Agenda of Regional Transport Committee

Notice of the ordinary meeting of the

Regional Transport Committee

Kōmiti ā-Rohe mō ngā Take Waka

Date: 2 December 2019
Time: 1.30p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, Civic House
110 Trafalgar Street
Nelson

Agenda

Rārangi take

Chair Cr Brian McGurk

Deputy Chair Cr Judene Edgar

Members Her Worship the Mayor Rachel Reese

Cr Rohan O’Neill-Stevens

NZTA Representative

Pat Dougherty

Quorum: 3 Chief Executive

Nelson City Council Disclaimer

Please note that the contents of these Council and Committee Agendas have yet to be considered by Council and officer recommendations may be altered or changed by the Council in the process of making the formal Council decision.

Regional Transport Committee Delegations

Establishment and operation of the Regional Transport Committee is governed by the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

Areas of Responsibilities:

· Preparation of, or variations to a Regional Land Transport Plan, for approval by Council

· Preparation of or variation to a Regional Public Transport Plan, for approval by Council

· Provision of advice and assistance to Council in relation to its transport responsibilities.

Powers to Decide:

· To adopt a policy that determines significance in respect of

o variations made to regional land transport plans under section 18D of the Land Transport Management Act 2003

o activities that are included in the regional land transport plan under section 16 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003

· To approve submissions to external bodies on policy documents likely to influence the content of the Regional Land Transport Plan.

Powers to Recommend to Council:

· Approval of Regional Land Transport Plan

· Approval of any variations to the Regional Land Transport Plan

· Approval of any variation to the Regional Public Transport Plan

· Any other recommendations regarding the committee’s advice or assistance to Council in relation to its transport responsibilities.

N-logotype-black-wide Regional Transport Committee

2 December 2019

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. Chairperson's Report 6 - 7

Document number R13648

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Receives the Chairperson's Report (R13648).

6. SH6 Blenheim to Nelson Speed Review Submission 8 - 18

Document number R12546

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Receives the report SH6 Blenheim to Nelson Speed Review Submission (R12546) and its attachments (A2286347 and A2285359); and

2. Approves retrospectively the submission from the Regional Transport Committee Chair to the New Zealand Transport Agency (A2285359 to R12546).

7. Nelson Future Access Update 19 - 24

Document number R12565

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Receives the report Nelson Future Access Update (R12565) and its attachment (A2305164).

8. Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update 25 - 27

Document number R13616

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Receives the report Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (R13616) ; and its attachment (A2304588).

CONFIDENTIAL Business

9. Exclusion of the Public

Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.

2. The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:

Item	General subject of each matter to be considered	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Particular interests protected (where applicable)
1	Public Transport: Move to a Gross contract	Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7	The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(b)(ii) To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

Item

General subject of each matter to be considered

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interests protected (where applicable)

Public Transport: Move to a Gross contract

Section 48(1)(a)

The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7

The withholding of the information is necessary:

· Section 7(2)(b)(ii)

To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information

· Section 7(2)(i)

To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

Item 6: Chairperson's Report

Regional Transport Committee

2 December 2019

REPORT R13648

Chairperson's Report

1. Purpose of Report

1.1 To welcome committee members.

2. Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Receives the Chairperson's Report (R13648).

2. Discussion

2.1 A warm welcome to the new and returning members of the Nelson Regional Transport Committee for this 2019-2022 triennium.

2.2 This committee values the critically important relationship with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and we look forward to continuing to work with the agency in a mutually respectful way to advance enduring transport solutions for Nelson and the wider region. A warm welcome to Jim Harland, Director Regional Relationships South Island and officers from the agency.

2.3 It is noted that the new Government Policy Statement for Land Transport is due in mid-2020.

2.4 Locally, work is underway to prepare our Regional Land Transport Plan. We are working closely with other South Island Regional Transport Committees, particularly Marlborough and Tasman to formulate a plan that is the primary document guiding integrated land transport planning and investment. The first draft should be completed by October 2020 for consultation soon after.

2.5 Our communities are demanding expansion and improvements to the local public transport system. I also note receipt of a public petition with over 1000 signatures seeking improvements to public transport across Te Tau Ihu by the Mayor at the most recent Council meeting on 14 November 2019. Early next year we will commence our review of public transport within the region and that will inform the next Regional Public Transport Plan 2020-2030.

2.6 Welcome to what promises to be very active Committee.

Author: Brian McGurk, Chairperson

Attachments

Nil

Item 7: SH6 Blenheim to Nelson Speed Review Submission

Regional Transport Committee

2 December 2019

REPORT R12546

SH6 Blenheim to Nelson Speed Review Submission

1. Purpose of Report

1.1 To retrospectively approve the submission from the Regional Transport Committee (RTC) to the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) on the SH6 Blenheim to Nelson Speed limit review.

2. Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Receives the report SH6 Blenheim to Nelson Speed Review Submission (R12546) and its attachments (A2286347 and A2285359); and

2. Approves retrospectively the submission from the Regional Transport Committee Chair to the New Zealand Transport Agency (A2285359 to R12546).

3. Background

3.1 In October 2018, Nelson City Council (NCC) through the Regional Land Transport Committee (RTC) requested NZTA introduce a reduced speed limit along SH6 between Haven Road and Todd Bush Road. In April 2019, the RTC submitted feedback to the NZTA on proposed Blenheim to Nelson Safety Improvements. Included in that feedback was commentary that the committee was disappointed to see that the speed limit review of State Highway 6 north of Nelson at Atawhai barely rated a mention in the proposal and was not proposed as a “quick win.” In April 2019, the Mayor wrote to the then NZTA Board chairperson, Mr Michael Stiassny, expressing Councils ongoing concern and requesting the Blenheim - Nelson speed review be brought forward.

3.2 In July NZTA confirmed prioritisation of SH6 speed management activities in the top of the south and, following technical assessments, the safer speed review proposal (Attachment 1) was released in October for feedback. The proposal covered a larger area than Council had expected when asking for the Atawhai speed limit to be reviewed.

3.3 Due to the short time frame with submissions being due by 12 November 2019 Council through her Worship the Mayor wrote to NZTA requesting an extension to the submission period. Notwithstanding this a pro forma submission was prepared and submitted on behalf of the Nelson RTC, and signed by the RTC Chair. Retrospective approval by of the submission is requested from this Committee.

4. Discussion

4.1 The submission sent to the NZTA is appended as Attachment 2.

Author: Margaret Parfitt, Manager - Transport and Solid Waste

Attachments

Attachment 1: A2286347 Consultation document -Blenheim - Nelson Safer Speeds Limit review. ⇩

Attachment 2: A2285399 Signed submission ⇩

Item 8: Nelson Future Access Update

Regional Transport Committee

2 December 2019

REPORT R12565

Nelson Future Access Update

1. Purpose of Report

1.1 To update the Committee on the progress of the Nelson Future Access.

2. Recommendation

That the Regional Transport Committee

1. Receives the report Nelson Future Access Update (R12565) and its attachment (A2305164).

3. Background

3.1 The update from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is appended as Attachment 1. The NZTA project managers will be in attendance at the meeting to answer any questions and to provide any update further to their report.

Author: Alec Louverdis, Group Manager Infrastructure

Attachments

Attachment 1: A2305164 - Nelson Future Access Update ⇩