The Minister of Transport is proposing changes to legislation to make it easier for local authorities (like councils) to make street changes that support public transport, active travel and placemaking. These proposals would enable local authorities to make street changes more efficiently and provide new ways for communities to be involved in changes that affect them.
The proposed regulatory changes include:
We want to know what you think of these proposals and how they could affect you, your community, your organisation, or your business. We will consider your feedback before finalising any proposals. The Minister of Transport and Cabinet will then decide whether to progress any or all of these changes.
We want to know what you think of the proposals outlined in this consultation document and how they could affect you, your community, your organisation, or your business. We will consider your feedback before finalising any proposals. The Minister of Transport and Cabinet will then decide whether to progress any or all of these regulatory changes.
Probably best to use wording in the consultation doc
If Government agrees to implement any or all the proposed changes, these proposals would be implemented in three steps:
Steps two and three would occur simultaneously, so that RCAs would not lose any existing powers when these powers are transferred to the Street Layouts rule. This rule would be revised after changes to the LGA1974 are enacted, but before these changes commence.
We intend to take this approach to support swift delivery of the proposed changes. The proposed Street Layouts Rule could be implemented more quickly than the LGA1974 changes.
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