Addendum Agenda of Rural Advisory Panel - Friday, 8 September 2023

I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Rural Advisory Panel will be held on:

Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

Friday, 8 September 2023

12.30pm

Room 1, Level 26
135 Albert Street
Auckland

Rural Advisory Panel

OPEN ADDENDUM AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson	Cr Andy Baker	Auckland Council
Deputy Chairperson	Alan Cole	Franklin Local Board, Auckland Council
Members	Mike Bramley	Dairy New Zealand
	Jesse Brennan	Federated Farmers of NZ
	Trish Fordyce	National Forest Growers Levy Trust
	Tim Holdgate	Rodney Local Board, Auckland Council
	Steve Levet	Rural Contractors New Zealand
	Greg McCracken	Fonterra Shareholders Council
	Andrew McKenzie	Beef and Lamb New Zealand
	Brian Mason	Land Owners and Contractors Association (Wellsford)
	Annaliese Morgan	Young Farmers
	Linda Potauaine	Waitākere Ranges Local Board, Auckland Council
	Leanne Roberts	Horticulture NZ
	Cr Greg Sayers	Auckland Council
	Wayne Scott	Aggregate and Quarry Association
	Geoff Smith	Equine Industry
	Peter Spencer	NZ Forest Owners Association
	Keith Vallabh	Pukekohe Vegetable Growers Association
	Glenn Wilcox	Māori representative

(Quorum 10 members)

Sandra Gordon

Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere Matua / Senior Governance Advisor

1 September 2023

Contact Telephone: (09) 8908150

Email: sandra.gordon@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Rural Advisory Panel

08 September 2023

Auckland Transport - 2023/24 Rural Roading Maintenance Programme

File No.: CP2023/12796

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To provide information on the focus for road maintenance activities in the 2023/24 year.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. There is a significant lift in the available funding for road maintenance and renewals in the 2023/24 year following a number of years of very constrained budgets. The approved renewal budget is $238M with a further approved overspend of up to $35M. This is a 30% increase in approved budget over last year.

3. This will assist in addressing the decline in road pavement condition which we have been experiencing over the last few years which has been further worsened by the record rainfall over the last 12 months.

4. This will enable us to resurface 400km of sealed roads in 2023/24 which is approximately 6% of the sealed road network. However, this is still short of a sustainable level which is 7.5-8% of the network.

5. There is currently a backlog of 1,400 km (20%) of sealed roads which have exceeded their design life and are vulnerable to water ingress into the underlying road pavement. The cost of repairing and resurfacing these roads is steadily rising and some will require more expensive interventions because they were not resurfaced when required. The extent and cost of pre-seal repairs is significantly higher now than previously due to deterioration in the condition of the network.

6. Funding is being sought in the LTP and NLTP to lift funding levels for road maintenance and renewals to a more sustainable level and to address the large renewal backlog over the next 5-10 years.

7. The opex budget for unsealed road maintenance in Rodney has been substantially increased in 2023/24 (from $2.4M in 2022/23 to $5.1M in 2023/24) to fund a higher grading frequency and additional re-metalling on the unsealed road network. This will fund 4 grading crews carrying out programmed maintenance grading and a further reactive grading crew to address hotspots.

8. In addition, we have allocated $3.0M of renewal funding for the rehabilitation of unsealed roads in Rodney which will be used for pavement strengthening, restoring the road shape, drainage improvements and minor geometric improvements. In the 2023/24 year we will rehabilitate approximately 40 km of unsealed roads. This will continue an ongoing programme of pavement strengthening which we have had in place for the last 5 years.

9. Flood recovery works are well underway with $125M of capital funding budgeted for the 2023/24 year.

10. In the 2022/23 year we spent $38M on the immediate response and reinstatement works (non-capex activities) following the Auckland Anniversary storm and Cyclone Gabrielle and a further $10M on recovery works (capex).

11. Major works are underway on Glenvar Road, Tahekeroa Road and Ahuroa Road which will enable these roads to be fully reopened in the coming months. Other major works are underway on Paremoremo Road, Krippner Road, Otitiori Road, Moir Hill Road and Whangaparapara Road.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Rural Advisory Panel:

a) whiwhi / receive the report.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author	Alan Wallace Portfolio Director – Asset Maintenance and Renewals.
Authoriser	Lead Officer