Regional Transport Committee
4 April 2023
Regional Transport
Committee Minutes
Meeting held in the Council Chamber
36 Water Street, Whangārei
on Tuesday 4 April 2023, commencing at 11:00am
Tuhinga/Present:
Chairperson, NRC Councillor Joe Carr
Deputy Chairperson, NRC Councillor John Blackwell
FNDC Councillor, Steve McNally
WDC Councillor, Simon Reid
KDC Councillor, Ash Nayyar
Waka Kotahi Director Regional Relationships, Steve Mutton
I
Tae Mai/In Attendance:
Full Meeting
NRC Tāhūhū Rangapū - Chief Executive
Officer, Jonathan Gibbard
NRC Group Manager - Community Resilience, Louisa Gritt
NRC Policy Specialist, Michael Payne
NTA General Manager, Calvin Thomas
NTA Transport Manager, Chris Powell
NTA Representative, Bernard Petersen
NTA Representative, Jeff Devine
NTA Representative, Dawn Spence
NTA Representative, Nicole Korach
NTA Representative, Nick Marshall
NTA Representative, Kayla Gunson (online)
FNDC Councillor, Ann Court
NZ Police, Ann-Marie Fitchett
Waka Kotahi, Martin Taylor (online)
Automobile Association, Tracey Rissetto
Automobile Association, John Williamson
Part Meeting
NRC Councillor, Jack Craw
FNDC, Andy Finch
Waka Kotahi, Luci Timmers (online)
Far North Representative, Angeline Waitohi (online)
Waka Kotahi Regional Manager System Designer, Randhir
Karma (online)
The Chair declared the meeting open at 11.00am.
Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)
Ngā whakapahā/Apologies (Item
2.0)
There were no apologies.
Nga
whakapuakanga/Declarations of Conflicts of Interest (Item 3.0)
It was advised that members
should make declarations item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
Deputation (item 3.1)
Tracey Rissetto discussed how
the opportunity for AA to input into transport plan. The AA Fact Sheet
which was available at the meeting will also be emailed with the minutes.
Correspondence Received (item 3.2)
Moved (Ash / Blackwell)
Formal correspondence was
received on 3 April 2023 to confirm Steve Mutton is the Waka Kotahi Northland
Regional Transport Committee Representative with Randhir Karma as the
alternative.
Carried
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Confirmation of Minutes - 7 February 2023 (Item 4.1)
Report from Erica Wade, Personal Assistant - General
Manager Community Resilience
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Ngā
mahi tūtohutia / Recommendation
Moved (McNaly / Blackwell)
1. That
the minutes of the Regional Transport Committee meeting held on 7 February
2023, be confirmed as a true and correct record and that these be duly
authenticated with the Chair’s electronic signature.
Carried
Secretary note: Draft Minutes
to be sent to the Chair for approval prior to distribution in future.
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Waka Kotahi Activity Update (Item 5.1)
Report from Calvin Thomas, Northland Transport Alliance
Manager
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Ngā mahi tūtohutia /
Recommendation
Moved (Reid / Blackwell)
1. That
the report ‘Waka Kotahi Activity Update’ by Calvin Thomas,
Northland Transport Alliance Manager and dated 14 March 2023, be received.
Carried
Moved: (Reid / Nayyar)
2.
That the
Regional Transport Committee highlights to Waka Kotahi the significant route
resilience issues of SH1 through the Brynderwyns and requests that Waka
Kotahi undertake a review and investigation into the long term route security
options for the Brynderwyns.
Carried
Secretarial Note: Amendments
were made to include resolution 2, following conversation of the Joint
Committee members.
Action:
1.
Steve Mutton will email the 2017 business case on the
Brynderwyns to RTC.
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Northland's Fragile
Local Road Network - the Compounding Effects of 2022/23 Extreme Weather
Events (Item 5.2)
Report from Calvin Thomas, Northland Transport Alliance
Manager
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Ngā mahi tūtohutia /
Recommendation
Moved (Nayaar / Blackwell)
1. That
the report ‘Northland's Fragile Local Road Network - the Compounding
Effects of 2022/23 Extreme Weather Events’ by Calvin Thomas, Northland
Transport Alliance Manager and dated 24 March 2023, be received.
