QTS-087 · Board or committee paper · 2023
Committee report back - Investment & Delivery (Board meeting 12 December 2023) - extract
Marked 'In confidence' by its author. Publicly released by NZTA / OIA-20263 on 30 Jan 2026.
Extract of the Investment and Delivery Committee's report back to the Waka Kotahi Board meeting of 12 December 2023 (for decision and noting). The Committee's agenda included the NZUP Governance Group update and Queenstown. The released NZUP GG update item repeats the four recommendations for the Board: approve the reduced scope NZUP Queenstown Package (SH6/6A intersection, Frankton bus hub, Howards Drive roundabout) at an estimated $250 million; approve $120 million additional funding, bringing the total to $250 million; endorse seeking Joint Minister endorsement; and delegate to the Group General Manager Transport Services authority to vary the alliance contract up to $250 million. No author or signatory is named in the extract.
What the document says
Context: Board paper for 12 December 2023, 'Committee report back - Investment & Delivery', for decision and noting (p1). The Committee's agenda included the NZUP GG update and Queenstown; other items are out of scope (p1).
Content (p2): Under 'NZUP GG update' the paper lists the recommendations carried from the 11 December Committee paper (document 11 of the OIA-20263 release): approve the reduced scope at an estimated $250 million; approve additional funding of $120 million, total $250 million; endorse seeking Joint Minister endorsement; and delegate authority for an alliance contract variation up to $250 million. BRI-2973 (para 25) records that the Board considered the reduced package on 11 December 2023 and approved these items.
Mass rapid transit: The extract says nothing about mass rapid transit.
Key figures
- Reduced scope estimated cost $250 million (p2)
- Additional funding $120 million; total $250 million (p2)
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Actions recorded
Board to approve the reduced scope NZUP Queenstown Package at an estimated cost of $250 million.
Not assessed · NZTA · 12 December 2023
Approves the reduced scope for the NZUP Queenstown Package
Board to approve additional funding of $120 million, bringing total package funding to $250 million.
Not assessed · NZTA · 12 December 2023
Approves additional funding of $120 million
Board to endorse seeking Joint Minister endorsement for the reduced scope package.
Not assessed · NZTA · 12 December 2023
Endorses seeking Joint Minister endorsement
Board to delegate to the Group General Manager Transport Services authority to vary the alliance contract up to $250 million.
Not assessed · NZTA · 12 December 2023
Approves the delegation of authority to the Group General Manager Transport Services
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Citation
NZTA (Waka Kotahi). Committee report back - Investment & Delivery (Board meeting 12 December 2023) - extract (2023).