Community transport fund

Community transport fund addresses community transport needs

The community transport fund is a new fund within the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP). The Minister of Transport asked during May 2008 that the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) set aside $10 million per year in the NLTP to provide targeted funding assistance for approved organisations to meet the historic transport needs of established communities¹ in areas of high socio-economic deprivation².

It is available for the 2008/09 financial year. 

Proposals for activities to be funded from the community transport fund in the 2008/09 financial year will need to be either in the current NLTP; or in a current consulted annual plan or long-term council community plan (LTCCP) and be included in the 2008/09 NLTP by way of a variation. The funding will be provided at an enhanced level to assist approved organisations with the local share.

The NZTA would welcome active engagement with approved organisations and interested communities to identify and address their unmet needs.

General circular 08/12 details how the fund operates. It addresses:

• criteria for use of the community transport fund
• eligible activities
• alternatives and options
• funding assistance
• method of assessment for activities funded from T funds
• submission of proposals
• prioritisation.

These questions and answers provide more in-depth information.

The NZTA has developed an information sheet for communities (Word, 57 KB), which could assist approved organisations during their discussions with community groups or individuals.

For more information about the community transport fund, please send an email to communitytransportfund@nzta.govt.nz; or contact Coral Aldridge 04 894 6165 or your NZTA representative.

Notes

1   For the purposes of this funding, an established community is defined as a long standing community containing a number of primary residences in close proximity to each other and includes shared community facilities (such as halls, churches, schools, marae). The fund is not intended to provide funding assistance to recently established communities (or residential areas) or individual properties and dwellings.

2    As measured by the NZDep2006 Index of Deprivation.  Information on this index is available from the Ministry of Health website.

Last updated: 26 November 2008