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8.3
BOARD PAPER
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Paper no:
2018/12/1324
Meeting date:
14 December 2018
Prepared by:
Todd Webb, Principal Advisor – Design, Practice & Solutions
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Recommended by:
Brett Gliddon, General Manager, System Design & Delivery
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Board function:
Significant planning, investment and operational matters
Auckland Transport - Airport Access: Short-term
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Subject:
Improvements Single Stage Business Case (Puhinui
Interchange)
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Endorse Auckland Transport’s Airport Access - Short-term improvements Single
Stage Business Case as it pertains to the Puhinui Interchange.
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Approve funding for the pre-implementation phase of Auckland Transport’s
Airport access - Short-term improvements – Puhinui Interchange project at a total
estimated cost of $5.10 million, with a National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) share
of $3.85 million, at a targeted enhanced funding assistance rate (TEFAR) of 75.5%;
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subject to the ongoing requirements for the TEFAR being met.
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Delegate authority to the NZ Transport Agency Chief Executive to approve the final
Single Stage Business Case, addressing the outstanding bus network and priority
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improvements along with walking and cycling connections, as well as approval for
subsequent additional funding for pre-implementation, implementation and
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property phases of this activity.
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Note that the indicative total cost for all elements of this activity is estimated at
$74.74 million, with a $56.43 million NLTF share at a TEFAR of 75.5% from the
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Public Transport Improvements (531) work category, under the Public Transport
Improvement Activity Class.
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• In May 2017, the
NZ Transport Agency
Board supported a
programme of activities
to improve access to the
Auckland Airport [Board
paper
2017/05/1140]
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• The programme
included early works to
address urgent
accessibility issues: bus
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priority measures on
State Highway (SH) 20B,
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bus service changes,
walking and cycling
facilities, and a new
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rail/bus interchange at
Puhinui Station
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• Evidence included in the Single Stage Business Case (SSBC) identifies substantial travel time
reliability issues for public transport (PT) services between the Airport and Manukau
(380 Airporter), which range between 60 and 85 minutes
• At current rates of growth,
available capacity within
the corridor will be
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exhausted in five years
• In 2021, Auckland is
hosting APEC Leaders’
Week and the 36th
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America’s Cup. There is
also the risk of potential
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disruption to existing PT
servicing the City to
Airport route arising from
the construction of the UNDER
City Centre to Mangere
Light Rail
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Puhinui Station is located in a strategic position on a direct route between the airport and
Manukau with both the southern and eastern train lines traversing through it
• In its current form the station does not allow for bus/rail interchange, requiring Auckland
Transport’s (AT) airport bus service to divert significantly to Papatoetoe Station - north of
Puhinui Station
• Puhinui Station currently has no dedicated facilities to support airport passengers transferring
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to rail. The station also has poor amenity,
with evidence that it is perceived to be unsafe
• Design and construction will occur in two
stages: with the first stage (subject of the
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SSBC) including an enclosed concourse with
at-grade bus drop-off and pick-up area
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• Stage Two will be considered through the
business case for the Airport to Botany Rapid
Transit Network (RTN), and include
consideration of a dedicated rapid t
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bridge or underpass as well as additional train
platforms
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• The SSBC indicates costs for the first
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phase of the Puhinui Station Interchange
being $60 million– which is $8 million
(~15%) above the Regional Land Transport
Plan (RLTP) budget of $52 million
• AT has identified that if the cost remains
above the RLTP budget through
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subsequent design stages, it will seek
efficiencies in the station design to keep
the project within budget. The Transport
Agency will continue to work with AT to
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ensure the interchange design represents
value for money
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• The existing airport bus service network
will be modified to provide a direct and
frequent service (every 10 minutes in the
peak) between the airport and Manukau
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Bus Station via Puhinui Station (route via
SH20B, Puhinui Road and Lambie Drive)
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• Auckland Transport’s SSBC has been prepared with project partners – the Transport Agency and
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Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL)
• The Transport Agency has recently completed the SH20B SSBC, which recommended the
introduction of bus lanes and the establishment of a walking and cycling shared path as an early
intervention to improve accessibility to the Airport
• The SH20B SSBC was endorsed, with funding approved for pre-implementation in
November 2018
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• The SH20B bus lanes, in
conjunction with the new
Puhinui interchange and
related PT service
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improvements; along with
work being undertaken to
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ensure improved provision
for PT, walking & cycling on
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step-change in PT
accessibility to the Airport
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The Airport Access – Short-term
improvements SSBC has been prepared to
the point that will enable the new Puhinui
Station and interchange to proceed to
early implementation
• Further work is required to the SSBC ,
which will occur in parallel to pre-
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implementation
• The final SSBC will address the
recommended PT bus network
improvements, local road bus priority
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improvements
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The economic case is fully developed, but does not currently include the proposed walking and
cycling component, and is based on costs for the bus-related improvements, which are high
level and will require further refinement. A revised Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) will be developed
during the business case completion and pre-implementation stage
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• A separate business case for the Airport to Botany RTN (part of the Southwest Gateway
Programme) will be reported to the Board in 2019
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• The proposed new station and interchange is specifically identified by the Auck
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Transport Alignment Project (ATAP), and has strong alignment with the Government Policy
Statement on Land Transport 2018-2021
• The Activity has a High results alignment with respect to the PT, rapid transit and
transitional rail improvements criteria: BCR: 1.3 - Priority 5
• The expected cost for the full package of recommended early improvements, the bus
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priority measures (including bus lanes on Puhinui Road and Lambie Drive) and the Puhinui
Station upgrade is $74.74 million (including administration), with a $56.43 million National
Land Transport Fund share at a targeted enhanced funding assistance rate (TEFAR) of 75.5%
• The project is within the scope of the National Prior
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effectiveness of public transport” and has been deemed to qualify for the TEFAR, noting
that the activity has a High results align
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and AT has committed to the “Local Share Savings” being reinvested in land transport
• The project is considered affordable with funding aligned to the cashflows assigned for
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inclusion in the National Land Transport Programme 2018-2021. The improvements are
eligible to be funded from the Public Transport activity class
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If the Board approves the recommendations in this paper, then:
• The National Land Transport Fund monies for the pre-implementation phase
of Auckland Transport’s Airport access - Short-term improvements – Puhinui
Interchange project will be released immediately and prior to the Board
Minutes for the December 2018 Board meeting being confirmed and ratified
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• AT will be advised immediately
• The award process would take place immediately, as tenders for the pre-
implementation phase have been evaluated, with contracts expected to be
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awarded in January 2019THE
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• Under section 20D(2) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003, after appr
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declining funding for activities or combinations of activities, the Transport Agency must place
a copy of the decision, and the reasons for the decision, on its website
• If the Board agrees to the recommendations in this paper, the following information will be
made available on the Transport Agency website:
The NZ Transport Agency has approved pre-implementation funding at estimated cost of
$5.10 million, with a National Land Transport Fund share of $3.85 milli
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on for Auckland
Transport (AT) to progress the development of a new train station and bus interchange at
Puhinui. The new station and interchange form part of a package of early interventions that
seek to:
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provide a new and reliable alternative public transport route for airport passengers and
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workers accessing the city centre and south via a transfer to rail at Puhinui; and
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improve access to southern Auckland’s two major employment areas (Manukau and the
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Airport).
AT’s business case has been prepared in collaboration with the NZ Transport Agency and
Auckland International Airport Limited. AT is expected to commence detailed design in early
2019 with a view to ensuring the ne
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w station, supporting bus service improvements and
walking & cycling improvements are in place by early 2021, in time to meet the additional
transport demand generated by events including APEC and the America’s Cup.
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