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Report
To:
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Regional
Land Transport Plan Hearings Subcommittee
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Meeting
Date:
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13
April 2021
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Report
Writer:
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Toni Briggs, Project Manager
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Report Authoriser:
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Namouta Poutasi, General Manager,
Strategy & Science
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Purpose:
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To provide a copy of submissions
received to the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2031.
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Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2031 Hearings
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this
memorandum, and accompanying documentation, is to provide a copy of written
submissions from those that wish to be heard and a copy of all submissions
received to help support the Regional Land Transport Plan hearings occurring
on 13 April to 15 April 2021.
To date 46 submissions have
been received, including one requested late submission to come on 9th April.
This will be circulated separately. At the pre-hearings meeting on 24
March 2021, it was agreed to accept late submissions. A total of 12
submitters wish to be heard.
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Recommendations
That the Regional Land Transport Plan Hearings
Subcommittee:
1 Receives
the report, Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2031 Hearings;
2 Receives
and, if requested, hears late submissions to the draft Regional Land Transport
Plan 2021 received after the closing date for submissions;
3 Receives
tabled documents from submitters during the Hearings.
1. Background
The Land Transport Management
Act 2003 requires Regional Councils to ensure that the relevant regional
transport committee prepares, on the regional council’s behalf, a
regional land transport plan
every 6 financial years.
The Regional Transport Committee
(RTC) undertook a thorough process to develop a draft Regional Land Transport
Plan starting in December 2019.
A draft Regional Land Transport
Plan 2021 and supporting Statement of Proposal document were adopted for
consultation by the RTC on 19 February 2021.
A special consultative Procedure
was carried out between 5 March 2021 and 6 April 2021.
2. Submissions
2.1 Consultation
A total of 46
submissions were received. Twelve organisations and individuals wish to
be heard at the upcoming hearing.
Initial
analysis of submissions showed the following:
· Most submissions were from the more urbanised areas of the region
– with the most submissions being from community members and
organisations in Tauranga.
· Submissions from organisations vs. individuals is fairly well
balanced.
· Initial analysis of the focus of submissions shows the following
common themes:
o General support for direction of RLTP (++).
o Support for cycle ways.
o Request to increase public transport and associated spend.
o Support for mode shift, including rail and ferries,
o Invest in travel behaviour change (++).
o Climate change – both positive and negative feedback i.e. not
enough, or too much, of a focus on it e.g. climate change target too high/too
low.
o Rail for public transport and protecting rail corridors for public
transport use.
o Support for road maintenance and importance of roading to support
business opportunities.
o Improving road safety.
o Concern of objective weighting – low freight weight.
o Enabling freight movement and support for freight movement by rail.
o State highway resilience – particularly Katikati SH2, and
Ōpōtiki SH2 and SH35.
o Rural community reliance on car and road travel.
o Not enough support for rural communities throughout the document
– too focused on urban communities and their transport issues.
o UFTI + BoP growth agenda incompatible with sustainable and equitable
region.
o Rangiuru interchange and associated facilities.
o Katikati bypass (++).
o Kaituna Link and access to future urban at Te Tumu.
o Insufficient stock effluent disposal facilities in the BoP.
o Need to better recognise the impacts of COVID 19.
o Need to improve monitoring of RLTP outcomes.
o Better description of project prioritisation methodology.
o Additions, changes, support and issues with the prioritised
programme.
o Miscellaneous corrections to text including language used, figures
and tables and additional/enhanced targets/KPIs.
More detailed
analysis will be undertaken for the Deliberations Officers report.
Since the close
of submissions on 6 April 2021, 1 organisation has asked for an extension to
the due date.
At a
pre-Hearings meeting held on 24 March 2021, the subcommittee agreed to receive
late submissions. The subcommittee also agreed to accept tabled documents
during the Hearings if they are intended to support written submissions e.g. no
new information.
Note: one
submission from Whakatāne District Council will be sent separately to the
submission pack when received on 9th April 2021.
2.2 Hearings
The Hearing of submissions are
scheduled to take place on:
13 April 2021: Regional
House Chambers. Elizabeth St, Tauranga. Tea and Coffee from 9am.
14 April 2021:
Mātaatua Room BOPRC. Quay St, Whakatāne. Tea and Coffee from 9am.
15 April 2021: Monarch
Hall, Princes Gate Hotel. 1057 Arawa St, Rotorua. Tea and Coffee from 9am.
2.3 Submissions
Pack
This submissions pack contains submitter and submission
information to enable you to be prepared for the Hearings, including the
following:
· A
draft Hearings schedule, setting out the timing of the Hearings. Please
note this is a draft schedule and may be subject to change. A final
schedule will be provided at the start of each hearing’s session and a
live updated version is available on the website from 5th April 2021
here: https://www.boprc.govt.nz/your-council/news/public-notices/public-notices/2021/march/regional-land-transport-plan-2021-2031-hearings;
· A
section of all the submissions received.
