Source: New Zealand Ministry of Transport
Summary
The Minister of Transport is proposing changes to legislation to make it easier for local authorities (like councils) to make street changes that support public transport, active travel and placemaking. These proposals would enable local authorities to make street changes more efficiently and provide new ways for communities to be involved in changes that affect them.
The proposed regulatory changes include:
- a new ‘Street Layouts’ land transport rule for local authorities, as road controlling authorities (RCAs), to use for changing street layouts, piloting street changes, restricting vehicles, establishing Community Streets and School Streets, and for deciding on other street changes
- amending sections in the Local Government Act 1974 (LGA1974) covering pedestrian malls, transport shelters (like bus shelters), and temporary road closures
- changes to other rules and regulations so that local authorities can reduce speed limits as part of pilots, trial Traffic Control Devices (TCDs) more effectively, and to make legislation more accessible.
We want to know what you think of these proposals and how they could affect you, your community, your organisation, or your business. We will consider your feedback before finalising any proposals. The Minister of Transport and Cabinet will then decide whether to progress any or all of these changes.
Public consultation opens on Tuesday 9 August 2022 and closes at midnight on Monday 19 September 2022.
Attend a workshop about reshaping streets
We will be holding 3 workshops during public consultation to provide some general information about Reshaping Streets and to answer any questions.
You can sign up for any of the events here:
If you are having issues accessing these links, please feel free to email reshaping.streets@nzta.govt.nz and we will help sort this out for you.
Consultation documents
The documents linked below will help you understand what we are proposing and why.
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Title |
Download Word (DOCX) or PDF format |
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Glossary of terms |
DOCX link [DOCX, 37 KB] |
PDF link [PDF, 23 KB] |
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Consultation document |
DOCX link [DOCX, 21 MB] |
PDF link [PDF, 2.4 MB] |
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Summary list of proposals |
DOCX link [DOCX, 31 KB] |
PDF link [PDF, 32 KB] |
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Draft Land Transport Rule: Street Layouts 2022 |
DOCX link [DOCX, 237 KB] |
PDF link [PDF, 144 KB] |
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Reshaping Streets Preliminary Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) |
DOCX link [DOCX, 104 KB] |
PDF link [PDF, 238 KB] |
Accessible documents
Audio, easy read and large print versions of the consultation documents
How to make a submission
If you would like to make a submission on the reshaping streets changes, you can:
- fill in our online survey(external link)
- fill in our survey offline [word survey [DOCX, 53 KB] or pdf survey [PDF, 114 KB]]
- meet with us to discuss your views in person
- write us a letter, email or send us a video telling us what you think in your preferred language.
Please make sure you include the following information in your submission:
- Your full name
- The name of the proposal you are providing feedback on (Reshaping Streets)
- Your address or email address.
If you are sending us a submission on behalf of an organisation, please include the name of your organisation.
You can send your submission to us via email to: reshaping.streets@nzta.govt.nz
You can post us your submission to:
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
(Attention: Transport Policy Team)
Level 7, The Majestic Centre
100 Willis Street
Wellington Central
Wellington 6011
If you would like to send us a submission another way, please contact 0800 699 000 and we will do what we can to help.
