Auckland Transport

Lodge the CAR in myWorksites (myworksites.co.nz); all CAR applications are submitted there. A submitted application is not permission to start: work waits for the permit emailed back. AT's pages say this information is moving to the Auckland Council website, with the details staying on at.govt.nz until then.

A CAR is needed for digging, drilling or resurfacing in the road corridor, and for non-excavation work that affects the normal operation of the road, footpath or berm (for example skips, scaffolding, cranes and other machinery, and full or partial road or footpath closures). The published fee notes say a single grass-berm excavation under 3 square metres or 6 metres long does not need a CAR, and nor does some non-excavation work on existing utility assets that does not affect normal use of the carriageway or footpath. A TMP is still needed on site in both cases.

Every CAR must come with a TMP, submitted through myWorksites (the AT walkthrough video covers creating the worksite, creating the TMP and submitting the CAR and TMP together). Under NZGTTM the example TMP forms are optional, but AT expects the same level of information, including a risk assessment or risk control plan.

NZGTTM. AT began a soft launch on 4 May 2026, assessing CARs under NZGTTM, and from 1 July 2026 all new CAR applications are assessed that way. AT's page says NZGTTM replaces CoPTTM. From 1 July 2027 existing TMPs are to be transitioned and assessed under NZGTTM.

A TMP becomes part of a Works Access Permit, which carries a normally standard list of conditions. AT publishes standard conditions in Appendix D of its CAR Processing Guidelines (August 2025), with sets for utility excavation, non-utility excavation, non-excavation and global TMPs. AT's pages also list Corridor Access Requests among the approvals regulated by Auckland Council's Activities in the Road Corridor Bylaw 2022, and AT staff record site checks on AT's own Site Condition Rating form.

AT publishes a CAR fee schedule (effective 1 October 2023) with fees by activity and road level, plus inspection and extra charges. You are shown the fee during the application and invoiced afterwards. The schedule also lists a road closure application fee of $224.87 (public notices at cost). Third-party TMP costs are separate.

AT aims to complete a CAR within 15 working days of submission, as long as the application is complete and accurate. The clock can be suspended if more information is needed. Public transport endorsement can take up to 10 days, and a full road closure up to 15 working days.

Yes. A full road closure needs AT's Road closure publication form (a spreadsheet that asks for the TMP and CAR numbers and customer-facing effects such as parking impacts and detours). Upload it with the CAR and email a copy to [email protected]. AT publicly advertises every road closure on its website. Allow up to 15 working days for the closure.

Which extra forms apply depends on the answers in AT's CAR planner (Step 2 of the CAR pages). The main ones are listed below.

• E2 form (assignment of bill payer obligations)

  Covers Shows the bill payer agrees to pay for the CAR.

  Applies when The bill payer is someone other than the applicant. A working TMP designer also reports AT asks for it when the principal is not AT or Auckland Council.

  Open the form

• Customer Accounting Application form and AT Terms of Business form

  Covers Registers the bill payer as an AT customer; both go in with the CAR.

  Applies when The nominated bill payer is not yet an AT customer.

  Open the form

• Endorsing Road Works form (public transport impact)

  Covers Written endorsement from the AT Service Disruptions team, included with the CAR. A change request form is used for later date or duration changes.

  Applies when The work will disrupt bus services (moved or closed stops, work in a bus lane in operating hours, or a bus detour).

  Open the form

• Road closure publication form

  Covers Details for the public notice of the closure; also emailed to [email protected].

  Applies when The work needs a full road closure (all lanes, both directions).

  Open the form

• Future Projects Notification form

  Covers Early notice to the Works Coordination team so AT specialists can advise before the CAR.

  Applies when The project fits at least one of: on a road with high traffic volume or an arterial route, long duration (a week or more), in an area with other projects planned or under construction, needing high-impact traffic management such as a road closure, or expected to have a significant impact on road users. External and council projects only, and not once works are already in construction.

  Open the form

• Vehicle Crossing Application form

  Covers A vehicle crossing permit.

  Applies when The work builds or alters a vehicle crossing.

  Open the form

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A temporary speed limit is authorised through the TMP itself. Put the speed limit details in the TMP proforma and diagrams. AT's CAR processing guidelines tell its CAR managers to check for discrepancies between the drawings, programme and application, so keep them consistent.

An event or filming activity that changes the normal operating conditions of the road corridor needs a TMP, and a CAR to go with it. The event may also need an Auckland Council permit, and filming goes through ScreenAuckland. AT's page also points to a film or event-related CAR page.

AT Service Disruptions ([email protected]). If work will disrupt bus services, email the Endorsing Road Works form to get written approval from them and include it with the CAR (they can take up to 10 days). Then, once the CAR is issued, email them 5 working days before work starts so bus operators can be told.

Notify affected neighbours, businesses and schools in writing at least 5 working days before work starts (a letterbox leaflet for brief or partial impact; signed letters if access is blocked for a prolonged time). Work within 100m of an intersection with traffic lights, or closing lanes through peak hours or over more than one day, is forwarded to the Auckland Transport Operations Centre (ATOC) for review, and your STMS must ring the ATOC SCATS team at least 48 hours before starting. Work with TTM equipment within 100m of a rail crossing needs KiwiRail approval first.

Works Coordination team: [email protected] (early advice on larger projects). TTM transformation updates: [email protected]. General roading line: 09 355 3553. No separate corridor access team email is listed on the pages checked.

Work between 10pm and 7am needs a noise management plan sent to Auckland Council, with evidence of that submission included in the CAR. AT advises against scheduling works in peak hours where possible (Monday to Friday 7am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm; some roads with bus, transit or cycle lanes have different peak hours). The fee schedule charges extra for early set-up or late removal that affects peak traffic, and AT's transformation programme page lists restrictions on lane closures during peak travel times among its changes.