Noise Wall and Improvement Programme;
· SH6 Nelson to Richmond Safe Systems Enhancements;
· Active Road User Corridor Programme –Nelson
Safer Corridor;
Notes that these three
projects will be consulted on separately as a variation to the Nelson Regional
Land Transport Plan 2015-2021 (under section 18D of the Land Transport Management
Act 2003)
3.5 A
workshop was held on 4 September 2018 to provide more information to the RTC
members on the Noise Improvement Programme and Safe Enhancements Programme.
4. Discussion
4.1 The
Nelson component of the Noise Improvement Programme has been valued at $4.97M
and involves application of a lower road noise surface. Further detail is
provided in Attachment 1 prepared by NZTA.
4.2 The
SH6 Nelson to Richmond Safe System Enhancement Programme’s total budget
is estimated at $2.77M. The majority of this cost would be within the Tasman
District Council (TDC) with approximately $350,000 within Nelson. The works
include the continuation of the central barrier along the Whakatu Bypass.
Further detail is provided in Attachment 1 prepared by NZTA.
4.3 The
Active Road User Corridor Programme is not proposed to be included in this
variation of the RLTP. The programme outcomes will be through the Nelson
Southern Link Investigation Detailed Business case which has been identified in
the NLTP in the 2018/19 and the 2019/20 financial years. The scope of work is
currently being confirmed.
4.4 The
Noise Improvement programme and SH6 Nelson to Richmond Safe System Enhancement
Programme are both below the $5M significance threshold and the additional
detail provided by NZTA is deemed to be sufficient to include these items in
the RLTP without the need to go out for public consultation.
Author: Margaret
Parfitt, Manager - Transport and Solid Waste
Attachments
Attachment 1: A2061349
NCC RLTP additional programmes ⇩
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Important considerations for decision making
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1. Fit
with Purpose of Local Government
Providing an RLTP is a requirement of the Land Transport
Management Act 2003.
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2. Consistency
with Community Outcomes and Council Policy
The development of an RLTP contributes to the
community outcome “Our infrastructure is efficient, cost effective and
meets current and future needs”. The RLTP must align with the Draft
Government Policy Statement (GPS).
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3. Risk
Risks associated with making variations to the RLTP
and any consequential changes are mitigated by changes being processed in
accordance with section 18D of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
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4. Financial
impact
The two projects in question are NZTA State Highway
projects and will have no effect on the LTP or rates.
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5. Degree
of significance and level of engagement
The $5M significance level has not been trigger by
either of the proposed variations for “Noise Improvement Programme and
Safe Enhancements Programme on the State Highway Network” so
consultation is not required.
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6. Inclusion
of Māori in the decision making process
No engagement with Māori has been undertaken in
preparing this report.
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7. Delegations
The RTC has the responsibility for preparing the
RLTP and RPTP in accordance with the requirements of the LTM Act 2003. The
RTC functions include:
“To prepare a Regional Transport Plan, or
any variation of the Plan, for the approval of Council”.
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Item
7: Regional Land Transport Plan variation - Noise Reduction and Safety
Enhancements Programmes: Attachment 1
