Submissions | Roading New Zealand

to New Zealand Transport Agency Rules Team

regarding the Draft Transport Rule: Omnibus Amendment 2008. We congratulated the NZTA on seeking to clarify current requirements and better aligning NZ requirements with overseas standards, as well as correcting minor errors and omissions. Read submission here.

to the Ministry of Transport on the Land Transport Funding Trends, Issues and Options

We told the MoT we found it difficult to comment on how funding could best support achievement of the updated NZ Transport Strategy (UNZTS) targets because at this stage there were few quantifiable targets listed and these are needed to signal Government priorities that can form a link with a proposed Government Strategic Plan (GSP). As all proposed activities should be able to demonstrate their contribution towards achieving the targets, we recommended that no large expenditure items be funded until an evaluation process has been developed and tested.

to the Waterview Connection Procurement Steering Group

on the Waterview Connection PPP Procurement Investigation. In our submission we said that while constructing this project as a public/private partnership (PPP) could be beneficial in sourcing private sector funding, we believed there would be a number of negatives when compared to using an Alliance type contract. While the finance sector would welcome a PPP, the construction sector is less enthusiastic because of the allocation of risk arrangements and the adversarial contract model.

to Transit New Zealand on its Draft 2008/09 Programme & 10-Year Forecast

We requested that Transit put in place special measures to ensure that construction and maintenance programmes coming onto the market are not slowed down because of the formation and bedding down of the New Zealand Transport Agency. We also assured Transit that the contracting industry had the capacity to deliver Transit’s 10 year programme and requested that Transit work with Local Government to develop regional construction programmes to assist the contracting industry.

to the Ministry of Transport

on the discussion paper Sustainable Transport: Update of the New Zealand Transport Strategy. In summary we supported the updated Transport Strategy, but stated that we believed the Government agreed high level outcome target for 2040 (of halving per capita domestic greenhouse transport emissions) could be achieved sooner if changes were made to the way roads and rail infrastructure were constructed and maintained. We suggested further intermediate or detailed targets to be added to those already contained in the NZTS, such as: