communities, as well as road users travelling between the regions.
Severe weather events and heavy goods vehicle accidents have resulted in frequent road closures
or restricted operation of the highway, contributing to negative perceptions of the route.
Particular sections of this state highway at risk are Mount Messenger, the Uruti Valley and
Awakino Gorge. These areas also have very poor cellular phone coverage which compounds
safety and operational issues when incidents do occur.
algae) is included
in this SEM periphyton reporting for the first time and covers the monitoring period 2010-
2014.
The results for SEM periphyton programme during the 2012/2013 monitoring year showed
that all 21 sites met the periphyton guidelines for thick mats and long filaments. For the
2013/2014 monitoring year, all sites met the guidelines for thick mats and 19 of 21 sites met
the guidelines for filaments. Kapoaiaia Stream at Cape Egmont and Waiongana Stream at
Devon Road breached the
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Request to vary the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki 2015-2021
Purpose: To enable the Regional Transport Committee of the Taranaki
Regional Council to consider a request for a variation to the Regional
Land Transport Plan for Taranaki 2015-21 (RLTP).
Requesting organisation: Stratford District Council
Contact person/s: Stephen Bowden, Roading Asset Manager
Variation request: Add a new project – Brecon Road Extension,
C B Clarke (Transport Services Manager)
P Ledingham (Communications Officer)
Mrs F Ritson (Policy Analyst)
Mrs K van Gameren (Committee Administrator)
Ms L Rowland (Digital Communications Co-ordinator)
Mrs R Smith (Transport Administrator)
Messrs D Langford (New Plymouth District Council)
S Bowden (Stratford District Council)
V Lim (South Taranaki District Council)
B Dowsett (NZ Transport Agency)
C McKegg (Safe Roads Alliance)
Ms J Stewart (NZ Transport Agency)
.............................................. 8
Table 2: Southlink passenger and financial performance 2016/17 ....... 16
Table 3: Public transport services commerciality ratio league table for
2016/17 and 2015/16 .......................................................... 17
Table 4: Regional bus service performance measured by patronage ...... 17
Key acronyms used
AC Activity Class
AO Approved Organisation
ARRP Accelerated Regional Roading Package
BC Business Case
HPMV High Productivity
filaments
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mats
Long
filaments
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Patea Barclay Road Very good Increasing No trend 4/4 4/4
Maketawa Denby Road Very good Increasing Increasing 4/4 4/4
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Kapoaiaia Wiremu Road Very good Decreasing Decreasing* 4/4 4/4
Kapoaiaia Wataroa Road Good Decreasing Decreasing 4/4 4/4
Waingongoro Opunake Road Very good Decreasing Decreasing 4/4 4/4
Waingongoro Stuart Road Very good Decreasing Decreasing 4/4 4/4
Manganui SH3 Very good Decreasing No
periphyton guidelines at some time. No sites
breached the guideline for thick mats, but 5 out of 21 sites surveyed breached the guidelines
for long filaments. For the 2015/2016 monitoring year 4 sites breached nuisance periphyton
guidelines. One site breached each of the thick mat and long filament guidelines on one
occasion for each, while three other sites breached only the long filament guideline, on one
occasion (refer Table 1 for all results). The Mangaehu River at the Raupuha Road site failed
Commerciality Ratio league
table for 2017/18 and 2016/17 ................................................. 20
Key acronyms used
AC Activity Class
AO Approved Organisation
ARRP Accelerated Regional Roading Package
BC Business Case
LTMA Land Transport Management Act 2003
NLTF National Land Transport Fund
NPDC New Plymouth District Council
NZTA New Zealand Transport Agency
RLTP Regional Land Transport Plan
RTC Regional Transport Committee
SDC
Agenda for Policy and Planning Committee, October 2017.
trends (15 years) for thick mats and long filaments at 21 monitoring sites
Catchment Sites Location Thick mats Long filaments
Upper
KPA000250 Wiremu Road
PAT000200 Barclay Road
PNH000200 Wiremu Road
WGG000150 Opunake Road
Middle
KPA000700 Wataroa Road
MGN000195 SH3
MKW000200 Opposite Denby Road
PAT000360 Skinner Road
STY000300 Mangatete Road
WGA000260 SH3a
WGG000665 Stuart Road
WKH000500 SH3 (Egmont