RTC Meeting. Monday 2 March Doc#

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1 RTC Meeting Monday 2 March 2015 Doc#

2 Road Safety Item 4

3 Regional Fatalities 1) 68 year old male car passenger, T-bone crash at intersection, Hamilton 2) 66 year old male, quad bike roll over Te Akau 3) 15 year old pillion rider on motorbike, impact with timber guard rail, Huntly 4) 34 year old male, motorbike v motorbike crash, impact with tree and fence, Templeview 5) 68 year old female driver, impact from car behind at roadworks, Karapiro 6) 2 x 20 year old females, head-on crash when oncoming car crossed centreline, SH2 As at 23 Feb 2015

4 Regional Fatalities year to date 7) Family of 4 from Hong Kong, head-on crash with logging truck, SH 1 (son died 24 Feb) 8) 72 year old male pedestrian, struck at night by car in Tokoroa 9) 18 year old male killed in two car crash at intersection in MPDC 10) 59 year old male motorcyclist, lost control. SH 25a

5 Regional Safety Interventions Speeds national and regional speed management planning advancing. Gov group meet today to discuss project brief Roads & Roadsides focus high risk corridors & intersections Vehicles working with light commercial fleet & heavy vehicles Collaboration/Leadership happening on many levels Road Use Young drivers Waikato roads Truck Legends (2) Drive Sober (Year 3)

6 Police Update

7 Transport choices update Item 5 Transport Choices Programme responsible for delivery of regional strategic cases for: Access and Mobility (about to commence) Regional Cycling (developed moving to programme business case stage)

8 Working together to get the most out of cycling in the Waikato region Holistic approach involving multiple sectors, led by WRC Many benefits identified - economy, regional liveability, elite sport, utility transport, environment, health & wellbeing Significant opportunity to work on shared programmes to attract investment and improve cycling participation, safety, promotion, on and off-road cycle networks Excellent stakeholder collaboration and buy-in Strategic case and stock take developed Programme business case about to commence Involvement from Councils, Cycling NZ, Tourism, DHB, Police, NZTA, National Cycle Safety Panel, Cycle Trails, Sport Waikato, Advocacy grps

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10 Item 6 Progress in pictures RTC presentation March 2, 2015 Kaye Clark, Highway Manager, NZ Transport Agency

11 Longswamp The way ahead: Improving local road network and a bridge over the Expressway

12 Rangiriri and Longswamp open day About 100 attended combined information day for Longswamp and Rangiriri sections on February 11.

13 Rangiriri

14 Rangiriri Roundabout opens on Te Kauwhata Road Bridge continues for both interchanges

15 Cambridge Swayne Road bridge in foreground, looking towards Karapiro Gully.

16 Cambridge Beams going up on Victoria Road interchange. Karapiro Gully viaduct Iwi blessing last week at Thornton Road bridge now open.

17 SH1/5 roundabout

18 SH1/5 roundabout

19 SH2/25 roundabout

20 SH2/25 roundabout

21 SH3/37 Waitomo roundabout under way

22 SH3/37 Waitomo under way

23 Kahikatea Drive-Greenwoood Street 3km shared cycling and pedestrian walkway alongside SH1. Cost $1.4m. Completed end of April

24 Around the region Above: Work under way on roundabout improvement in Cambridge: SH1- Shakespeare St. Left: Big rehab job in Putaruru. Right: Securing the cliff faces at Mangaotaki South, on SH3.

25 Item 7 Annual Transport Monitoring Report Reports on the 2013/14 financial year where possible Information has been used to inform RLT Plan development Highlights WEx Stock Truck Effluent Public transport patronage Road safety Air quality

26 Item 8 Transport Planning and Projects update GPS final released 18 December Largely similar to draft New objective a land transport system that delivers the right infrastructure and services to the right level at the best cost Walking and cycling improvements new short to medium term result improve linkages to the NZ Cycle Trails

27 Transport Planning and Projects update Regional Public Transport Plan submissions Hearings and deliberations completed Approval by Waikato Regional Council 26 March Operative end of April

28 Transport Planning and Projects update Regional Land Transport Plan submissions Hearings completed Deliberations to start 3 March Consideration by full RTC 7 April Adoption by Waikato Regional Council 30 April Forward to NZTA by end of April NLTP due for release by end June

