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4 October 2021
Bevan Woodward
[email address]
REF: OIA-8764
Dear Bevan
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email
of 6 September 2021 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. When and how did NZTA give final sign-off to the NLTP 2021-24?
2. How has NZTA ensured that NLTP 2021-24 gives effect to the GPS on Land Transport as
required by the LTMA 2003?
3. Please advise the forecast results for indicators 1 – 31 (per Section 2.6 of GPS 2021-31)
compared against 2020 as a reference, based on the implementation of NLTP 2021 -
2024.
4. Please advise NZTA’s predictions for greenhouse gas emissions from land transport for
the years 2021 – 2031.
5. When and how did NZTA give final sign-off to NZTA’s "Investment Prioritisation Method
for 2021-24 NLTP"?
6. Please provide a copy of the reports, analysis and advice that was relied on or pertain to
Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 above.
I will answer each of your questions in turn.
1. When and how did NZTA give final sign-off to the NLTP 2021-24?
The Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Board approved adoption of the 2021-24 National Land
Transport Programme (NLTP) at its meeting on 31 August 2021. An earlier paper recommending
adoption of the 2021-24 NLTP was presented at a meeting on 19 August 2021. However, a decision
on adoption was deferred pending confirmation of possible Crown financing to supplement base
National Land Transport Fund revenue and an update to the programme as a result.
2. How has NZTA ensured that NLTP 2021-24 gives effect to the GPS on Land Transport as
required by the LTMA 2003?
The 2021-24 NLTP is published on the Waka Kotahi website: www.nzta.govt.nz/planning-and-
investment/national-land-transport-programme/2021-24-nltp/. It contains detailed statements on how
the NLTP gives effect to the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2021-31 (GPS) (pages
16-21 and 27-51 of the NLTP).
3. Please advise the forecast results for indicators 1 – 31 (per Section 2.6 of GPS 2021-31)
compared against 2020 as a reference, based on the implementation of NLTP 2021 - 2024.
An analysis of forecast results was not undertaken. The indicators will be used to monitor progress in
achieving the GPS priorities. Some indicators may be reviewed and updated during the course of the
NLTP.
4. Please advise NZTA’s predictions for greenhouse gas emissions from land transport for
the years 2021 – 2031.
Waka Kotahi has considered the emissions impact of the NLTP in a number of ways.
In preparing the NLTP, Waka Kotahi is required to give effect to the GPS. The NLTP, which has been
publicly released, describes how Waka Kotahi gives effect to the climate change priority in the context
of GPS 2021, including identification of investment that contributes to the GPS objective of reducing
emissions – such as the $910 million investment in walking and cycling networks and $5 billion
investment in public transport in the NLTP 2021-24 (see in particular pages 35-37 and 43-46 of the
NLTP).
As part of its analysis, an assessment was undertaken using the Waka Kotahi Climate Assessment
Tool for Investment (CATI). This was completed on 30 August 2021.
CATI is a new tool and remains in development. Its application, therefore, comes with some important
caveats. In particular, CATI provides:
• a qualitative not quantitative profile of an investment programme in terms of its potential to
increase or reduce emissions
• in the case of the NLTP, a three-year snapshot focused on the potential of investment to
increase or reduce enabled emissions (i.e. vehicle use) not construction or operating
emissions
• an assessment of activities included in the NLTP across three categories:
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potential to increase emissions (e.g. increasing road capacity for vehicles)
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potential to maintain emissions (e.g. operations, maintenance, and business cases)
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potential to reduce emissions (e.g. public transport and active modes).
Overall, 13 percent of the proposed investment in the NLTP 2021-24 has the potential to increase
emissions, 65 percent has the potential to maintain emissions and 22 percent has the potential to
reduce emissions. This investment includes funding of activities that have already been approved and
committed in prior NLTP periods.
The graph over the page shows the emissions reduction potential of the NLTP 2021-24 overall (this
overall National Land Transport Fund investment profile contains committed improvements, committed
Low Cost Low Risk, continuous activities, probable improvements, probable Low Cost Low Risk
activities and KiwiRail investment).
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Figure 1 – Emissions Reduction Potential of the NLTP 2021-24
5. When and how did NZTA give final sign-off to NZTA’s "Investment Prioritisation Method for
2021-24 NLTP"?
Following a period of consultation with the sector on the Investment Prioritisation Method (IPM) the
Waka Kotahi Board signed off the IPM at its December 2020 meeting (page 8) which can be found
here: www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/About-us-2/docs/board-meeting-minutes-2020/minutes-20201221.pdf.
6. Please provide a copy of the reports, analysis and advice that was relied on or pertain to
Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 above.
Waka Kotahi is currently preparing a proactive release of papers relating to the development and
confirmation of the NLTP-2021-24. Papers relating to the NLTP will soon be proactively released on
our website; therefore, I am refusing this part of your request under section 18(d) of the Act.
We anticipate publishing the proactive release before the end of October 2021. We will provide you
with a link to our proactive releases page when the information becomes available.
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Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
partially refuse this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this reply with the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, please contact
Ministerial Services, by email to [email address].
Yours sincerely
Howard Cattermole
Chief Financial Officer
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