Waimakariri District Council

Submitica (online). A utility operator or a delegated agent can lodge it. TMPs can go in with the CAR in Submitica or be emailed to the roading team.

Currently a CAR is only needed where the activity breaks ground in the road corridor or risks damaging it. Activities that change the normal operating conditions of a road need a TMP whether or not a CAR is needed. The National Code of Practice for Utility Operators' Access to the Transport Corridors sets the standard for working in the road and the CAR process.

Submit the TMP in Submitica with the CAR, or by email to the roading team. The designer must be suitably competent, for example holding a practising TTMP warrant, unit standard 33254, or the TTM Design micro-credential (4922). No file format is published.

CoPTTM or NZGTTM. TMPs must meet the minimum standards of either, but the council has not formally adopted the NZGTTM, so an NZGTTM-based application should be raised first with the roading team by email.

The council publishes a notice board template (static notice boards must follow it or the TCD Rule W7-8 design), a Submitica guidance document, a TM extension form and a list of traffic management road level classifications.

1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 (the page does not say whether GST is included). TMP $106.30, generic 12-month TMP $320, TMP extension or road space booking $26.60. Corridor access request: minor excavation $160, major $320, project $640, global excavation $1,600. Re-inspection $106.30. Works in the road reserve without council approval, where a contractor is removed from site (site dangerous, no TMP with approval, or no qualified staff onsite) $907. Road closure advertising is charged at full cost recovery.

Minimum timeframes: standard CAR or TMP 5 working days, project CAR 15 working days, non-event road closure TMP 10 working days, event road closure TMP 60 days. The council encourages longer lead times.

Yes, a separate Temporary Road Closure Application form. Any full or partial closure (including one-way or lane closure) needs a public communication plan. Generally, if the road carries through traffic, static notice boards or variable message signs plus a letter drop are required 7 days before. An event with a full closure must be put to the council at least 60 days ahead so the closure can be notified in the local paper; the council arranges the advert and charges the cost to the event organiser.

Forms the council publishes for corridor work.

• Temporary Road Closure Application Form

  Covers Closing a road, fully or partly

  Applies when Any work or event that needs a road closed

  Open the form

• Road Space Booking Application Form

  Covers Booking road space

  Applies when Working under a global excavation CAR (road space booking only applies then)

  Open the form

• Traffic Management Plan Extension Form

  Covers Extending an existing TMP

  Applies when An existing TMP needs more time

  Open the form

Road space booking applies only where a global excavation CAR has been issued. There is a Road Space Booking Application Form and a $26.60 fee (shared with TMP extensions).

Speed limits are recorded in the NZTA National Speed Limit Register. No separate temporary speed limit process was found on the page.

An event in or beside the road that changes normal road conditions needs a TMP (the council points to the NZ Events Association practice note). An event with a full road closure must be raised with the council at least 60 days ahead, and an event road closure TMP has a 60 day minimum timeframe.

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Road closures and partial closures need a public communication plan sized to the impact and duration, using variable message signs, static notice boards, letter drops, door knocks or a mix.

Roading team: [email protected]. Council phone on its vehicle crossing information: 0800 965 468.

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