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:

 

 

 

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