29 Upcoming Working Group Meetings SH1/29 ECMT Working Group meeting in Matamata on Monday 9 March SH 3 Working Group meeting Friday 27 March in Te Kuiti (following SH 3 Mt Messenger to Awakino gorge workshop)

30 Transport Planning and Projects update Plan implementation priorities for RTC will include the development of a strategic case to determine LT priorities post 2020 Phase 1a: Evidence base prepared for RTC (2015/16) Phase 1b: RLT Plan 2015 business cases outcomes (2015-) Phase 2: RTC strategic case completed (2016/17) Phase 3: Development of the next RLT Plan (2017/18 -) High level WRC RLT Plan Implementation Plan proposed (2014/15)

31 Forward Work Programme for RTC As tabled in report Guest speakers Invitation to tour Taranaki

32 WRC submissions to other RLT Plans Focus on Inter-regional strategic corridors/policy and significant activity matters Taranaki RC (to present on 18 March) Horizons RC Hawkes Bay RC Bay of Plenty RC Auckland Transport Northland RC Item 9

33 WRC submission to Auckland RLT Plan: Further points Need to protect committed strategic corridor investments Conflict between passenger/freight rail Need for a complementary land use pattern Likely benefit to Waikato of full RLT Plan option Take account of need for PT improvements over time Note proposed WRC submission on draft Auckland LTP

34 Item 10 Stock Truck Effluent Update Waikato Regional Transport Committee 2 March 2015

35 Stock truck effluent is a hazard Three key areas: Road safety effluent on windscreens or creates slippery road conditions Environmental effluent has the potential to end up in nearby waterways Health cyclists, motor cyclists, pedestrians, road workers can potentially ingest effluent spray

36 How big is the problem? Under reported More complaints appearing for urban effluent discharge Mostly rely on anecdotal reports, or complaints to WRC or TAs Environmental issue especially when raining Currently 9 disposal sites in the region

37 Previous RTC meeting Matters for discussion included 1. Disposal facilities must be readily accessible; Incident response team requires specific information to infringe Prosecuting involves a number of steps and is expensive to undertake 2. The draft LTP for Waikato Regional Council has increased rating contributions for 2 existing sites (Tapapa and Taupo)

38 Previous RTC meeting 3. WRC keeps abreast of STE issues with a number of regions, BoP, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, Otago and Ecan 4. Talks with Healthy Rivers about potential for effluent discharge to reach rivers need to know what the resource management issue is 5. The strategy lists priority sites to construct facilities, Mangatawhiri is higher on this list of priorities than indicated in the strategy

39 General update RAG group agreed to assist with collecting complaints information and locations of effluent discharges Surveys and observations on truck movements provide important decision making information Meeting with NZTA useful to progress the construction of next facilities Bylaw to be explored for effluent discharge on Waikato roads

40 Where is effluent dumped in the region? Reported stock truck effluent spills

41 Cambridge last week

42 Cambridge last week

43 Piarere truck layby (Feb/15)

44 Cobham Drive 3 weeks ago

45 Quick stats Disposal facility in Te Kuiti over 5 months Used 1035 times (av 51 trucks per week) Total effluent volume cu m (av 1.7 cu m per truck) Total water cu m (3.06 cu m per truck)

46 Recent activities 2-day survey at facility on SH5 1-day observation SH1/Whites Road Increase awareness of WRC Call Centre re stock truck effluent complaints Continue to scope potential sites for STE disposal facilities TA road inspection teams to note effluent spills Visit Te Kuiti and Otorohanga disposal sites

47 Truck counts Truck count observation - 23 January am- 3.3pm Whites Road North 273 (9) (5) South 143 (8) 2 93 (5) Total of 653 all trucks, (27) were stock trucks.

48 Reporting a complaint WRC records STE complaints from the public Not all TAs record STE complaints Not all effluent spills or dumping is observed as it happens

49 Reporting process Step 1: A stock truck effluent discharge complaint is made to WRC Step 2: Investigate the offence Step 3: Punitive action Step 3: Dealing with an infringement notice

50 Next steps Progress talks with NZTA for funding facilities through the NLTP Currently scoping new sites, South Waikato, Otorohanga, Waikato and Taupo Districts Progress the 10yr Implementation Plan Begin enquiries to develop the by-law Attend Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek 17 March Organise a stock effluent working group meeting.

51 Thank you questions?

52 Regional transport issues forum Item 11 Crashes in Awakino Gorge raised by Mayor Brian Hanna