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Regional Transport
Committee
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Membership
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Chairperson
(BOPRC)
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Cr
Lyall Thurston
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Deputy
Chairperson (BOPRC)
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Cr Ken
Shirley
Cr Andrew
von Dadelszen (Alternate)
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Members
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Kawerau
District Council
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Mayor Faylene
Tunui
Cr
Berice Julian (Alternate)
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Ōpōtiki
District Council
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Mayor David
Moore
Cr Tom
Brooks (Alternate)
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Rotorua
Lakes Council
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Mayor
Tania Tapsell
Cr
Conan O’Brien (Alternate)
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Tauranga
City Council
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Commissioner
Anne Tolley
Commissioner
Stephen Selwood (Alternate)
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Western
Bay of Plenty District Council
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Mayor James
Denyer
Deputy
Mayor John Scrimgeour (Alternate)
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Whakatāne
District Council
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Mayor
Victor Luca
Deputy
Mayor Lesley Immink (alternate)
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External
Members
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New
Zealand Transport Agency
Alternate
member to be nominated by NZTA appointed member
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David
Speirs
Jessica
Andrew (Alternate)
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External
Members (non-voting)
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KiwiRail
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Angus
Hodgson
Helen
Rogers (Alternate)
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External
Advisors (non-voting)
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Environmental
Sustainability Advisor
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Glen
Crowther
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Freight
Advisor
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Greg
Pert
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Road
Safety Advisor
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Inspector
Logan Marsh – District Road Police Manager
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Port
Advisor
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Dan
Kneebone – Property and Infrastructure Manager
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New
Zealand Automobile Association
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Stacey
Spall
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Quorum
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Five
members, consisting of more than half the number of members
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Frequency
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Quarterly
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Purpose
Section 105(1) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003
requires every regional council to establish a Regional Transport Committee for
its region.
Role
·
Prepare a regional land transport plan, or any significant variation
to the plan, for the approval of the Regional Council.
·
Approve any non-significant variation to the regional land
transport plan.
·
Adopt a policy that determines significance in respect of:
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variations made to regional land transport plans under section
18D of the Land Transport Management Act 2003; and
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the activities that are included in the regional land transport
plan under section 16 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
·
Monitor implementation of the regional land transport plan.
·
Make recommendations in support of land
transport activities that are eligible for national funding and align with the
regional land transport plan.
·
Consolidate individual road controlling, authority (RCA) speed
management plans and prepare the regional speed management plan in accordance
with the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022.
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Co-ordinate, integrate and adopt
regional transport and land-use strategies and plans.
·
Provide advocacy on strategic regional and inter-regional
transport matters to Central Government
and other key stakeholders as appropriate.
·
Provide the Regional Council with any advice and assistance the
Regional Council may request in relation to its transport responsibilities.
·
Approve submissions to Central Government, local authorities and
other agencies on Regional Transport Committee matters.
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Monitor and provide advocacy on regional road safety matters.
Committee
Procedures
·
Membership consists of two representatives of the Bay of Plenty Regional
Council, the Mayor of each territorial authority in the region and a
representative of the New Zealand Transport Agency.
·
In the case of an equality of votes, the chair, or any other
person presiding the meeting does not have a casting vote (and therefore the
act or question is defeated and the status quo is preserved).
·
The Regional Transport Committee may appoint external advisors to
assist it in the exercise of its specific responsibilities and delegated
authority. For the purposes of clarity, external advisors may be given full speaking
rights at the discretion of the committee, but are not entitled to vote on
committee matters.
·
Under the Local Government Act 2002, the Regional Transport
Committee is not defined as a joint committee however, the provisions of the
Local Government Act 2002 and the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 concerning the meetings of
committees of regional councils, so far as they are applicable and with the
necessary modifications, apply in respect of meetings of the Regional Transport
Committee.
Power
to Act
To make all decisions necessary to fulfil the role and
scope of the committee subject to the limitations imposed.
Power
to Recommend
The Regional Transport Committee recommends and reports to
the Regional Council.
