Regional Transport Committee
2 August 2022
Regional Transport Committee Minutes
Meeting held in the Council Chamber
36 Water Street, Whangārei
on Tuesday 2 August 2022, commencing at 11.00am
Tuhinga/Present:
Chairperson, Northland Regional Council, Councillor Rick Stolwerk
Far North District Council, Councillor Ann Court
Whangārei District Council, Councillor Greg Martin
Kaipara District Council, Councillor David Wills
Waka Kotahi, Representative Steve Mutton (online)
Northland Regional Council, Deputy Chair, Councillor Terry Archer
I Tae Mai/In Attendance:
Full Meeting
Northland Regional Council - Group Manager, Victoria Harwood (NRC)
NRC Secretariat, Nicky Hansen
Far North District Council - CEO, Blair King (FNDC)
FNDC, Glenn Rainham
NZ Police, Anne-Marie Fitchett
Northland Transportation Alliance, Nick Marshall (NTA)
NTA, Shawn Baker
NTA, Greg Monteith
NTA, Chris Powell
NTA, Jeff Devine
NTA, Dawn Spence
NTA, Nicole Korach
NTA, Ian Crayton-Brown (online)
RoadSafe Northland, Ashley Johnston
Northland Road Safety Trust, John Williamson
Waka Kotahi, Lou Mutu (online)
NRC, Michael Payne
Part Meeting
ACC, Craig Crawford (online) 12.05pm
The Chair declared the meeting open at 11.01am.
Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)
Ngā whakapahā/Apologies (Item 2.0)
Moved (Terry Archer / Greg Martin) That the apologies from Penny Smart, Chair Northland Regional Council; Councillor Andy Finch, Far North District Council; Calvin Thomas, Northland Transport Alliance; Jacqui Hori-Hoult and Brian Palalagi, Waka Kotahi for non-attendance be received. Carried |
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.
Receipt of Action Sheet (Item 4.2) Report from Nicky Hansen, PA to GM Community Resilience |
Moved (Rick Stolwerk / Greg Martin) That the action sheet be received. Carried |
Action:
1. RTC is to be represented at associate transport Minister Kieran McAnulty’s visit. It is important the visit aligns with current RTC members, not after 2022 elections.
2. Steve Mutton, Waka Kotahi to advise on dates of Minister’s regional visit to Northland.
3. All questions are to be sent to GM Community Resilience Victoria Harwood before the Minister visits.
4. GM Community Resilience prepares any questions from the committee for Minister McAnulty's visit.
5. RTC legislative responsibilities to be highlighted in an agenda item along with how much funding was allocated to Northland through the NLTP for Road Maintenance and compare to all funding being used from the funding bucket on all initiatives outlined by Minister Woods in his responses to the RTC's questions.
Secretarial Note: Councillor Ann Court would like the 4 laning project to remain as Northland RTC's top priority.
Secretarial note: Chris Powell updated that this is the last funding uptake report for 2021 and 2022. Colour coding will start in the new funding year.
Action: Chris Powell asked Waka Kotahi to amend page54 Northland Project Updates, 2018-21 NLTP, second column dates.
Action:
1. Write to KiwiRail and cc in Waka Kotahi asking what are their intentions on maintaining the corridor 5metres either side of the tracks and to put forward their maintenance programme.
2. Ask KiwiRail what is the acceptable level of service and budget for the maintenance.
Action: Councillor Ann Court discussed the fact that Northland claims applications are nine times higher than anywhere else in NZ, and requested this issue be continued as an ongoing action point.
Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 12.42pm.