Decision Making, Priority Setting and Funding of Transport Programmes

FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019

AGENDA

8.15am – 5pm

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 8.15 am
Item 1	9.00am	Welcome, housekeeping and apologies	Jim Harland and Don Cameron (Co-Chairs)
Decision making, priority setting and funding of transport programmes
Item 2	9.10am	Keynote Speaker Lifting local government productivity – the challenges The Productivity Commission is undertaking an inquiry into funding and financing arrangements for authorities. In their draft report the Commission found that Councils need new tools to deal with specific cost pressures. Roading and transport are a major area of local government expenditure; Murray will share with you emerging thoughts on the final recommendations to the Government and what this means for setting priorities and decision making. VIEW MURRAY’S PRESENTATION HERE	Murray Sherwin, Chair, NZ Productivity Commission
Item 3	9.40am	Local Government Funding This session will cover decision making, tools available and what the future is likely to look like. VIEW MIKE’S PRESENTATION HERE	Dr Mike Reid, Principal Policy Advisor Local Government NZ
	MORNING TEA 10.30am
Item 4	11.00am	NZTA Investment Structure Relationship making decisions, aligning processes, speeding up decisions, GPS pre-consultation, structural changes, system change. NZTA structure update (Mark Ratcliffe) Arataki – bigger picture and impacts (Katie Mayes) National Land Transport Programme (Gareth Hughes) Investment Decision Making Framework (IDMF) review (Kerryn Merriman) VIEW KATIE’S PRESENTATION HERE VIEW GARETH’S PRESENTATION HERE VIEW KERRYN’S PRESENTATION HERE	NZTA Speakers Mark Ratcliffe, Interim Chief Executive Katie Mayes, Manager System Long Term View Gareth Hughes, NLTP Development Lead Kerryn Merriman, Programme Lead, IDMF Review
LUNCH 12.30PM
Item 5	1.30pm	Road Efficiency Group (REG) Update Overall REG Programme (Andrew McKillop) Ensuring the Auckland Transport (AT) network classification is fit for purpose using ONRC (Anna Percy) Developing the REG One Network Framework (Andrew McKillop on behalf of David Darwin) Lifting sector capability; developing asset management competency (Ann-Elise Reynolds) Panel Discussion VIEW THE REG GROUP’S PRESENTATION HERE	REG Speakers Andrew McKillop, Manager Partnerships and Programmes, NZTA A nna Percy, One Network Road Classification Project Manager, AT Ann-Elise Reynolds, Team Leader – Strategy and Asset Management, Whakatane District Council
Item 6	2.45pm	Young Transport Professional Framework Read more about what Neha Sharma will speak about This presentation is about Neha’s work on monitoring Smart Motorway during the morning peak hours. Smart motorway involved monitoring of a stretch of section on State Highway 1 and State Highway 2 in wellington between Terrace Tunnel and Johnsonville, and Terrace Tunnel and Petone. Neha’s involvement was around the area of selecting the right plan for the right condition on the road. Each plan dictated the recommended speed for each speed gantry on the monitored SH1 and SH2. VIEW NEHA’S PRESENTATION HERE	Neha Sharma, Intermediate Transport Engineer, Transport & Infrastructure Wellington City Council
Item 7	3.00pm	Big digital discussion Roll out of EV charging network and supporting infrastructure. VIEW GEOFF’S PRESENTATION HERE	Geoff Thorburn, Network Operations Manager, Wellington Electricity
Item 8	3.30pm	Networking Function	All RCAF Members
CLOSE 5.00pm Photo Gallery