Recording
of Meetings
Please note the Public section of this
meeting is being recorded and streamed live on Bay of Plenty Regional
Council’s website in accordance with Council's Live Streaming and
Recording of Meetings Protocols which can be viewed on Council’s website.
The recording will be archived and made publicly available on Council's website
within two working days after the meeting on www.boprc.govt.nz for a period of
three years (or as otherwise agreed to by Council).
All care is taken to maintain your privacy;
however, as a visitor in the public gallery or as a participant at the meeting,
your presence may be recorded. By remaining in the public gallery, it is
understood your consent is given if your image is inadvertently broadcast.
Opinions expressed or statements made by
individual persons during a meeting are not the opinions or statements of the
Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Council accepts no liability for any opinions
or statements made during a meeting.
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Regional Transport Committee
Minutes
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9 February 2024
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Regional Transport Committee
Open Minutes
Commencing: Friday 9 February 2024, 12.30 pm
Venue: Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
Chairperson: Cr Lyall Thurston - Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana (BOPRC)
Deputy Chairperson: Cr Ken Shirley (BOPRC)
Members: Mayor David Moore - Ōpōtiki District Council, Deputy Mayor
John Scrimgeour – Alternate, Western Bay of Plenty District Council,
David Speirs - NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (Waka Kotahi), Cr Andrew von
Dadelszen – Alternate, BOPRC, Cr Berice Julian – Alternate, Kawerau
District Council, Cr Conan O'Brien – Alternate, Rotorua Lakes Council
(via Zoom), Chairman Doug Leeder – BOPRC (ex-officio), Commissioner
Stephen Selwood – Alternate, Tauranga City Council (via Zoom), Mayor
James Denyer - Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Mayor Victor Luca - Whakatāne
District Council
In Attendance: External Advisors: Glen Crowther – Environmental
Sustainability, Greg Pert - Freight, Stacey Spall - NZ Automobile Association,
Dan Kneebone – Port of Tauranga, Inspector Logan Marsh – NZ Police
Road Safety
BOPRC:
Cr Stuart Crosby (via Zoom), Cr Jane Nees, Cr Kat Macmillan, Cr Ron Scott, Mike
Seabourne – Director, Public Transport, Presenters – as listed in
the minutes, Amanda Namana – Committee Advisor
Apologies: Mayor Faylene Tunui - Kawerau District Council, Mayor Tania Tapsell
- Rotorua Lakes Council, Commission Chair Anne Tolley - Tauranga City Council,
Angus Hodgson – KiwiRail
1. Apologies
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Resolved
That the Regional Transport Committee:
1 Accepts
the apologies from Angus Hodgson, Mayor Tunui, Commissioner Tolley and Mayor
Tapsell tendered at the meeting.
Thurston/Luca
CARRIED
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2. Public Forum
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2.1
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Mike Williams – State
Highway 2 Western Bay of Plenty Safety
Tabled Document 1 - Traffic volumes coming out
of side roads between Katikati and Ōmōkoroa which do not have
roundabouts (or proposed roundabouts): Objective ID A4600720
Tabled Document 2 - State Highway 2 map from
Katikati showing proposed roundabout and wire rope barrier locations:
Objective ID A4600723
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Key Points:
· Highlighted
potential effects to residents of the wire rope safety barriers proposed by
Waka Kotahi to be installed on State Highway 2 between Katikati and
Ōmōkoroa, particularly intersections where no roundabouts would be
present:
o Residents unable to
cross these intersections would have increased travel time to commute or
visit neighbouring towns e.g. Katikati which could impact upon local
businesses with people being forced to travel in a different direction to
shop etc.
o Further considerations
to be made were impacts to public transport and the additional response time
for emergency services to attend a serious event
o Acknowledged the open
days Waka Kotahi held during community consultation but noted that most of
the submissions received were against the wire safety barriers being
installed, particularly across intersections
· Suggested alternative options e.g. seagull intersections
· Considered that wire rope barriers did not enhance safety at
intersections, and could create additional danger by causing road users to
perform U-turns to travel in their desired direction.
