Regional Transport Committee

Committee responsibilities

The Committee is responsible for undertaking the functions prescribed by section 106 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 and providing a regional forum for the consideration of regionally significant transport matters including:

1. Preparing the Regional Land Transport Plan for the approval of, and adoption by Waikato Regional Council pursuant to section 106(1)(a) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
2. . Adopting a policy that determines significance (RLT Significance Policy) in respect to (section 106(2) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003):
   1. variations made to the Regional Land Transport Plan under section 18D of the Land Transport Management Act 2003; and
   2. the activities that are included in the Regional Land Transport Plan under section 16 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
3. Preparing and adopting variations to the Regional Land Transport Plan that do not trigger the RLT Significance Policy.
4. Preparing variations to the Regional Land Transport Plan that trigger the RLT Significance Policy for adoption by Waikato Regional Council.
5. Reviewing the Regional Land Transport Plan as required including in the six-month period before the expiry of its third year.
6. Monitoring the implementation of the Regional Land Transport Plan.
7. Providing Waikato Regional Council with any advice and assistance it requests in relation to its transport responsibilities, including promoting the strategic integration of land use and strategic planning (section 106(1)(b) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003).
8. Preparing and approving the Regional Road Safety Strategy.
9. Advocating for regional land transport strategic priorities (such as road safety), including the development of plans, strategies, and policies.
10. Carrying out any functions required of the Committee by regulations made under section 109(1)(c) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
11. Submitting on policies, plans, and consultation documents issued by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, the Ministry of Transport, regional and territorial local authorities, and other relevant organisations.
12. Engaging and collaborating with other regional transport committees on strategic regional and inter-regional transport matters through working parties and similar.
13. Considering advice and recommendations from the Waikato Regional Advisory Group.
14. Preparing the Regional Speed Management Plan and any subsequent variations to that Plan.

Committee members

Waikato Regional Council Members: Cr Liz Stolwyk (Chair), Cr Angela Strange (Deputy-Chair) 

Other Committee Members: Cr Sue Moroney (Hamilton City Council), Cr Ray Broad (Hauraki District Council), Mayor Ash Tanner (Matamata-Piako District Council), Mayor Rodney Dow (Ōtorohanga District Council), Cr Elvisa van der Leden (South Waikato District Council), Cr Duncan Campbell (Taupō District Council), Mayor Peter Revell (Thames-Coromandel District Council), Cr Mike Keir (Waikato District Council), Mayor Mike Pettit (Waipā District Council), Cr Janette Osborne (Waitomo District Council), Andrew Corkill (Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency), Anthony Curl - (CCS Disability Action - non-voting), Lisa DeCoek (Kiwirail - non-voting). 

Alternate Committee Members: Cr Mich'eal Downard (Waikato Regional Council), Cr Mesh Macdonald (Hamilton City Council), Cr Stephen Crooymans (Hauraki District Council), Deputy-Mayor James Sainsbury (Matamata-Piako District Council), Cr Andrew Barker (Ōtorohanga District Council), Cr Kerry Purdy (South Waikato District Council), Mayor David Trewavas, Cr Sandra Greenslade (Taupō District Council), Cr Martin Rodley (Thames-Coromandel District Council), Cr Eugene Patterson (Waikato District Council), Cr Clare St Pierre (Waipā District Council), Cr Dan Tasker (Waitomo District Council), Susan Collins (Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency), Michelle McCormick (Kiwirail - non-voting), Kathy Harward (CCS Disability Action - non-voting).