Paeroa to Waihi Programme Business Case

Crossing the great divide! Project context: SH2 between Paeroa to Waihi

2 At a glance Hauraki District

Proportion of GDP by industry – Hauraki District

3 Paeroa to Waihi

Combining place and connections

Uniting community, tourism and transport

Not just another crash reduction study…. At a glance About the P2W PBC

Programme Business Case

Why is it not just a crash reduction study? The team identified a co-investment strategy, to deliver three key outcomes: 1. Increased tourism (and tourist expenditure) for the district 5 2. Reduced number and severity of road crashes 3. Enhanced amenity in towns and communities for all users At a glance Strategic Case – Regional Tourism

Source: heartofthecity.co.nz

6 Source: DoC

Source: explorenewzealand.net.nz

Source: viator.com

HAMILTON Source: hamiltonwaikato.com Strategic Case – Local Tourism

7 At a glance Safety Issues

Top 5 crash movements by severity (total crashes: 250) Severe Fatalities Total %of all Injury crashes Head on 2 3 23 9% Pedestrian Crossing Road 1 4 5 2% Cornering 0 9 87 35% Rear End 0 1 30 12% Crossing (no turns) 0 1 17 7%

Pedestrian crashes 8 Pedestrian or same lane crashes

Loss of control, cornering, rear end crashes – No intersection crashes At a glance Project Stakeholders

Project Partners: NZ Transport Agency Hauraki District Council Ngati Hako Department of Conservation Ngati Tamatera 9 Ngati Tara Tokanui Iwi Other Stakeholders: Destination Coromandel Hauraki Rail Trail Charitable Trust Waikato Regional Council And others At a glance Overview of our method: Governance

10 At a glance PBC Process

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What were the key decision points/how were these important? At a glance Problem themes

An in-depth investigation led to identification of diverse themes: • Access to Karangahake Gorge: limited car parking, information • Recreation and leisure: insufficient facilities / amenity • Safety: loss of control crashes, weather related • Network constraints: Junction of SH2/SH26 Paeroa 12 • Resilience and reliability: closures due to slips and crashes • Social, environment and cultural: unrealised opportunity, constrained access

A thorough understanding of the issues, constraints, triggers… and opportunities At a glance Investment Logic

Paeroa to Waihi PBC Investment Logic Map

Problems – reasons for Targeted benefits of Goal of investment investment investment Problem 1: Current limitations of Investment Objective 1: visitor experience, infrastructure Benefit 1: Realised economic and We will increase total visitor spend and services in the Karangahake cultural opportunity for the Paeroa by 30% in Karangahake Gorge, Gorge area are constraining to Waihi area. 50% Paeroa and Waihi by 2025 visitor numbers and represents a missed economic and cultural opportunity. 50% Investment Objective 2: We will reduce the number and 13 Benefit 2: Enhanced town centre severity of crashes on SH2 from Problem 2: The road environment amenity in Waihi and Paeroa. Paeroa to Waihi, at least by 50% in Karangahake Gorge leads to a 30% high number of loss of control and of fatal and 25% of severe injury head on crashes of high severity. crashes by 2040. 20% Investment Objective 3: Benefit 3: Improved safety in We will improve the level of Problem 3: The competing needs Karangahake Gorge, Paeroa and service for all customers travelling of through and local users is Waihi. 20% through and within local creating severance and safety communities so that conflicts issues in towns. 30% between traffic and other users are minimised and severance is reduced by 2025 At a glance

How programmes were Develop developed programmes

Review & challenge

MCA — Options long list, and short list

14 — “Foundation Programmes” Cost / benefits — Programmes by stakeholders — Steering group provided guidance on BCR refinements Screen programmes

Recommendation At a glance

How we identified Develop the preferred programmes programme Review & challenge

MCA

15 Cost / benefits

BCR

Screen programmes

Recommendation At a glance Outcomes

Programme Themes Town vs Gorge Tourism vs Transport —P1: Increase visitor expenditure

—P2: Reduce number and severity of crashes

—P3: Enhance town centre amenity

—P4: Low cost/complexity

—P5: Develop town centres, relocate parking & facilities from the K Gorge 16 —P6: Maximise investment in the K Gorge, minimal investment in town centres

—P7: Tourism development focussed around existing centres and facilities

—P8: The next adventure tourism capital

—P9: Address existing constraints for tourism activities and safety issues

—P10: Improved transport capacity and amenity for tourism growth

—P11: Balanced development in the Gorge and town centres for hdti th At a glance Challenges and innovations

17 At a glance What’s next….

- Programmes have been reviewed by Steering Group - Complete final PBC - Approvals process - Detailed business case

18 At a glance Lessons learned • Early involvement from key partners is critical • Consider the broader scope/concerns/impacts • Plan early, design process around jurisdictional needs / group communication styles • Better solutions can be developed through thinking outside the transport corridor • Never hesitate to get your key stakeholders around the table, and 19 regularly if needed Thank You

Questions? At a glance The detail of our process…

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