Key Points - Members:
· Shared
concern over wire rope barriers being carried through intersections, and the implications
arising from this.
In Response to Questions – Waka Kotahi:
· One of the primary functions of wire rope barriers was to prevent
right turns out of an intersection, along with preventing head on collisions
· Many alternatives had been investigated by road engineers before
wire rope safety barriers were chosen as the safest option - there were
trade-offs between the cost of death and serious injury and additional travel
time for residents
· The Bay of Plenty region had four of the ten most dangerous state
highways in the country
· Would pass comments made onto to the safety team for response
(Committee Advisor to provide contact details).
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3. Declaration of Conflicts
of Interest
None declared.
4. Minutes
Minutes to
be Confirmed
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4.1
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Regional Transport Committee
Minutes - 15 December 2023
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Resolved
That the Regional Transport Committee:
1 Confirms
the Regional Transport Committee Minutes - 15 December 2023 as a true and
correct record.
Moore/Luca
CARRIED
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5. Presentations
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5.1
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NZ Transport Agency Waka
Kotahi Update
Presentation: NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Quarterly Update: Objective ID A4600823
Presented by: David Speirs - Director,
Regional Relationships
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Key Points:
· The
Ministry of Transport (MoT) reviewed the Government Policy Statement on land
transport (GPS) and the next draft was anticipated to be released late
February/early March 2024. This would determine the funding categories
available, and the priority that each of those would receive
· Electric
Vehicles would now be subject to Road User Charges (RUC) from 1 April 2024,
including plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV)
· The
Setting of Speed Limits Rule was to be revoked and a new rule was being
developed. A key change from this was that the requirement to develop a
Speed Management Plan was now discretionary, rather than mandatory
· Outlined
the maintenance and operations programme for the 2023/24 season and the
revised targets, including initial dates for night time closures to State
Highway 29 (February to July 2024)
· State
Highway 2 Baypark to Bayfair link – all major infrastructure components
were now completed
· State
Highway 29 Tauriko enabling works – the construction phase was expected
to commence in March 2024, beginning with Cambridge Road
· Takitimu
North Link - Cambridge Road Overbridge flyover required a three month road
closure and diversion
· The
remaining two sections of safety improvements on State Highway 2 Wainui Road
to Ōpōtiki were awaiting funding
· Completion
of Phase One of State Highway 30 Eastern Corridor Improvements at Rotorua
were expected to be completed mid-2024.
Key
Points - Members:
· There had been a lack of public consultation for introduction of
the electric vehicle RUC, particularly PHEVs and agreed that further
consideration needed to be given over how they could be charged in the future
e.g. dynamic road pricing
· Resealing operations on State Highway 2 coincided with the end of
the school holidays, creating a significant travel delay (up to two hours
Katikati to Tauranga)
· Expressed concern that the removal of passing lanes on State
Highway 2 had not been sufficiently communicated to the public.
In
Response to Questions:
· The intention had been to introduce RUC on electric vehicles once they
reached two percent of New Zealand’s light vehicle fleet, which had now
been exceeded
· Existing Speed Management Plans that had already been certified
would remain in place
· Impacts had been observed due to the price and supply challenges
of bitumen
· There were significant efficiency and safety benefits to
temporarily closing a portion of a road for maintenance and operations,
noting that one of the biggest challenges was identifying safe and
appropriate detours
· Modelling for State Highway 20 enabling works would be available
once the contract was processed
· Hewletts Road sub-area upgrade was progressing and was in the
consultation phase with a preliminary design.
Resolved
That the Regional Transport Committee:
1 Receives the Presentation,
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Update.
Speirs/Julian
CARRIED
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6. Reports
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6.1
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Chairperson's Report
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Resolved
That the Regional Transport Committee:
1 Receives
the report, Chairperson's Report;
2 Approves
the attached letter of support (Attachment 2) signed by the Chair on behalf
of the RTC, to be sent to the Eastern Bay Road Safety Group.
