Under the Resource Management Act (RMA), each local authority has District Plan provisions for managing network utilities located within the road corridor. These vary from minimal rules through to wide ranging and detailed controls. NZUAG commissioned a national study to assess the different approaches taken by Councils and to review the legal framework.
The outcome is the production of best practice guidelines that set out the significant environmental and legal issues. It establishes a methodology to assist local authorities in the development of District Plan policies and provisions for the management of the effects of network utilities within the road corridor.
