Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2025
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Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2025 Month and Y 1 2 Contents Introduction from the Chairman ............................................................................................. 5 Section 1: Context of the Regional Land Transport Plan ....................................................... 7 1.1 Purpose of the Plan ................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Responsibilities of Transport Organisations ............................................................ 7 1.2.1 Central Government ......................................................................................... 7 1.2.2 Regional and Local Government ...................................................................... 8 1.3 The National and Regional policy context ............................................................... 8 1.3.1 Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2015 ................................... 8 1.3.2 New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy 2011-2016 ........... 8 1.3.3 The One Plan................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Process for the Development of the Plan ................................................................ 9 Section 2: The Strategic Context ......................................................................................... 11 2.1 Setting the Scene – The Manawatu-Wanganui Region ......................................... 11 2.1.1 Geography ..................................................................................................... 11 2.1.2 Population ...................................................................................................... 12 2.1.3 Age distribution .............................................................................................. 13 2.1.4 Socio-economic factors .................................................................................. 13 2.1.5 Dwelling Occupancy ...................................................................................... 14 2.1.6 Vehicle Ownership ......................................................................................... 15 2.1.7 Vehicle Kilometres Travelled .......................................................................... 15 2.1.8 Regional Economy and its Impact on Transport Demand............................... 16 2.2 The Issues ............................................................................................................ 20 2.2.1 Integrated land use and transport planning to produce a more resilient network; and to provide a more structured roading hierarchy to accommodate anticipated future freight growth ..................................................................... 20 2.2.2 Improved linkages to other regions – of importance links to the south of the Region and to the north of the regional border between the Desert Road Summit and Taupo ........................................................................................ 22 2.2.3 The need to maintain improvements to secondary strategic links that are playing an increasing role as east-west links and alternative routes and for tourism/economic development purposes ...................................................... 24 2.2.4 Anticipated population and economic growth in the Palmerston North and Manawatu area, the impacts this will have on freight distribution ................... 25 2.2.5 The need for continued improvements to road safety in the Region ............... 26 2.2.6 Increasing pressure on the Regions rural roading network, particularly with increased forest harvesting and agricultural use and potential increases in tourism traffic ................................................................................................. 28 2.2.7 Mitigating adverse environmental effects from the regional transport system . 29 2.3 Objectives ............................................................................................................. 31 2.4 Strategic Priorities ................................................................................................. 33 3 2.4.1 Strategic Priority 1 Efficient road maintenance and delivery .......................... 33 2.4.2 Strategic Priority 2 Improved connectivity of key strategic routes .................. 34 2.4.3 Strategic Priority 3 Plan for and proactively respond to demographic change and impacts of land use change ................................................................................... 36 2.4.4 Strategic Priority 4 Increased focus on pedestrians and cycling ..................... 36 2.4.5 Strategic Priority 5 Efficient, accessible and affordable public transport networks ...................................................................................................................... 37 2.4.6 Strategic Priority 6 An appropriate network of tourism routes ......................... 38 2.5 Policies and Measures to achieve the Priorities .................................................... 39 Section 3: Funding the Plan ................................................................................................ 48 3.1 Anticipated revenue sources ................................................................................. 48 3.1.1 Revenue from the National Land Transport Fund .......................................... 48 3.1.2 Contribution of road policing activity to the Horizons Regional Land Transport Plan ............................................................................................................... 49 3.1.3 Local Revenue sources ................................................................................. 49 3.1.4 Other sources of revenue............................................................................... 50 3.2 Ten-year forecast of revenue and expenditure .................................................. 52 Section 4: Regional Programme of Transport Activities ....................................................... 53 4.1 Prioritised List of Activities .................................................................................... 54 4.2 Full List of Activities .............................................................................................. 58 Section 5: Inter-regional Activities ....................................................................................... 64 Section 6: Monitoring of the Plan ........................................................................................ 68 Section 7: Appendices ........................................................................................................ 69 Appendix 1: Legislative alignment with the LTMA ........................................................... 69 Appendix 2: Key findings of the 2010 Joint Transport Study ............................................ 71 Appendix 3: Legislative Requirements and Policy Framework ......................................... 76 Appendix 4: Significance Policy ....................................................................................... 77 4 Introduction from the Chairman Under changes to the Land Transport Management Act 2003 introduced in 2013, regional transport committees are required to develop a regional land transport plan, in consultation with their community and stakeholders every six years. The new Plan replaces the operative Regional Land Transport Strategy and Regional Land Transport Programme. As chair of the Horizons Regional Transport Committee, I am pleased to present to you the first such plan for the Region – the Horizons Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2025. The Plan is a ten-year document. Its sets out the strategic direction for land transport in the Horizons Region; states the regional priorities for the next ten-years; and outlines the proposed land transport activities over the next six-years that seek to contribute to these, for which the New Zealand Transport Agency and approved organisations (the seven district councils in the Region and Horizons Regional Council) are seeking national funding. This document has been developed in partnership with our regional partners with agreement on which activities we want to pursue and in what order of priority. Based on the Plan, the Transport Agency will decide which activities it will include in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP). Once included in the NLTP, an activity can then be funded from the National Land Transport Fund and subsequently delivered. Central Government policy has directed the first call of roading dollars to national priorities. This may affect the level of funding for our regional priorities but we will continue to focus on projects that are important to our Region, making our roads safer, more efficient and providing more alternatives to access the transport network. The Plan underpins and takes into account previous work undertaken at a national and regional level, such as the Regional Land Transport Strategy 2010-2040, the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding 2015-2025 and particularly the 2010 Joint Transport Study undertaken by the Transport Agency, Manawatu District Council, Palmerston North City Council and Horizons Regional Council. The Committee is satisfied that this Plan is consistent with these documents. Issues, objectives and priorities identified in these documents have also assisted in identifying and prioritising the transport issues identified in this Plan. Section 2.2 of the Plan identifies