Thurston/Luca
CARRIED
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Decisions
Required
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6.2
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Approval of the draft
Regional Land Transport Plan 2024 and Statement of Proposal for Public
Consultation
Presentation: Draft Regional Land Transport
Plan 2024-34 and Statement of Proposal: Objective ID A4605035
Tabled Document 3 - Draft Statement of
Proposal: Objective ID A4601037
Presented by: Oliver Haycock –
Manager, Transport Planning, Andrew Williams – Team Leader, Transport
Planning, Niki Carling – Senior Transport Planner and Tapuwaerenga Hall
– Transport Planner
Key Points:
· The draft 2024-2034 Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) document
was almost complete with feedback from members incorporated and graphics
input underway
· Acknowledged that the current programme required the draft RLTP to
go out for consultation in approximately two weeks’ time to meet
statutory obligations.
Key Points - Members:
· The sense of urgency within the Executive Summary and the
Statement of Proposal regarding the significance of the issues from an
economic and affordability perspective should be enhanced. The size and
significance of the funding issues should be addressed and made clearer, and
the urgent need for alternative funding methods to bridge the gap should be
added. Suggested the wording from Page 21 of the draft RLTP which
showed the significance of these issues, be up front in the Executive Summary
· Questioned where the wording on Page 48 of the draft RLTP under
inclusive access came from: ‘opportunities to allocate national land
transport funding to Māori roadways’
· Noted the incongruity between the Headline Target and sub-target
for mode shift. The Headline Target was 20% for Public Transport (PT) and Active
Modes, whereas the sub-target for PT was 10% - the percentage between the
sub-target and the target had to be kept consistent. Otherwise, there
would be a need to achieve a 27% increase per annum for PT to achieve the 20%
target by 2032, which the Environmental Sustainability Advisor considered was
unlikely
· Ensure that the regionwide map was updated to include the
prioritisation revisions made in the workshop held directly prior to the
meeting, and reflected representation across the entire region
· Thanked staff and members of the Regional Advisory Group for the
work undertaken in developing the RLTP.
In Response to Questions:
· Mode shift would be correlated to the level of investment and the
speed of which projects were delivered to support people travelling using
alternative modes.
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Resolved
That the Regional Transport Committee:
1 Receives the report - Approval of the draft statement of
proposal for the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2024 – 2034 (draft
RLTP 2024) and the proposed consultation approach;
2 Approves the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 document
for public consultation in accordance with the requirements of the Land Transport
Management Act 2003;
3 Authorises the Manager, Transport
Planning, in consultation with the Chair of the RTC, to include additional
text describing the regional benefits associated with top priority projects
added at the workshop held immediately prior to this meeting;
4 Authorises the undertaking of a special consultative procedure, as
provided for by the Local Government Act 2002, to consult on the draft
Regional Land Transport Plan;
5 Approves the statement of proposal, including the consultation
questions;
6 Authorises the Manager, Transport Planning, in consultation with
the Chair of the RTC, to include the activity prioritisation list (as per
guidance provided at the workshop held immediately prior to this meeting) and
to make any necessary formatting and minor grammatical changes to the draft
Regional Land Transport Plan and Statement of Proposal prior to its release
to the public; and
7 Notes that Hearings and Deliberations on the draft 2024-2034
Regional Land Transport Plan will be undertaken by the full Committee.
Selwood/Denyer
CARRIED
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7. Verbal Update Opportunities
from Committee Members and Advisors
Greg
Pert – Freight Advisor
· Highlighted
a recent media release regarding the use of heavier and longer trucks now being
required to move the same volume of freight in order to reduce emissions and
congestion, as well as reduce the safety risk for other road users.
Stacey Spall – NZ
Automobile Association (AA) Advisor
· Outlined
work underway with the AA Research Foundation producing road safety focused
research for New Zealand, which was expected to be completed by June 2024 and
focused on low cost safety treatments for rural intersections.
