The following guidance and specifications set out the Transport Agency’s expectations of the required minimum levels of service, consolidate practical experience gained by the organisation and disseminate specific specialist knowledge relating to highway planning, construction, operation and maintenance so this knowledge can be applied efficiently and consistently across the network.
Specifications
Guides
- Guide to assessing road-traffic noise using NZS 6806 for state highway asset improvement projects - October 2011
- State highway noise barrier design guide - August 2010
- Guide to state highway road surface noise - January 2014
- State highway guide to acoustic treatment of buildings - June 2015
- State highway construction and maintenance noise and vibration guide - August 2013
- Guide to the management of effects on noise sensitive land use near to the state highway network - October 2015
- Guide to state highway noise mapping (draft) - 27/11/2013
- Noise measurement uncertainty good practice guide - 24/05/2012
- Transit New Zealand's Guidelines for the Management of Road Traffic Noise - State Highway Improvements (superseded by NZS 6806) - December 1999
Technical memoranda
- NV1 - Construction vibration criteria (draft) - 27/11/2012
- NV2 - Noise from anti-skid meshes on Bailey bridges - 29/11/2012
- NV3 - State highway noise and vibration management - 13/12/2013
- NV4 - Road/surface noise data for two-coat and a racked-in chipseal - 24/02/2014
- NV5 - High performance low-noise road surfaces - 22/07/2014
- NV6 - Engine braking noise - 17/12/2014
- NV7 - Noise mitigation costs - 04/05/2016
- Noise monitoring requirements - 07/06/2012
Templates
Road traffic noise
- NZS 6806 screening report template - 29/03/2012
- Scheme Assessment Report (SAR) template - 29/03/2012
- Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) report template - 29/03/2012
- Noise Mitigation Plan template - 11/11/2014
- NZS 6806 Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) analysis spreadsheet - 28/05/2015
- NZS 6806 assessment matrix - 03/12/2013
- Noise measurement template and instructions - 09/12/2011
- Example mitigation option maps - 16/08/2012
- Example noise barrier cross-sections - 16/08/2012
Construction noise and vibration
- Noise and vibration management plan - 27/11/2012
- Noise and vibration management schedule - 27/11/2012
- Noise survey sheet
- Noise survey report
Acoustic treatment
- Acoustic treatment encumbrance - 20/03/2015
- Entry agreement - inspection - 04/12/2012
- Entry agreement - installation - 04/12/2012
For further information contact environment@nzta.govt.nz .