Meeting of
the Regional Transport Committee
Date: Friday 6 September 2024
Time: 10.00am
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Venue:
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Council
Chamber
Hawke's
Bay Regional Council
159
Dalton Street
NAPIER
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Agenda
Item Title Page
1. Welcome/Karakia/Housekeeping
/Apologies
2. Conflict
of interest declarations
3. Confirmation of Minutes of
the Regional Transport Committee meeting held on 12 July 2024
4. Public
Forum 3
Information
or Performance Monitoring
5. Regional
Transport Programme September 2024 update 7
6. RoadSafe
Hawke's Bay update 11
7. Public
Transport September 2024 update 13
8. Waka
Kotahi/NZTA Central Region Regional Relationships Director’s update 19
9. Transport
Rebuild East Coast (TREC) update 21
10. Verbal
Advisory representative reports
Glossary
of Transport terms
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CERF
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Climate
Emergency Response Fund
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DSI
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Death
and serious injury
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EECA
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Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Authority
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ERP
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Emissions
Reduction Plan
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GHG
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Greenhouse
gases
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GPS
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Government
Position Statement
The
government’s land transport priorities for a 10-year period. Includes
details of how funding through NLTF can be utilised
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ILM
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Investment
logic map
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LTMA
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Land
Transport Management Act
The
core legislation that sets out how Councils can manage land
transport
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NLTF
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National
Land Transport Fund
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NLTP
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National
Land Transport Plan
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ODPT
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On
demand public transport
A public
transport service designed to suit the needs of the user, operating in the
same manner / style as a service such as Uber rather than a regular scheduled
service
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PBC
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Programme
business case
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PT
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Public
transport
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RCA
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Road
Controlling Authority
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RLTP
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Regional
Land Transport Plan
A
statutory document established by the RTC setting the strategic direction and
transport investments across HB - reviewed every three years
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RPTP
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Regional
Public Transport Plan
Prepared
by HBRC, this sets out the public transport services across HB and defines
policies and procedures for public transport. It also details information and
infrastructure supporting public transport.
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RSHB
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Road
Safety Hawke’s Bay
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RSMP
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Regional
Speed Management Plan
Plan
sets a ten-year vision and a three-year implementation plan for speed
management on all HB roads.
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RTAG
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Regional
Transport Advisory Group
Specialist
council officers and subject matter experts that provide advice to the RTC
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RTC
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Regional
Transport Committee – includes Councillors from every Council in HB
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SH
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State
highway (SH5, SH2, SH50 etc)
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SIP
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Speed
and Infrastructure Programme
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tCO2e
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Tonnes
of CO2
equivalent
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VKT
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Vehicle
kilometres travelled
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Hawke’s Bay Regional
Council
Regional
Transport Committee
Friday 6
September 2024
Subject: Public Forum
Reason for report
1. This item provides the
means for the Committee to give members of the public the opportunity to address
the Committee on matters within its terms of reference (attached).
Background
2. The Hawke’s Bay
Regional Council’s Standing Orders provide for public forums as follows:
14.
Public
Forums
Public
forums are a defined period of time, usually at the start of a meeting, which,
at the discretion of a meeting, is put aside for the purpose of public input.
Public forums are designed to enable members of the public to bring matters to
the attention of the local authority.
In
the case of a committee or sub-committee, any issue, idea or matter raised in a
public forum must also fall within the terms of reference of that meeting.
Requests
must be made to the HBRC
Governance Team
(06 8359200 or
governanceteam@hbrc.govt.nz) at least one clear day before the
meeting; however, this requirement may be waived by the Chairperson.
14.1 Time limits
A
period of up to 30 minutes, or such longer time as the meeting may determine,
will be available for the public forum at each scheduled Regional Council,
Corporate & Strategic Committee, Environment & Integrated Catchments
Committee and Regional Transport Committee meeting.
Speakers
can speak for up to 5 minutes. No more than two speakers can speak on
behalf of an organisation during a public forum. Where the number of speakers
presenting in the public forum exceeds 6 in total, the Chairperson has
discretion to restrict the speaking time permitted for all presenters.
14.2 Restrictions
The
Chairperson has the discretion to decline to hear a speaker or to terminate a
presentation at any time where:
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a
speaker is repeating views presented by an earlier speaker at the same public
forum
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the
speaker is criticising elected members and/or staff
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the
speaker is being repetitious, disrespectful or offensive
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the
speaker has previously spoken on the same issue
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the
matter is subject to legal proceedings
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the
matter is subject to a hearing, including the hearing of submissions where the
local authority or committee sits in a quasi-judicial capacity.