Dan Kneebone – Port
of Tauranga Advisor
· The
Port remained committed to delivering resilient infrastructure to New Zealand
and advised that an interim decision had been received on 13 December 2023 for
Stage One of the Port berth extension at Sulphur Point, subject to a number of
court directions. The focus over the next six months would be on
compliance with these.
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Inspector Logan Marsh – NZ Police Road
Safety Advisor
Presentation: New Zealand Police Bay of Plenty
Road Safety Update: Objective ID A4605415
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Key Points:
· Provided an update over the past 12 months in the Bay of Plenty
region:
o Road deaths – There had
already been five fatalities on the road this year
o Total traffic notices by subregion had
increased significantly in 2023 – over 70,000 in the past year, with
notable increases in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Taupō and Rotorua
o Over 287,000 alcohol tests had been carried
out in the region. High results were still being recorded for
evidential breath tests
· Outlined NZ Police priorities and focus for 2024 including
rural/state highway locations, driver impairment and distraction/inattention,
adherence to speed limits
· Education – Beginning implementation of The Right Track
Programme: working proactively with a focus on young people in the education
space.
Key Points - Members:
· Raised that the most substantial issues for the Eastern Bay of
Plenty were not wearing seatbelts and operating vehicles with excess breath
alcohol.
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2.26 pm – the meeting closed.
Confirmed
Cr Lyall Thurston
Chairperson, Regional Transport Committee
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Report
To:
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Regional
Transport Committee
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Meeting
Date:
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10
April 2024
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Report
Writer:
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Tapuwaerenga Daina Hall, Transport
Planner
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Report Authoriser:
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Oliver Haycock, Manager, Transport
Planning
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Purpose:
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To provide a copy of submissions to
the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 consultation process.
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Regional Land
Transport Plan 2024-2034 Hearings
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Executive
Summary
The purpose of this report
and accompanying documentation, is to provide a copy of submissions received
to the Draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-34 consultation. This is to
support the Hearings process, occurring on 10 to 12 April 2024.
To-date 133 submissions have
been received, including nine late submissions which were received after the
close of the consultation period on 24 March 2024. A total of 29
submitters have indicated that they wish to be heard.
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Recommendations
1. That the Regional
Transport Committee:
1 Receives the report, Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034
Hearings;
2 Receives and, if requested, agrees to hear late submissions
to the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 received after the closing
date for submissions;
3 Receives tabled documents from submitters during the
Hearings.
4 Confirms the public be excluded on the grounds set out in
the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 from
consideration of the following report attachment:
(a) All Submissions to the Draft 2024-2034 Regional Land
Transport Plan (UNREDACTED) under Section 48(1)(a)(i) Section 7 (2)(a) as
withholding the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural
persons, including that of deceased natural persons and that this attachment
remain in Public Excluded.
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) has undertaken a thorough process to develop a draft Regional Land
Transport Plan 2024-34 (draft RLTP). The draft RLTP, supporting Statement of
Proposal document and Communications and Engagement Plan were adopted for
consultation by the RTC on 09 February 2024.
A special consultative procedure
was carried out between 23 February 2024 and 24 March 2024.
2. Submissions
2.1 Consultation
A total of 133
submissions were received, with 29 respondents indicating that they wished to
be heard at the Hearings.
Initial
analysis of submissions showed the following:
Demographics
· 50% of the submissions were from respondents located in the Western
Bay of Plenty sub-region, with most of these being from community members and
organisations located within Tauranga.
· 30% of submitters did not wish to record their address or location.
· 74% of submitters were individuals.
Figure 1: Location of the submitters
Figure 2: Portion of
submitters who submitted as individuals or organisations.
Response to consultation questions
The consultation asked three
agree/disagree questions, followed by an open question for comments/feedback.
1. How much do you
agree that these are the transport challenges the region is facing?
82% of the respondents either strongly agreed or agreed
with the transport challenges identified for the region, with 8% of respondents
either strongly disagreeing or disagreeing.
