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Overview

The Council performs a range of roading services and activities, including:

maintaining 654 kilometres of road surface
maintaining 814 kilometres of footpaths
maintaining over 18,000 traffic and street signs
maintaining cycle lanes throughout the city
co-ordinating all city road works performed by the Council, utilities, private contractors and the public
managing traffic issues and improvements
setting requirements for all roadworks

Resurfacing the road on Oriental Parade

If you have any problems with street or footpath surfaces in your area, or if you have an enquiry about planned street activities, contact the Council's Transport Group.

Transport Group

Getting Permission from Council

If you're planning any kind of work or activity on or near a road or footpath, you may need to get permission from Roading Operations. This applies to:

residents working on driveways and footpaths
using skip bins and containers on a road or footpath
utility roadworks
private construction contractors
street events that affect normal vehicle or pedestrian traffic

Permission and Approvals

New Zealand Transport Agency Roads

The New Zealand Transport Agency operates roads within the Wellington City Council area.

Permission must be obtained for any activity that may affect traffic flows on these roads.

Procurement Process

Maintenance of road surfaces

Each year, the Council receives funding from the New Zealand Transport Agency for roading and traffic contracts. The contracts are procured in compliance with the New Zealand Transport Agency's Competitive Pricing Procedures (CPP).

Competitive Pricing Procedures - Land Transport New Zealand website

The administrative process used for procurement is described in the Council's Procurement Standard. You can view relevant parts of the standard by contacting the Standards Manager on (04) 499 4444.

Administrative processes for Council tenders are issued with tender documents. You can obtain copies of the tender documents by contacting the contract manager on (04) 499 4444.

Let's Carpool

Greater Wellington Regional Council provides a website to help you find others to carpool with. It also has online resources for employers to help them promote carpooling within their organisations.

Let's Carpool website

Overview

Getting Permission from Council

New Zealand Transport Agency Roads

Procurement Process

Let's Carpool

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