14.3 Questions at public forums
At
the conclusion of the presentation, with the permission of the Chairperson,
elected members may ask questions of speakers. Questions are to be confined to
obtaining information or clarification on matters raised by a speaker.
14.4 No resolutions
Following
the public forum no debate or decisions will be made at the meeting on issues
raised during the forum unless related to items already on the agenda.
Decision-making process
3. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making
provisions do not apply.
Recommendation
That
the Regional
Transport Committee receives and notes the Public Forum speakers’
verbal presentations.
Authored by:
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Leeanne Hooper
Team Leader Governance
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Approved by:
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Desiree Cull
Strategy & Governance Manager
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Attachment/s
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2022-25 Regional Transport Committee
Terms of Reference
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2022-25 Regional Transport Committee
Terms of Reference
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Attachment
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Hawke’s
Bay Regional Council
Regional
Transport Committee
Friday 6
September 2024
Subject: Regional Transport Programme
September 2024 update
Reason for report
1. This agenda item provides
an update on the progress on the Regional Transport Advisory Group (RTAG)
workstreams and updated Regional Transport Programme Tracker (attached).
Background
2. The Regional
Transport Programme Tracker was introduced in February 2023 and provides a
snapshot of the RTAG workstreams in addition to the commentary provided in this
paper.
Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP)
3. The final RLTP
was adopted at the full Regional Council meeting on 24 July and filed with NZTA
Waka Kotahi for inclusion in the National Land Transport Plan (NLTP). The NZTA
board will adopt the NLTP by 30 August 2024, publishing it soon after.
4. Funding
allocations for continuous programmes, low cost / low risk, improvements, and
capital projects will be clear once the NLTP is published.
Regional Speed Management planning
5. TAG developed a
regional submission on the proposed changes to the Setting of Speed Limits Rule
2024.
6. To date TAG is
unaware of any further progress or decisions around the proposed changes to the
Rule. Further advice and discussion will be provided to the Committee in due
course.
RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay
7. The Road Safety
Strategy is progressing as staff time and resourcing allows.
8. A separate
RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay agenda item provides detailed updates on activities.
Transport Emissions Reduction Plan
9. The draft
Transport Emissions Reduction chapter, endorsed by the Committee on
3 November 2023, has been built into the Regional Emissions Reduction Plan
presented to the Climate Action Joint Committee. Transport-related actions were
built into the RLTP where applicable.
Active Transport
10. Planned
Transport Choices projects will not proceed as planned due to funding no
longer being available.
11. Progress on the
Regional Active Transport Strategy has been delayed. The primary reasons for
this are the impacts of cyclone on staff time and RLTP development. It is
expected work will resume throughout 2024.
Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP) implementation
12. The RPTP,
adopted in September 2022, set out a step change for public transport services
across the urban areas. The RPTP outlined a move away from the current one-way
loop coverage model to a frequent bi-directional patronage model.
13. Staff continue
to work towards the new network, scheduled for mid-2025.
Decision-making process
14. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making
provisions do not apply.
Recommendation
That
the Regional
Transport Committee receives and notes the Regional Transport
Programme September 2024 update staff report.
Authored by:
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Bryce Cullen
Transport Strategy & Policy
Analyst
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Russell Turnbull
Manager Transport
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Approved by:
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Katrina Brunton
Group Manager Policy &
Regulation
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Attachment/s
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Transport Programme tracker
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Under Separate Cover
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Hawke’s Bay Regional
Council
Regional
Transport Committee
Friday 6
September 2024
Subject: RoadSafe Hawke's Bay update
Reason for report
1. This report provides the
Committee with an update on the business-as-usual activities of RoadSafe
Hawke’s Bay.
Strategic fit
2. RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay
provides education and interventions across the region linked to and informed
by road-based transport risk factors. By doing this, RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay
helps to reduce the impact and severity of road trauma, creating safer
communities.
Discussion
RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay
– a year in review
3. RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay
launched its new strategic direction, visual identity, and messaging
approximately 12 months ago. The main launch was anchored around a
large Labour Weekend fatigue stop, carried out with NZ Police on State Highway 5.
Following the launch the RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay team have since been busy
delivering an extensive work programme across the regional community. The
accompanying presentation showcases a small portion of the work that has been
carried out.
4. A highlight of the
programme was the Hawke’s Bay youth road safety Expo held in May. As
reported at the previous RTC meeting the Expo attracted over 2,000 students
from across the region. A summary video is provided in the supporting
PowerPoint presentation.
5. Existing youth programmes,
such as Building Futures and the Ignite Youth Employment scheme continue to be
delivered every six weeks with road safety education, messaging, and best
practice being well received by participants.