The full written submissions and hearings schedule will be
publicly available at Councils offices and on the website www.boprc.govt.nz from 12 April 2021.
The full written submissions will also be available to the
public at Regional Council offices in Rotorua, Tauranga and Whakatāne on
the same date.
Any identifying, private submitter information will be
redacted from these public-facing documents to fulfil the requirements the Privacy Act 2020 and the Local Official Information
and Meetings Act 1987.
3. Considerations
3.1 Risks and Mitigations
Development of a final
Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2031 is at a critical stage, and timeframes
are tight. There continues to be a risk delivering the final RLTP to Waka
Kotahi by the June 2021 deadline.
3.2 Climate Change
The aim of this section is to ensure your thinking and
assumptions around climate change are explicit and to provide visibility as to
how our work relates to climate change. Consider:
· Is the initiative sensitive to
climate (e.g. changes in rainfall, temperature, wind, sea-level)? If so, what
are the likely impacts and how have they been accounted for?
· In what way does the initiative
relate to climate change (use the building block below to illustrate)?
· Which of the guiding principles does
the initiative encompass in relation to climate change (see the detailed
guidance for information on these principles)? Provide more detail where
appropriate.
Use the building block below when considering Climate Change
implications.
Crtl + click for guideline material.
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Mitigation
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Adaptation
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Reduce GHG emissions
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Produce GHG emissions
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Sequester carbon
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Anticipate climate change impacts
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Respond to climate change impacts
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The draft RLTP
2021 consultation document, the Statement of Proposal and the consultation
questions featured a significant focus on climate change.
3.3 Community Engagement
What level of engagement is council commited to? What actions
will be taken
Consider identifying in the report:
• Council’s knowledge of community views on the
subject.
• What aspect of the community is involved.
• How the views of the community were obtained.
• How the views were recorded and reported.
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CONSULT
Whakauiuia
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To obtain input or feedback from affected communities
about our analysis, alternatives, and /or proposed decisions.
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Consultation was carried out under s82 of the Local Government Act
2002.
Specific Communications and engagement included:
· Staff
meeting with various organisations.
· Invitations
to various entities and organisations to submit on the draft RLTP
(letter/email) including community groups.
· Leveraged
off organised Long Term Plan events during LTP consultation.
· A social media campaign saw:
o Facebook (paid) ad 13,793 impressions. Seen by 8,629 people. 176
click throughs from the ad to the RLTP Hive website pages.
o Facebook (organic) ad 3,050 people reached. 90 engagements.
· Advertisements appeared in:
o Rotorua Weekender (30,000 circulation)
o Whakatāne
Beacon (22,000 circulation)
o Weekend Sun (60,000 circulation)
· Published advertising in 2 e-panui, also appeared in “Around
the Rohe” and “Council Kōrero” newsletters
· 95 iwi were emailed: to LTP stakeholder list in conjunction with the
LTP advising that RLTP was also coming out for consultation.
· Inclusion of RLTP communication in any requested iwi visits.
3.4 Alignment with Strategic Framework
The development
of the RLTP directly contributes to the Vibrant Region Community Outcome in the
Council’s Long Term Plan 2018-2028.
The Land
Transport Management Act 2003 requires every regional council to establish a
Regional Transport Committee (RTC); and sets the functions of the RTC and a
mandate for preparing the Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP). The RLTP
supports regional collaboration on transport issues and the provision of a more
effective and efficient transport network. This ultimately supports the
Regional Council’s strategic framework and specifically the Vibrant Region
outcome within the Long Term Plan 2018-2028.
3.5 Financial Implications
The development
of the RLTP is being undertaken within the current budget for the Transport
Planning Activity in the Regional Council’s Long-Term Plan 2018-2028.
4. Next Steps
4.1 Deliberations
A Hearings
Subcommittee Recommendations Paper and an Officers Submissions Report will be
provided to the Subcommittee for the public excluded Deliberations meeting on
11 May 2021. Staff will also be developing position papers on any key issues
following the hearings if needed. The Deliberations pack will be sent to
the Subcommittee with an agenda on 3 May 2021.
4.2 Adoption
Adoption under
the Land Transport Management Act 2003 is a two-step process. The
Regional Transport Committee will meet to adopt/endorse the Regional Land
Transport Plan 2021-2031 on 28 May 2021. An agenda pack will be sent out on 21
May 2021.
The Regional
Council will meet to adopt the Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2031 on 17
June 2021. An agenda pack will be sent to council on 10 June 2021.
A finalised,
adopted RLTP 2021-2031 will be sent to Waka Kotahi for consideration of the
National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) funding.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - Hearings schedule as at 8
April 2021 ⇩
Attachment 2 - All submissions to the
draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2031 ⇩
