RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING
PROGRAMME
1982
Success
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has
worked with KiwiRail during the 18-21 NLTP
The Level Crossing Programme (LCP) has continued to deliver strongly for this NLTP period. The programme completed 36 sites in this NLTP,
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exceeding its goal of 34 and underspending its budget of $26m by $1.5m.
period to improve safety at railway level
On top of improving safety at these sites, the team laid the groundwork for the future upgrades by completing initial assessments on a further 93 sites,
crossings on or near state highways around
completing 55 Level Crossing Safety Impact Assessments, holding a national prioritisation workshop followed by 7 detailed regional scoping workshops
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with the local teams from Waka Kotahi and KiwiRail. The team has also significantly designed 11 sites that were unable to proceed in the first round. This
means the programme is in a strong position to continue its success if more funding is awarded.
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Total safety treatments
Stakeholder relationships
We’ve made significant strides in strengthening our relationship with KiwiRail.
Flashing lights and bells
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In future, we expect this momentum to continue and for this to assist greatly in
effective delivery of projects.
Information
Half arm barriers
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Public response to the Level Crossing Programme has been generally
positive. These improvements have significant impacts on safety but cause
Pedestrian mazes
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very little disruption to traffic or communities.
Most media coverage of the programme was from Ministerial announcements
Automatic pedestrian/cycle gates
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of upcoming work and affected landowners or residents were regularly
communicated with and kept up to date by Waka Kotahi.
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