Carried
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Funding Uptake Report (Item 5.3)
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance
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Ngā mahi tūtohutia /
Recommendation
Moved (McNally
/ Nayyar)
1. That
the report ‘Funding Uptake Report’ by Chris Powell, Transport
Manager - Northland Transportation Alliance and dated 20 March 2023, be
received.
Carried
Secretarial note: Financial spreadsheets are to be
supplied in A3 size for each meeting.
RTC would like to acknowledge the work Steve and NZTA
have done on the Mangamuka’s.
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Northland Road Safety
- Road to Zero Update (Item 5.4)
Report from Ian Crayton-Brown, Transport Projects
Officer
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Ngā mahi tūtohutia /
Recommendation
Moved (McNally / Reid)
1. That
the report ‘Northland Road Safety - Road to Zero Update’ by Ian
Crayton-Brown, Transport Projects Officer Ian Crayton-Brown, Transport
Projects Officer, and dated 21 March 2023, be received.
Carried
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Committee Member
Priorities and Updates (Item 5.5)
Report from Calvin Thomas, Northland Transport Alliance
Manager and Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland Transportation
Alliance
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Ngā mahi tūtohutia /
Recommendation
Moved (McNally / Blackwell)
1. That
the report ‘Committee Member Priorities and Updates’ by Calvin
Thomas, Northland Transport Alliance Manager and Chris Powell, Transport
Manager - Northland Transportation Alliance and dated 14 March 2023, be
received and
2. The
supplementary verbal updates provided by Regional Transport Committee members
be received.
Carried
Actions
1. Calvin
will send the previous Maintenance Contract monitoring review paper that was
presented to District Councils as part of Contract Extension process to RTC
for their reference
2. Future
workshop on drainage and culverts to be arranged (noted in Workshop action
sheet)
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Regional Land Transport Plan 2021/2027 -
Three Year Review (Item 6.1)
Report from Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland
Transportation Alliance
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Recommendations
Moved (Nayyar / McNally)
1. That the
report ‘Regional Land Transport Plan 2021/2027 - Three Year
Review’ by Chris Powell, Transport Manager - Northland Transportation
Alliance and dated 14 March 2023, be received.
Carried
Moved (Blackwell / Reid)
2. That based on
the progress of the Regional Land Transport Plan 2021/2027 to date, the
Regional Transport Committee consider and agree that the
“Objectives”, “Problems” and “Benefits”
as reflected in the RLTP 2021/2027 remain the same
Carried
Secretarial note: Following conversation
of the Joint Committee members it was agreed to Review the ““Objectives”,
“Problems” and “Benefits” as reflected in the RLTP
2021/2027.
Moved (Blackwell / Reid)
3. That the
Regional Transport Committee consider and advise staff they wish to undertake
a three year Review of the Northland Regional Land Transport Plan 2021/2027
Carried
Secretarial note: Following
conversation of the Joint Committee members a Review of the Northland
Regional Land Transport Plan 2021/2027 is an appropriate decision. Calvin
Thomas NTA and Steve Mutton assured the Committee that changes to Part 2 of
the Regional Land Transport Plan, including re-ordering could be made without
a re-write.
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Future Committee
Workshop and Meeting Programme (Item 6.2)
Report from Calvin Thomas, Northland Transport Alliance
Manager
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Ngā mahi tūtohutia /
Recommendation
Moved (Nayyar / Blackwell)
1. That the report ‘Future Committee Workshop and
Meeting Programme’ by Calvin Thomas – Northland Transportation
Alliance General Manager and dated 24 March 2023, be received, and
2. In
Future RTC Member requested Agenda items be
identified and recorded, and
3. Identified Agenda items are prioritised, and appropriate
scheduled timing agreed by RTC Members
Carried
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Receipt of Action Sheet (Item 7.1)
Report from Erica Wade, Personal Assistant - General
Manager Community Resilience
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Nga mahi
tutohutia / Recommendation
Moved (McNally / Blackwell)
1. That
the action sheet be received.
Carried
Secretarial note: Action
sheet to be updated to reflect: Action 1; completed. Action 2;
completed and Peter Reidy, KiwiRail, will advise RTC of their
representation. Action 3; RTC photo taken today which will be used for
future media correspondence.
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Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 12:42