Regional Transport
Committee
3 October 2018
Regional
Transport Committee Minutes
Meeting held in the Council Chamber
36 Water Street, Whangārei
on Wednesday 3 October 2018,
commencing at 10.00am
Present:
Chairman, Councillor John Bain
Deputy Chairman, Councillor Paul
Dimery
FNDC Councillor Ann Court
KDC Councillor Julie Geange (Arrived
10.10am)
WDC Councillor Greg Martin
NZTA Representative Mr Steve Mutton
In Attendance:
NRC Chairman – Councillor
Bill Shepherd (Arrived 10.45am)
NRC Councillor – Penny Smart
NRC GM – Customer
Service/Community Resilience – Tony Phipps
NTA/NRC Transport Manager – Chris
Powell
FNDC Group Manager and
Infrastructure – Andy Finch
FNDC Chief Executive Officer
– Shaun Clarke (Arrived 10.22am)
WDC General Manager Infrastructure
– Simon Weston (Arrived 10.27am)
NTA/WDC Roading Manager –
Jeff Devine
KDC General Manager Infrastructure –
Curt Martin
NTA/KDC Roading Engineer – Dwayne Classen
KDC Acting Roading Manager –
Bernard Petersen
Northland Road Safety Trust –
Gillian Archer
NZTA Principal Investment
Advisor– Denise Hennigan
NZTA Communications &
Stakeholder Manager – Kelli Sullivan (Arrived 10.27am)
NTA/NRC Transport Projects Manager
– Ian Crayton Brown
NZ Police – Senior Sergeant Ian
Row
NZ Police – Inspector Wayne
Ewers
NRC Minute Taker – Tegan Capp
There were 2 members of the
public in attendance.
The Chair declared the meeting open at 10.01am.
Apologies (Item 1.0)
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Moved (Court/Martin)
That the apology from Councillor
Geange for lateness be received.
Carried
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Declarations
of Conflicts of Interest (Item
2.0)
It was advised that councillors should make declarations
item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
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Confirmation of Minutes - Regional Transport
Committee Meeting - 8 August 2018 (Item 3.1)
ID:
A1110324
Report from Tegan Capp, Executive Assistant Customer
Services - Community Resilience
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Moved (Court/Dimery)
Recommendation
1. That
the minutes of the Regional Transport Committee meeting held on 8 August 2018
be confirmed as a true and correct record.
Carried
Secretarial
Note: Chris Powell provided an update on the action point from
Item 3 in the previous minutes. Work on this task is underway and once
completed a full report will be provided to the Regional Transport Committee.
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Northland Regional Land Transport Plan 2018
- 2021 Funding Uptake (Item 4.1)
ID:
A1111019
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager
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Moved (Bain/Martin)
Recommendation
1. That
the report ‘Northland Regional Land Transport Plan 2018 - 2021 Funding
Uptake’ by Chris Powell, Transport Manager and dated 21 September 2018,
be received.
Carried
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Northland Road Safety Update (Item 5.1)
ID:
A1112495
Report from Ian Crayton-Brown, Transport Projects
Officer
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Moved (Martin/Geange)
Recommendation
1. That
the report ‘Northland Road Safety Update’ by Ian Crayton-Brown,
Transport Projects Officer and dated 26 September 2018, be received.
Carried
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New Zealand Transport
Agency Report to Regional Transport Committee
(Item 5.2)
ID:
A1112499
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager
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Moved (Martin/Court)
Recommendation
1. That
the report ‘New Zealand Transport Agency Report to Regional Transport
Committee’ by Chris Powell, on behalf of Steve Mutton, NZTA and dated 26
September 2018, be received.
Carried
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Request to Vary the Northland Regional Land
Transport Plan 2018/21 – Kaipara District Council Low Cost Low Risk
Improvements Program (Item 6.1)
ID:
A1111800
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager
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Recommendation(s)
Moved (Geange/Court)
1.
That the report ‘Request to Vary the Northland Regional Land
Transport Plan 2018/21 – Kaipara District Council Low Cost Low Risk
Improvements Program’ by Chris Powell on behalf of Henri van Zyl,
Kaipara District Council Roading Manager and dated 24 September 2018, be
received.
Carried
Moved (Bain/Dimery)
2.
That the Regional Transport Committee approves the request to vary the
Regional Land Transport Plan 2018/21 to include the approved and adopted LTP
budgets for Low Cost Low Risk Improvements as per the breakdown portrayed
within this report.
Carried
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Request to Vary the
Northland Regional Land Transport Plan 2018/21 – Whangarei District
Council Maunu Road/Porowini Avenue Intersection Upgrade (Item 6.2)
ID:
A1112463
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager
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Recommendation(s)
Moved (Martin/Court)
1. That
the report ‘Request to Vary the Northland Regional Land Transport Plan
2018/21 – Whangarei District Council Maunu Road/Porowini Avenue
Intersection Upgrade’ by Chris Powell, on behalf of Jeffrey Devine WDC
Roading Manager and dated 26 September 2018, be received.
2. That
the Regional Transport Committee approves the request to vary the Regional
Land Transport Plan 2015/21 as follows:
· Include the Whangarei
District Council Maunu Rd/Porowini Ave Intersection Upgrade at an estimated
cost of $1,800,000.
· Adjust the
Whangarei District Council Low Cost/Low Risk Improvement budget for 2018/19
from $9,380,000 to $7,580,000.
Carried
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Request to Vary the Northland
Regional Land Transport Plan 2015/21 – New Zealand Transport Agency
– Northland Passing and Overtaking Opportunities – Detailed
Business Case (Item 6.3)
ID:
A1112471
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager
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Recommendation(s)
Moved (Mutton/Geange)
1.
That the report ‘Request to Vary the Northland Regional Land
Transport Plan 2015/21 – New Zealand Transport Agency – Northland
Passing and Overtaking Opportunities – Detailed Business Case’ by
Chris Powell, on behalf of Simon Barnet, Principal Transport Planner and
dated 26 September 2018, be received.
2. That
the Regional Transport Committee approves the request to vary the Regional
Land Transport Plan 2015/21 as follows:
· Include the
Northland Passing and Overtaking Opportunities – Detailed Business Case
at an estimated cost of $600,000.
Carried
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Conclusion
The meeting concluded at 11.21am.