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Council maintains 1,850 km of roads
The Council roading network provide access to property, business, and back country areas. This is typically a low volume roading network, where the majority of roads are unsealed rural roads. Of the 1,725 km of rural roads, only 22km carry more than 1000 vehicles per day. Roading Network Maps District Overview (pdf 277kb) Cromwell (172kb) | Earnscleugh (106kb) | Manuherikia (140kb) | Maniototo (141kb) | Roxburgh (103kb) State Highways There are six state highways (6, 8, 8A, 8B, 85 and 87) within the district that are managed by Transit New Zealand. Contact details for State Highways are: Or their local network management consultants: A to Z of Roading Issues
Crashes and Safety ConcernsIf a crash occurs on one of our roads, or you have a safety concern then we want to know about it. This information is used identify where we need to spend money to improve the roads and focus community education. It will not be used by insurance companies or the Police for enforcement. Sometimes we can make a difference simply by putting up a sign or running an advertising campaign. We can look at the site and, if necessary, fix problems before someone gets hurt. This information is also used to prioritise work such as widening gravel roads, taking off corners, and sealing roads. If you are aware of a crash please contact our customer service centre, or return the form below. Please don’t assume that we know about the problem or that someone else will tell us. We would rather get 5 reports of the same crash than none. Unreported crash form (pdf 88kb) Encroachments – is there a formed road on your property?Brochure - so you think a road is within your property boundary (pdf 104kb) FootpathsCouncil maintains approximately 151 km of footpaths. Footpaths are fully funded as a ward activity. This means that the ratepayers within the Cromwell ward only pay for footpaths in Cromwell, and not any other ward. Each ward has the following lengths of footpaths:
Repairs to Existing Footpaths Each ward provides budgets for repairs and renewals of existing footpaths. The annual maintenance budget is used to repair potholes and isolated faults. There is also an annual renewals budget which is used to resurface existing asphalt paths to extend their life, and reduce maintenance costs. This work is prioritised based on the condition of the footpaths. If you are aware of a fault on a footpath, please advise one of our customer service officers who will arrange for it to be repaired. New Footpaths Each Community Board considers the need for new footpaths when they prepare their long term community plans. Any requests to build new paths are considered by the Community Boards at this time. The Maniototo Community Board has provided an annual budget of $10,000 to construct new paths within the Maniototo ward. There is currently no budgets for new paths in any of the other wards. Funding For Road Maintenance and RenewalsThe roading network is managed and funded as a District wide activity. This means that regardless of where you live in Central Otago you will pay the same amount towards maintaining the roads. It also means that the standard of the roads is the same right across the district. Government Subsidy Government funding is provided for maintenance and renewal of existing roads. This subsidy is allocated through Land Transport New Zealand. Central Otago currently receives a 51% subsidy towards maintenance and renewals of roads and bridges. This subsidy is reviewed on a 3 year cycle 2007 and is likely to change for the 2009/10 financial year. Link to www.landtransport.govt.nz High Country AccessCouncil maintains approximately 400km of high country tracks. These are typically dry weather roads which are formed in areas of harsh winter weather conditions and challenging topography. These are used for farm and recreational access. These roads are not maintained during winter. Kerb and ChannelRepairs to existing kerb and channel Maintenance and repairs to existing kerb and channel are funded as a district wide roading activity, and this is subsidised by government. If you aware of broken kerb or channel, please contact one of our customer service officers and we will have this programmed for repair. New kerb and channel Construction of new kerb and channel is fully funded as a ward activity. This means that the ratepayers in that ward must fund the full cost of constructing new kerb and channel. Each Community Board considers the need for new kerb and channel when they prepare their long term community plans. Any public requests to construct new kerb are also considered by at this time. Putting Pipes in RoadsBrochure - so you want to put a pipe in the road (pdf 73kb) Application to place services within road reserves (pdf 104kb) Road StoppingRoad stopping brochure (pdf 110kb) Application to stop a road (pdf 115kb) Safety ImprovementsCouncil has an annual Minor Safety improvements budget of approximately $390,000. Land Transport New Zealand provides a 61% subsidy on this work. Council has a database which lists all safety works which have been identified as desirable to undertake. The value of this work far exceeds the available budget. The work is prioritised annually, by considering the following:
Adjustments are made to the priority to enable work to be co-ordinated with other activities on the roading network, such as seal extensions, work by developers, or for other extenuating circumstances. The list of work is approved by the Roading Sub Committee of Council. Seal ExtensionsBrochure - so you want a gravel road sealed (125kb) Seal Extension Strategy (pdf 382kb) Speed LimitsCentral Otago District Council has established a bylaw to regulate speed limits on Council roads. Speed limits are unable to be changed, or moved without an amendment to the bylaw. The speed limit bylaw is reviewed on an annual basis. Council must follow specific procedures for calculating new speed limits and changes to existing speed limits. Central Otago District Council Speed Limit Bylaw 2007 (pdf 53kb) Speed Limit Bylaw Schedule (pdf 133kb) Speed limit maps (CODCSL) The following maps are pdf documents and the size of each map is between 120kb and 140kb. 1 Omakau | 2 Ophir | 3 Alexandra | 4 Clyde | 5 Lake Roxburgh Village | 6 Roxburgh 7 Millers Flat | 8 Cromwell | 9 Bannockburn | 10 Pisa Moorings | 11 St Bathans | 12 Oturehua 13 Naseby | 14 Patearoa | 15 Ranfurly | 16 Waipiata | 17 Lowburn Walking and CyclingCentral Otago is a great place to walk and cycle. Our spectacular landscape, gentle topography and low rainfall make walking and cycling, whether to work, school or the shops, or for recreation or tourism, an enjoyable activity. Quality of life is important to us and the many visitors who come to Central – and the ability to walk and cycle easily and safely are important components. Council’s walking and cycling strategy is intended to be a guiding document for the Central Otago District Council and other interested organisations to make the region more walking and cycling friendly. It is also intended to provide a common direction and to improve co-ordination of everyone’s efforts to make walking and cycling in Central Otago even more enjoyable. Walking and Cycling Strategy (pdf 476kb) Walking and Cycling Strategy Implementation Plan 2007/08 (pdf 83kb) Winter Road ClosuresCentral Otago District Council closes a number of high country roads from the Tuesday following Queen’s Birthday weekend to 30 September. This is to prevent damage that would occur to these roads if they were used by vehicles during the winter months. The following roads are closed annually:
The roads are legally closed under Section 342 (1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1974 and Clause 13 of the Tenth Schedule which allow Council to temporarily close and prohibit ordinary vehicular traffic. This prohibition applies to all ordinary vehicular traffic and it is an offence for any unauthorised vehicle to use these sections of roads during this period. Authorised vehicles are those belonging to NZ Police, emergency services and adjacent run holders for emergency purposes.
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