Our responsibilities
Our Board has statutory independent decision making responsibilities with respect to the allocation and investment of the National Land Transport Fund.
Our primary planning and investment functions include:
- promoting an affordable, integrated, safe, responsive and sustainable land transport system
- giving effect to the Government policy statement on land transport funding 2012/13-2021/22 (GPS) (external link)
- investing in transport activities throughout New Zealand, eg local roads, public transport and the road policing
- planning and management of the state highway system
- delivering or managing the delivery of activities such as research, education and coastal shipping
- advising and working with approved organisations, ie regional and territorial local authorities.
We also:
- determine whether particular activities should be included in the National Land Transport Programme
- approve investment in activities as outlined under section 20 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA)
- approve procurement procedures
- enforce the provisions required of us by law.
Further, under the Public Transport Management Act 2008 we’re required to produce guidelines for, and monitor the development of, regional public transport plans.
At a regional level, we undertake various transport and investment activities through our six regional offices. Our regional planning and investment people are responsible for:
- building and maintaining relationships with local government
- contributing to and supporting regional transport stakeholders to ensure regional strategies and programmes are forward looking, evidence based, fundable, achievable, realistic and in line with our objectives and policy direction
- membership on regional transport committees
- assessing regional land transport strategies and regional land transport programmes and implementation plans.
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