6. RoadSafe staff continue to
support NZ Police with a range of business-as-usual check points. These
checkpoints include alcohol breath testing and spotting operations that look
for a range of behaviours such as cellphone usage and use of restraints. Providing
support to these business-as-usual activities means Police can focus greater
resource on enforcement and provides RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay a great
opportunity for roadside educations and interventions.
7. The Business road safety
programme continues with a recent session held for Centralines in collaboration
with Connect Driving Trust. This workshop delivered interactive and impactful
workshops and activities focused on a range of risk factors. Additional
businesses / industries are being identified for this road safety initiative.
8. Child restraint clinics
continue across the region with semi-regular free check in clinics in both CHB
and Hastings, with more planned. It is intended that the programme be expanded
to early childhood centres at pick up and drop off times to check child restraints
and deliver education.
9. Fatigue stops continue
across the region with planning well underway for the large fatigue stop on
State Highway 5 over the forthcoming labour weekend. Smaller fatigue stops
continue approximately every 6 weeks in collaboration with NZ Police and their
Impairment Prevention Team.
10. Motorcycle safety
initiatives and educational events, including the motorcycle crash card
developed by RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay, are being well received in the
motorcycling community. Several joint motorcycling initiatives have been
carried out in collaboration with Horizon’s Regional Council promoting
the crash card. Motorcycling education is further supported by events such as a
biker’s breakfast at local dealerships, promoting the ACC RideForever
programme.
11. Driver licensing resources
have been developed, targeted at learner drivers. These resources have tip
sheets and videos that are designed to help educate learners with their
journey, providing best practice advice in line with the road code. Driver
licensing tip sheets are being promoted through school driver licensing
programmes.
12. The Hawke’s Bay
RoadSafe team has also developed and carried out a joint ACC initiative with
eight schools around Hawke’s Bay. The initiative focused on the
‘have a hmmm’ campaign being run by ACC. This initiative focused on
delivering road safety messaging and education at the school gate, encouraging
good road user education from an early age.
Community
capability build
13. A core intent of the new
strategic direction for RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay is to develop long term
capability within communities to enable community centric delivery. Staff have
secured the services of two experienced contractors to help further embed a
community delivery approach. As with any capability build initiative, this is a
long-term programme.
2024
– 2027 activity list
14. Indicative allocations for
road safety promotion and education were released in early August around 3
– 4 months later than expected. Funding for road safety promotion is down
across the country. As a result, NZTA have asked lead Council’s to review
and revise their 2024 – 2027 activity lists to fit within their
indicative funding envelope.
15. The indicative allocation
for RoadSafe Hawke’s Bay is 66% down on the initial bid, resulting in
significant changes to the planned programme of work. The activity list has
gone from 23 planned activities / initiatives across the period to a total of
8. Most of the planned activities centre around supporting Police BAU outcomes,
targeting impairment, distraction, and speed among others.
Decision-making process
16. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making
provisions do not apply.
Recommendation
That
the Regional
Transport Committee receives and notes the RoadSafe Hawke's Bay update
staff report.
Authored
by:
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Bryce Cullen
Transport Strategy & Policy
Analyst
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Russell Turnbull
Manager Transport
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Approved by:
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Katrina Brunton
Group Manager Policy &
Regulation
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Attachment/s
There are no attachments for this
report.
Hawke’s
Bay Regional Council
Regional
Transport Committee
Friday 6
September 2024
Subject: Public Transport September
2024 update
Reason for Report
1. This agenda item provides
an update on Public Transport operations in the region.
Background
2. The responsibility for
contracting public transport services is assigned to regional councils under
the Land Transport Management Act 2003, section 35.
3. As part of Council’s
responsibility to the transport disadvantaged, Total Mobility services are
provided where suitable transport operators exist to deliver the service. Transport
disadvantaged means people who the regional council has reasonable grounds
to believe are the least able to travel to basic community activities and
services (for example, work, education, healthcare, welfare and shopping).
Discussion
GoBay operations
4. No major changes have
occurred in the GoBay operations since the last RTC paper.
5. There have been some
additions to the live tracking of the buses in the region. Work was conducted
with the Transit app company to have the GoBay buses added into their app which
is available on all smart devices.
5.1. HBRC used the free tier
option provided by Transit. This means that functionality is limited and there
is user pay options for the public (if they wish to do so). This means the live
updates and routes you can see are limited to your location rather than being
able to view the whole network.
6. Live tracking of the bus
network is also available through the Google Maps app.
Public Transport Patronage
7. Previous requests were to
have patronage data dating further back. This can now be seen in Figure 1 below
which shows patronage dating back over the previous 10 years and a steady
decline in patronage from 2013-14 and 2021-22.
