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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

 

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N-logotype-black-wideRegional 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

Resolved RTC/2018/023

That the Regional Transport Committee

Receives and accepts an apology from Councillor Noonan.

Her Worship the Mayor/Matheson                                               Carried

 

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.

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

 

5.2.    10 April 2018 reconvened on 11 May 2018

Document number M3407, agenda pages 11 - 28 refer.

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

 

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.

 

 

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

Attachments

1    A1994391 - NZTA letter to RTC Chair and Mayor dated 12Jun2018

 

 

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

 

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

 

Regional Transport Committee

3 October 2018

 

 

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

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.   

 

Recommendation to Council

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.

 

 

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

 

 

Important considerations for decision making

1.   Fit with Purpose of Local Government

       Providing an RLTP is a requirement of the Land Transport Management     Act 2003.

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).

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.

4.   Financial impact

The two projects in question are NZTA State Highway projects and will have no effect on the LTP or rates.

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.

6.   Inclusion of Māori in the decision making process

No engagement with Māori has been undertaken in preparing this report.

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”.

 

 


 

Item 7: Regional Land Transport Plan variation - Noise Reduction and Safety Enhancements Programmes: Attachment 1

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