HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL
Regional Transport Committee
Friday 03
May 2024
Subject: Regional Land Transport Plan Submissions
Reason
for Report
1. This item introduces the submissions
hearing on the Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) and provides the Regional
Transport Committee (RTC) with:
1.1. an outline of the consultation
process,
1.2. the 57 submissions received,
1.3. information on the hearing
and the hearing schedule.
Officers’
recommendations
2. Staff recommend that RTC
members read and consider the written submissions in
preparation for the hearing, deliberations, and to inform decision-making.
Consultation
process
3. Public consultation on the RLTP ran
from Monday 18 March to 8pm on Sunday 14 April 2024.
4. Staff used several platforms to
promote engagement and encourage people to provide feedback. This included:
HBRC media releases, print advertisements, digital advertisements (mixture of
targeted ads, banners, and promoted posts) with HB App, NZME, Stuff, and
Facebook.
4.1. HBRC’s social media channel
(Facebook and Instagram) posts and two adverts resulted in 129,534 impressions
(content served), 96,120 reach (content seen), 33 engagements (interactions)
and 262 link clicks.
5. The RLTP web page which housed the
full draft Plan, consultation document, and consultation questions attracted:
5.1. 1444 total users who viewed the
consultation page,
5.2. 2013 total views of both pages (main
page and FAQs),
5.3. 451 total downloads – 257
downloads of the full draft RLTP and 194 downloads of the consultation summary.
6. Staff conducted a briefing on the
draft RLTP for Māori Committee members through Teams. This briefing
focused on the key points of the RLTP, why it is important, and why we needed
to hear from Committee members.
Submissions
7. In total 57 submissions were received
and 13 of these submitters wish to be heard in support of their submissions.
8. All the written and verbal submissions
will be assessed by staff and a deliberations report will be prepared for the
24 May RTC meeting to enable the RTC’s decision making and
recommendations to the Regional Council.
Key
high-level themes from public consultation
9. The following provides some initial
high-level themes that have come through the consultation process. Detailed
analysis will be provided at the RTC deliberations meeting on 24 May 2024.
9.1. There is broad support for both the
strategic vision and strategic objectives, with support from around 60% of
respondents.
9.2. Generally, the investment programme as
proposed is supported by respondents, particularly the proposed works on the
State Highways.
9.3. High level themes broadly focused on
public and active transport, four-laning the expressway (both for and against),
transport emissions, rural roading, the level of capital required, and
investments proposed for State Highways 2 and 5.
9.4. Another high-level theme that has
emerged is alignment with the Government’s Policy Statement on Land
Transport 2024 (GPS). Whether we, as a region, need to consider how closely we
do align to the GPS, so that we can secure as much funding as possible. This
also supports another key thread around the level of funding required to enable
the full rebuild and recovery of the transport system.
Schedule of
speakers
10. The following table provides the order
of the Hearings for submitters on 3 May 2024. Each speaker has been allocated
10 minutes to speak to their submission.
|
Time
|
Submission
number
|
Submitter
|
Page
|
|
9:15 am
|
18
|
Lisa
Malde obo the New Zealand Transport Agency
|
5
|
|
9:25 am
|
89
|
Rhea
Dasent obo Federated Farmers
|
43
|
|
9:35 am
|
93
|
Guy
Wellwood
|
49
|
|
9:45 am
|
95
|
Genesis
Energy
|
50
|
|
9:55 am
|
24
|
Karl
Goodchild
|
11
|
|
10:05
am
|
94
|
Graeme
Mueller
|
49
|
|
10:15
am
|
83
|
James
Smith obo the National Road Carriers Assn. (Teams)
|
31
|
|
10:25
am
|
78
|
Carol-Ann
Guard
|
29
|
|
10:35
am
|
71
|
Walter
Breustedt
|
26
|
|
10:45
am
|
38
|
Allan
Newton
|
17
|
|
10:55
am
|
84
|
Andrea
Manley and Todd Dawson obo the Port of Napier
|
36
|
|
11:05
am
|
96
|
Glenn
Marshall
|
55
|
|
11:15
am
|
98
|
Ross
McLeod obo the Regional Recovery Agency
|
56
|
Deliberations
11. After the hearings, staff will
finalise the deliberations report for the RTC to consider at its next meeting
on 24 May 2024.
12. The RTC will be asked to consider the
submission points and any comments made by Council staff in making the
decisions necessary to recommend the adoption of the RLTP to the Hawke’s
Bay Regional Council.
Responses to
submitters
13. Each submitter will receive a letter
from the RTC within 30 days of the deliberations, setting out RTC's
resolution(s) pertinent to their specific submission(s), and the reasons for
those resolution(s).
Decision-making
process
14. Council and its committees
are required to make every decision in accordance with the requirements of the
Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements in
relation to this item and have concluded:
14.1. The decision does not significantly
alter the service provision or affect a strategic asset, nor is it inconsistent
with an existing policy or plan.
14.2. The consultation procedure for the
Regional Land Transport Plan is prescribed by section 18 of the Land Transport
Management Act 2003 and section 82 and 83 of the Local Government Act 2002.
Public consultation took place between 18 March and 14 April 2024.
14.3. The persons affected by this decision
are ratepayers and others with an interest in the region’s transportation
networks.
14.4. Given the nature and significance of
the issue to be considered and decided, and the persons likely to be affected
by, or have an interest in the decisions made, the Committee can exercise its
discretion and make the required decisions without consulting directly with the
community.
Recommendations
That
the Regional Transport Committee:
1. Receives and considers the Regional
Land Transport Plan Submissions staff report.
2. Agrees that the decisions to be made
are not significant under the criteria contained in Council’s adopted
Significance and Engagement Policy, and that Council can exercise its
discretion and make decisions on this issue without conferring directly with
the community or persons likely to have an interest in the decision.
3. Receives and considers the written and
verbal submissions made by submitters on the Regional Land Transport Plan
2024-2034.
Authored by:
|
Bryce Cullen
Transport Strategy & Policy Analyst
|
|
Approved by:
|
Katrina
Brunton
Group Manager Policy & Regulation
|
|
Attachment/s
|
1⇨
|
All
submissions received on the 2024-34 RLTP
|
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Under Separate
Cover
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