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CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD<br />

Following three successful <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Programme</strong>s prepared by<br />

ARTA, this is the first <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Programme</strong> (RLTP)<br />

since the passing of the <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> Management Amendment<br />

Act (2008), which increased the scope, duration and importance of<br />

the programme.<br />

ARTA now prepares a prioritised programme of transport activities<br />

for the <strong>Auckland</strong> region which extends for three years and which, for<br />

the first time includes State highway activities, along with local<br />

authority activities and ARTA’s own plans and services. In this RLTP,<br />

over 950 projects, worth $4.36 billion, have been prioritised. The<br />

programme is a major milestone in the journey to deliver a fully<br />

integrated programme of transport initiatives for <strong>Auckland</strong>.<br />

In this RLTP, ARTA prioritises land transport projects for the region.<br />

This prioritisation is based on ARTA’s identification of issues facing<br />

<strong>Auckland</strong>’s transport system both now and in the future, and the<br />

process developed by the <strong>Auckland</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> Plan in ensuring<br />

effective solutions that offer value for money.<br />

The Government’s Policy Statement (GPS) for the prioritisation of<br />

funding for land transport, which came into effect on 1 July this year,<br />

has also been taken into consideration. The Government’s stated<br />

priority is for land transport investment to support national economic<br />

growth and productivity, particularly by improving journey time<br />

reliability and the easing of severe congestion.<br />

The inclusion of State highways, for the first time, has enhanced the<br />

programme’s focus on not only the importance of strengthening<br />

<strong>Auckland</strong>’s links with its neighbouring regions, with which it has close<br />

economic ties, but also the importance of producing an integrated<br />

multi-modal solution for addressing <strong>Auckland</strong>’s transport challenges.<br />

It is with pleasure that ARTA produces the first tri-annual <strong>Regional</strong><br />

<strong>Land</strong> <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Programme</strong> for the <strong>Auckland</strong> region.<br />

Rabin Rabindran<br />

Chairman<br />

ARTA Board<br />

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