Figure 1: HBRC bus patronage
Figure 2: GoBaybus patronage
8. Figure 2 shows patronage is
stronger now than before the return to full timetables in January.
Fares
9. At the previous RTC
meeting, the team received a request to have fare revenue data dating back
further than just the previous financial year. We have been able to source data
dating back to 2016/17. This is shown in figure 2 below. We can see a clear dip
in 2019-20, attributable to Covid-19 lockdowns, then a further significant dip
in 2022-23 and into 2023-24 when multiple factors applied, such as significant
discounts for children and young people introduced by central government, bus
driver shortages (missed trips) and Cyclone Gabrielle.
Figure 3: GoBay Fare Revenue (July 2016 – June
2024)
10. Figure 4 below shows the
fare revenue over the past 12 months. Since the fare increase in May of this
year, fare revenue continues to be trending upwards.
Figure 4:
GoBay Fare Revenue (July 2023 – July 2024)
On
Demand Public Transport (ODPT)
11. An agreement has been
reached with GoBus to extend the MyWay service until the end of the current PT
contract period, which ends 31 July 2025. There is still currently no intention
to continue the service beyond this date.
12. Figure 5 below show the
MyWay patronage over the past year and has been updated to include July 2024
data.
Figure 5: MyWay Passenger stats (July 23 – June 24)
Missed/Cancelled
Trips
13. Since the reinstatement of
all services at the end of January 2024, there have been fluctuations in the
number of trips cancelled due to various reasons ranging from mechanical issues
with the bus fleet, driver illness and SH51 road closures. The large number of
cancellations in May were due to both driver illness and mechanical issues with
the buses. See figure 6 below for an overview.
Figure 6: GoBay Trip Cancellations (January 2024 –
July 2024)
Total
Mobility
14. The Total Mobility Scheme
provides subsidised taxi travel for Hawke’s Bay residents who are unable
to use public transport due to a significant, permanent impairment. People
assessed for and registered to the scheme receive a 75% fare discount up to a
maximum fare value of $50. The scheme is administered by the Regional Council
and funded by both Council and NZTA / Waka Kotahi.
15. There has been a
significant increase in demand for the Total Mobility service over the past
year and the current budget will not be able to accommodate this growth if it
continues. We have therefore instigated a review, which commenced with an
operator’s forum on 27 August to discuss the seriousness of the issue,
and to look at immediate and future measures to better manage within the budget
we have. We are also visiting assessors to have the same discussion.
16. The TM review will be
wrapped up into a review of the Regional Passenger Transport Plan which will be
completed next calendar year. New contracts with operators will then be
agreed and issued.
17. Figure 7 below shows the
trips over the last year.
Figure 7: Total Mobility Trips (July 2023 – July
2024)
Decision-making process
18. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making
provisions do not apply.
Recommendation
That
the Regional
Transport Committee receives and notes the Public Transport September 2024
update staff report.
Authored
by:
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Zavia Hands-Smith
Sustainable Transport Advisor
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Bryce Cullen
Transport Strategy & Policy
Analyst
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Russell Turnbull
Manager Transport
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Approved by:
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Katrina Brunton
Group Manager Policy &
Regulation
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Attachment/s There are no attachments
for this report.
Hawke’s
Bay Regional Council
Regional
Transport Committee
Friday 6
September 2024
Subject: Waka Kotahi/NZTA Central
Region Regional Relationships Director’s update
Reason for report
1. This item introduces the
Waka Kotahi/NZTA Central Region Regional Relationships Director’s update
and presentation.
Decision-making process
2. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making
provisions do not apply.
Recommendation
That
the Regional
Transport Committee receives and notes the Waka Kotahi/NZTA Central Region
Regional Relationships Director’s update.
Authored and Approved by:
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Leeanne Hooper
Team Leader Governance
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Attachment/s
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1
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NZTA detailed update
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Under Separate Cover
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2
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NTZA presentation for RTC
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Under Separate Cover
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Hawke’s Bay Regional
Council
Regional
Transport Committee
Friday 6
September 2024
Subject: Transport Rebuild East Coast
(TREC) update
Reason for report
1. This item introduces the
Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) update by way of a presentation.
2. Scott Elwarth and Jacob
Laird from TREC will be attending the meeting in person to deliver the
presentation.
Decision-making process
3. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making
provisions do not apply.
Recommendation
That
the Regional
Transport Committee receives and notes the Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC)
update.
Authored and Approved by:
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Leeanne Hooper
Team Leader Governance
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Attachment/s
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1
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6 September TREC Presentation
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Under Separate Cover
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