Figure 3:
Percentage of submitters who agreed or disagreed with the transport challenges
in the region.
2. How much do you agree with the transport objectives?
72% of the respondents either strongly
agreed or agreed with the transport objectives identified for the region, with
14% of respondents either strongly disagreeing or disagreeing.
Figure 4:
Percentage of submitters who agreed or disagreed with the transport objectives
for the region.
3. How much do you
agree with the proposed list of priority projects?
56% of the respondents either strongly agreed or agreed
with transport priorities for the region, with 23% of
respondents either strongly disagreeing or disagreeing.
Figure 5:
Percentage of submitters who agreed or disagreed with the regional priorities
for the region.
Summary
Across the agree/disagree
questions, the majority of respondents either strongly agreed or agreed with
the challenges, objectives and priority projects in the RLTP.
The highest level of disagreement
was for Regional Priorities. Where reasons were given, these included a
dissatisfaction with the geographic spread of projects as well as concerns
pertaining to specific activities included in the prioritised list, an example
being construction related disruption associated with major corridor upgrades.
Initial analysis of the
submissions shows the following themes:
o Agree or disagree answers show general support for the direction of
the RLTP.
o Agreement with the objectives, but some concern over the
achievability of KPIs.
o Some submitters mentioned unsustainable growth is causing congestion
and the need to focus on improved spatial/urban planning to support sustainable
communities.
o Some submitters viewed the alignment with the draft Government
Policy Statement for Land Transport (GPS) as insufficient.
Climate change and Emissions Reduction
o Support for environmental sustainability as an objective, reducing
emissions and protecting the environment.
o Feedback regarding climate change and emission reduction was
generally positive.
Regional Focus
o Some submissions highlighted the perception of a strong Tauranga
focus for the prioritised projects, and not enough representation of the wider
region.
o Support for the inclusive access objective, noting rural community
reliance on private cars and lack of accessibility for rural areas.
Active modes
o Both positive and negative feedback on cycleway improvements, with
the general balance in support.
o Support for improving road safety and highlighting safety concerns
for those using active modes.
Public transport
o Request to increase public transport frequency, increased PT hubs
and an overall increase in PT investment.
o Some support for park and ride sites in Pāpāmoa and
Tauriko.
o Some support for ferry service between Ōmokoroa and Tauranga.
Rail
o Some support for progressing a passenger rail business case.
o Some support for passenger rail, to promote behaviour change to
support less congestion, particularly in Tauranga.
o Some support for inter-regional passenger rail to between Tauranga,
Hamilton, and Auckland.
o Support for increased freight movement by rail.
More detailed
analysis will be undertaken for the Deliberations report.
Three
submitters requested an extension to the due date, and staff have received nine
late submissions. Inclusion of these late submissions is subject to the
discretion of the RTC (Recommendation 2). Staff support the inclusion of
the late submissions, as it has been possible to process these in time for the
scheduled Hearings.
2.2 Hearings
The Hearing of submissions are
scheduled to take place on:
· 10
April 2024: Regional House Chambers. Elizabeth St, Tauranga - 9.30 am to 5
pm.
· 11
April 2021: Waiariki Room BOPRC. Fenton St, Rotorua - 9.30 am to 12 pm.
· 12
April 2021: Mātaatua Room BOPRC. Quay St, Whakatāne - 9.30 am to
12 pm.
2.3 Submissions
Pack
This submissions pack contains submitter and submission
information to support the Committee with the Hearings process, and includes
the following:
· A
draft Hearings schedule, setting out the timing of the Hearings sessions.
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 session, and a
live updated version is available on the website from 5th April
2024, which can be accessed via the following link: https://www.boprc.govt.nz/your-council/plans-and-policies/plans/regional-plans/regional-land-transport-plan/
· All
submissions received.
It should be noted that any identifying, private submitter
information will be redacted from public-facing documents to fulfil the
requirements of the Privacy Act 2020 and the Local Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987.
