Getting involved locally
Councils produce a range of plans and strategies. You can provide input during their development stages. Plans and strategies include:
- Long Term Plans (LTPs) - all councils produce these every three years, sometimes making changes in the intervening two years through an annual plan. Councils must develop transport plans as part of preparing their LTPs.
- 'Sub-regional' strategies - produced by regional district and city councils as and when needed. These focus on specific transport issues. Very often councils consult interested parties when developing these strategies.
Find out if any strategies are under development from your local council (external link), the Ministry of Transport (external link) or one of our regional offices.
Getting involved regionally
The country's 17 regions set out their transport priorities and activities for the next 30 years in a regional land transport strategy. Generally, regional transport committees develop these strategies but in Auckland this is undertaken by the Auckland Transport, and in Gisborne, Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough, by the district council. All these bodies seek public input on draft strategies before making final recommendations to councils.
Councils review their regional land transport strategies every six years. Strategies are due for review between 2009 and 2012. Find out more from your regional council.
Learn more about the strategies and their development process as described in the Land Transport Management Act (external link).
Getting involved nationally
There are various national initiatives that provide the opportunity for input:
- national transport strategies - produced by us, the Government or the Ministry of Transport. Each strategy will have its own individual timeframe.
- activities of the many transport sector interest groups, such as:
- Automobile Association (AA) for member road users (external link)
- Road Transport Forum and Bus and Coach Association for commercial road users (external link)
- Contractors Federation and Roading New Zealand for contractors who maintain and build transport infrastructure (external link)
- IPENZ's Transportation Group, Ingenium for transport engineers (external link)
Getting involved in state highway activities
You can be involved in the development of state highway projects by providing feedback when:
- we consult on projects
- regional transport committees consult on the development of their regional land transport programme
- regional councils (external link) consult on the development of regional land transport strategies.
Want to find out more?
Most councils produce a community directory that lists community organisations active in its area. Most nationwide organisations have websites.
