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- Wellington bus drivers win legal battle over rest breaks legislationon August 4, 2021
Wellington today, June 10: Cause of Parliament's dirty water likely sediment in pipes, Transport Minister hints at congestion charge for capital
- Wellington today, August 4: White Ferns Amelia Kerr withdraws from England tour, Abandoned ...on August 3, 2021
Traffic management is in place and motorists are asked to take alternative routes where possible. 12.30pm: Brew kid on the block: Abandoned ...
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Auckland councillor calls for greater development of city's wealthier suburbson August 3, 2021
He said such an approach has led to an increase in urban sprawl without the necessary public transport infrastructure to support it.
- Porirua City Council maintains its AA Ratingon August 3, 2021
The Porirua City Council has again maintained its AA credit rating with ... “Porirua's Long-term Plan extends beyond the standard 10 years and matches its […]
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Wellington's sewage struggles: Stream contaminated by leaking pipe, backyard strewn with sewageon August 2, 2021
... storm and wastewater infrastructure, and receiving no response, he and a ... Almost every urban stream in the Wellington region has been given the ... Her tenants […]
- Mandatory lifejackets for small boats: Transport Minister considers Coroner's call after teen ...on August 3, 2021
Transport Minister Michael Wood says he will consider the latest call to make the wearing of lifejackets compulsory on small boats following a ...
- Coroner recommends compulsory lifejackets be considered in report into Taranaki man's drowningon August 3, 2021
Minister Michael Wood has been approached for comment. ... MNZ said it and the Ministry of Transport are canvassing the views stakeholders on ...
- Sports Legends honoured with today's achieverson August 3, 2021
They received their trophies from Transport and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff, ACT Leader David ...
- Covid-19: New Zealand buys vaccines for Fiji, as political turmoil compounds worsening crisison August 3, 2021
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta on Tuesday said the Fijian Government was ... New Zealand also provided the Fiji government a $40 million emergency ... Paykel oxygen […]
- Invercargill city councillors raise concerns over Governments water reformson August 4, 2021
Those new entities will take care of the responsibility for wastewater, drinking water, and stormwater across the country. ... month's Local Government New Zealand […]
- National Party leader Judith Collins 'very happy' to call the country Aotearoaon August 3, 2021
National has so far been ridiculed for its recent suggestion a referendum should ... Morning Report she was "very happy with either" Aotearoa or New Zealand. ... more on […]
- Bike Bridge hatred another political warning of Twitter Red Peak syndromeon August 3, 2021
The latest Newshub-Reid Research Poll asked: Do you think the ... One of the true joys in Auckland is doing the fingers to cars stuck in traffic as you whizz ... where […]
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Auckland weather: 350 homes remain without poweron August 2, 2021
A car in Lynfield was among several across the Auckland crushed by fallen trees overnight. Trees are down and the city's roads are strewn with debris.
- Waka Kotahi NZTA launches new car safety labelson August 3, 2021
Getting more Kiwis in to safer vehicles is a key part of New Zealand's Road to Zero strategy, which is aiming to dramatically reduce deaths and serious ...
- Overall Public Transport Customer Satisfaction Remains High Across Dunedin And Wakatipuon August 4, 2021
The survey samples 200 randomly selected bus passengers on each network, and in accordance with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency guidelines.
- The MetService has downscaled it's snow predictions for the South Island's alpine passeson August 3, 2021
Waka Kotahi Journeys manager Tresca Forrester says the main concern is ice, as cold conditions continue over the next 24 hours.
- Auckland weather: 350 homes remain without poweron August 2, 2021
High winds are affecting the Auckland Harbour Bridge, with delays expected for inbound traffic on State Highway 1, Waka Kotahi New Zealand ...
- EU Fit-for-55 to Accelerate Energy Transition in Many Sectorson August 3, 2021
The investments needed to comply with low-carbon policies will also ... An expansion of the EU's European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to new ... a new ETS scheme for […]
Announcements
- Open for Industry Feedback – Draft Good Practice Guidelines for Road and Roadside Worker Health and Safety03/08/2021
WorkSafe (with input from industry and Waka Kotahi) has drafted good practice guidelines for road and roadside worker health and safety. This draft is now out for industry consultation. If you would like to review the draft and submit feedback, please see the following link. The consultation period closes 6 September 2021.
Read more... - Environmental Standard and Screen Review Consultation21/07/2021
RCAF members are invited to provide feedback on draft versions of two key environmental standards and tools Waka Kotahi uses to guide the implementation of their infrastructure projects.
The Screen and Standard are a requirement for any projects funded by the NLTF.
Read more... - RCA Member Survey Findings15/06/2021
To help with the planning process for upcoming RCA forums, a short survey that asked forum members to indicate their level of interest for nine different topic areas (and 53 proposed individual topics) was sent to all forum members (identified by RCAF).
Read more... - Pathways To Net Zero By 205015/06/2021
As part of the Government’s commitment to taking action on climate change, the Minister of Transport released Hīkina te Kohupara – Kia mauri ora ai te iwi – Transport Emissions: Pathways to Net Zero by 2050.
The Ministry of Transport’s document sets out potential pathways to design out emissions across our transport system and move Aotearoa towards a net zero carbon transport system by 2050.
Read more... - Follow up on the 4 June RCA Forum15/06/2021
It was wonderful to see those of you who could make it to the 4 June 2021 RCA Forum (check out our photo gallery for photos of the day).
Thank you to members who provided us with feedback. Here are a few quotes about the day:
“Great range of topics and speakers and
chance for networking/hearing others’ issues”“Was very informative”
“Excellent speakers”
Read more... - Road Rail Working Group28/05/2021
A new Road Rail Working Group is being set up to address some of the issues facing the sector and we are looking for representatives.
The purpose of this working group is to identify, prioritise and seek to address a range of road-rail issues that currently impact local government.
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RCA Forums enable members to exchange information and provide updates on sector working group activities, proposed legislation, new standards and guidelines, highway and procurement strategies and other issues relevant to road controlling authorities and the other member organisations. A full index of forum resources is here.
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Working Groups
The RCA Forum establishes specialised working groups to resolve issues that require a coordinated approach from the sector. These working groups continue as long as the issues require attention. The full list of resources for each working group includes references, past research, and coroner’s recommendations.
About us
The Road Controlling Authorities Forum (New Zealand) Incorporated (RCAF or RCA Forum) is a closed, non-political incorporated society of road asset managers and roading professionals from all territorial local authorities (except the Chatham Islands Council), the Department of Conservation and the New Zealand Transport Agency.