3. Considerations
3.1 Risks and Mitigations
Development of the RLTP is at a critical stage. Since the
draft RLTP was endorsed by the RTC for public consultation, the Government has
released the draft GPS 2024. It is the view of Staff that the draft RLTP
generally aligns with the direction of the new GPS, and further alignment can
be achieved through relatively minor adjustments to drafting and lexicon.
Furthermore, the progression of Territorial Local
Authority and the Regional Council LTPs, as well as the release of NZTA Waka
Kotahi’s updated State Highway Investment Proposal (SHIP) may require
changes to the RLTP, especially to the financial sections of the document.
All suggested adjustments made to the document either by
Staff, or because of submissions, will be discussed during Deliberations in May
2024.
3.2 Climate Change
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Mitigation
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Adaptation
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2.
Reduce GHG emissions
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3.
Produce GHG emissions
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4.
Sequester carbon
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5.
Anticipate climate change impacts
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6.
Respond to climate change
impacts
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The RLTP
provides opportunities for both mitigation of the effects of climate change,
through greenhouse gas reduction and adaptation of the transport system to the
ongoing effects of climate change.
Objective 2 of
the Draft RLTP focusses on climate change mitigation, while Objective 5 focuses
on climate change adaptation.
3.3 Implications for Māori
The draft RLTP 2024 sets out the
region’s proposed land transport programme and seeks funding for
activities included. Therefore, it has a range of potential impacts on
Māori and Council partnerships with Māori. Some specific activities
proposed in the RLTP, have the potential to impact Māori Land and their
development aspirations.
The RTC is well placed to
receive submissions from Māori. Specific engagement has included use of
the Komiti Māori e-panui. Submissions from Māori land trusts and
organisations throughout the rohē have been received.
3.4 Community Engagement
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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 (Special Consultative
Procedure).
Specific communication and engagement activities included:
· Community
engagement events at Ōpōtiki Library, Ōmokoroa Night Market,
Rotorua Night Market, Bayfair Shopping Centre and Rangitāiki River
Festival (Thornton Beach).
· Promotion
through partner Territorial Authorities (TA’s).
· Promotion
through Regional Council Long Term Plan events during the concurrent LTP
consultation.
Digital engagement:
· Promotion via BOPRC Website and social media, directing the community
to BOPRC’s online engagement platform “Participate”
· Traffic to the Participate page arrived from the following
locations:
o 58% from email campaigns and digital newsletters.
o 23% arrived directly.
o 10% from social media links/adverts.
o 9% from other sources, such as search engines.
Print engagement:
· Advertisements appeared in:
o BOP Times,
o Rotorua Daily Post,
o Katikati Advertiser,
o Te Puke Times,
o Hauraki-Coromandel Post (formerly Waihī Leader)
o Whakatāne Beacon,
o Ōpōtiki News, and
o Weekend Sun.
· Published in e-Panui Komiti Māori Newsletter, Around the Rohe,
Around the Eastern Bay, and the Participate Newsletter.
3.5 Alignment with Strategic Framework
The development
of the draft RLTP 2024 directly contributes to “Connect Communities”
Community Outcome in the Council’s draft Long-Term Plan 2024-2034.
The LTMA
requires every regional council to establish an RTC; and sets the functions of
the RTC and a mandate for preparing the 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 2021-2031.
3.6 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 2021-2031.
4. Next Steps
4.1 Deliberations
A Hearings
Recommendations Paper and an Officers Submissions Report will be provided to
the RTC for the public excluded Deliberations meeting on 7 May 2024.
Staff will also be developing position papers on any key issues following the
Hearings if needed. The Deliberations pack will be sent to the RTC with
an agenda.
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 2024-2034 on 22 May 2024.
The Regional
Council will meet to adopt the Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 on 22 May
2024.
A finalised,
adopted RLTP 2024-2034 will be sent to NZTA by the 1 August 2024 for its
consideration for funding and inclusion in the National Land Transport
Programme (NLTP).
12.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - All Submissions to the Draft 2024-2034 Regional Land
Transport Plan ⇩
